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themselves, but tow junks, etc.
His Excellency: We shall come to that under
Article 6.
Article V. (d) and (e)
Article V.
(f).
were agreed to.
Sir Joseph Kemp: (f) is very drastic.
Mr. Maze: As these vessels are trading to and
from non-treaty Ports, we have no control.
Mr. Lloyd: There is one point on (f), if it is
to be extended to all steam vessels it would be
rather drastic to confiscate a 400 or 500 ton
Vest River Steamer. As a rule in most of the
Customs Laws in the case of confiscation it is
always carefully prescribed that only vessels with a certain small tonnage are liable to
confiscation.
Mr. Southorn: I think it is only 200 tons in
Nigeria.
Mr. Lloyd: At home I think it is 40 tons.
Mr. Wright: This clause was originally
drafted to apply to small craft.
Mr. Lloyd. Now is it for anything?
Sir Joseph Kemp: Omission to report - is
that at a sub-office within our territory or a
station outside?
Mr. Maze: The stations proposed to be
specified
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