Should the Company at any time for any reason lay
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any of their steamers up either permanently or temporarily,
up,e
the Company shall be at liberty to dismiss the seamen
but the Corshall provide a passage back to Canton or The
idney of equivaleat.
n are not dismissed in Canton. employed under the terms of this Agreement
the Beamer
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The Company will accord to the seamen employed
under the terms of this Agreement fair and just treatment
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and will as far as they are able act in consultation with
the Guild.
The term "Seamen" where used in this Agreement shall
include all Chinese employed in Beck, Engine and Saloon
pepartments, but does not inude compradore and his Staff.
920. Any notice required to be given by this Agreement
shall be deemed properly served if left at the last known
address of the party to receive it.
his Agreement shall be construed and interpreted and interpreted
according to English Low and in a liberal sense, the
intention being to provide a friendly and solid understand-
ing and a cessation of all misunderstandings for the future.
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AS WITNESS the signatures of the parties hereto
the