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I was ignorant of any fittings having been put up on board the-
"Ville d'Agen' and presumed very...
Naturally that she
Avas
clearing for
a Port in search of Cargo in the usual manner; but even supposing I had
fitted, ik
my duty to see
known that the Vessel was so
would only have been
that the fittings
were according
-ding to our
own law, there would have been- nothing to prevent the Captain taking the Stanchions to sea in the Hold
-
and putting them up when beyond - our jurisdiction, and he might also, instead of clearing for the East Coast have cleared for any Open Port and afterwards ulter his destination as he
did do.
This case
myself
having arisen I did
the honor to submit to Heis Excellency the propriety of compelling
the Masters of Vessels fitting for Passengers whether to be embarked at
this or any other Port to report the same in order that it might be known for the future that such was being done, this suggestion has since become Law: It anust be borne in mind
on:
that in a fro• Port nothing whatever
can be known as to the nature of any cargo or fittings that are placed board; the contrary is the case in ‹ Port furnished with the customs authorities under whose strick
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