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AGENT!

there are no

Consuelo,

And there trans-

shipping them into

other vessels which

Carry all

those Passengers

to the West Coast of America, Havanna,

and other distant destinations.

I am desired to enclose

a copy of a report from the Law Officers of the Crown to the Foreign Department on this subject: The fact is

that the device alluded

to by the Consul at Shanghae cannot

strictly be called

an evasion

Decent 10156

(~70.11.739)

D

An evasion of the

321

of Parliament. If the transshipment be made

from

one British Ship

to another which is

proceeding

on

a

long

voyage, the latter becomes immediately a Chinese Passenger

Ship under the terms

of the Statute. In

sailing from a remote

Port she

may indeed

violate the Act, but

she cannot be said

to evade it since

its enactments fully

extend to her and if

detected

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AGENT! there are no Consuelo, And there trans- shipping them into other vessels which Carry all those Passengers to the West Coast of America, Havanna, and other distant destinations. I am desired to enclose a copy of a report from the Law Officers of the Crown to the Foreign Department on this subject: The fact is that the device alluded to by the Consul at Shanghae cannot strictly be called an evasion Decent 10156 (~70.11.739) D An evasion of the 321 of Parliament. If the transshipment be made from one British Ship to another which is proceeding on a long voyage, the latter becomes immediately a Chinese Passenger Ship under the terms of the Statute. In sailing from a remote Port she may indeed violate the Act, but she cannot be said to evade it since its enactments fully extend to her and if detected
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AGEN! there are no Consuelo, And there trans- shipping them into other vessels which Caraly those Passengers to the West Coast of Amenca, Havanna, a other distant destinations. I am desired to enclose a copy of a report from the Laws Officers of the Rown to the Foreign= Department on this Iubject: The fact is that the device alluded to by the Consul at Shanghae cannot strictly be called Au it Decent 10156 (~70.11.739) D An evaan of the 321 of Parliament. of the transshipment be made from one British Ship to another which is proceeding a a lang boyage, the latter becomes immediately a Chinese Passenger Ship under the terms of the Patute. In sailing from a remate Port she ayline ay lindeed violate the Act, but she cannot be said to evade it since Lo it' enactments fully bxtend to her and if detected
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AGEN!

there are no

Consuelo,

And there trans-

shipping them into

other vessels which

Caraly

those Passengers

to the West Coast of Amenca, Havanna,

a other distant destinations.

I am desired to enclose

a copy of a report from the Laws Officers of the Rown to the Foreign= Department on this Iubject: The fact is

that the device alluded

to by the Consul at Shanghae cannot

strictly be called

Au

it Decent 10156

(~70.11.739)

D

An evaan

of the

321

of Parliament. of the transshipment be made

from

one British Ship

to another which is

proceeding

a

a

lang

boyage, the latter becomes immediately a Chinese Passenger

Ship under the terms

of the Patute. In

sailing from a remate

Port she

ayline ay lindeed

violate the Act, but

she cannot be said

to evade it since

Lo it'

enactments fully

bxtend to her and if

detected

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