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and this requirement would not be fulfilled by an
indefinite atatement that they came from the Righ
Seas."
It is understood that the local las of the Bahamas
permita of the entry of vessels as "from the High Seas," but that the master of a vessel ao entering sufficiently ofter as to cause suspicion and with such regularity as to show system might be prosecuted under the law
relating to false declarations. The Governor of the
Bananas should be requested to ensure that a prosecution should be instituted in any case where the evidence
appeard to justify this course.
8. Diplomatic Support.
When any com laint in connection with liquor smuggling, or suspected liquor smuggling operations is made to one aile against the officers of the other, the
present practice might be continued of examining the
record of the complainant and any other information that
may be available before deciding whether under the terms
of the existing Liquor Convention or on other grounds the case is one in which enquiry or eventual representa-
tions should be made.