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in such cases and whether they have of themselves authority to commit. refractory Sailors to any of the Colonial Gaou
In reply I have to state that
is concerned appears to have met- all necessary requirements.
The Consuls have not the power
of themalves to commit refractory
suitors to
in the
year
1850 aw
Ordinance
was
Ordinance.
pussed (Copy enclosed) by which it
was enacted that all seannew
blarging
to Foreign Merchant Ships who refused duty
ނ ނ
absented themselves
were otherwise insubordinate were
liable to imprisonment for
any
period
The
not exceeding three months
Master in the first instance paying
their expenses in
-Gaol - This Ordinance
has been found most useful in
practice and as
far
as
this Colony
any
prisons. but
support as
of the
the Colonial
we afford them such
is withen
our power
and is compatible with reason -
With reference to foreign seamen
who wilfully
remain behind their
་
ships. their case in common with
those of British Seamen is met by Clause 5 of
our Harbour Ordinances
dinance 1 of 1562, a
copy of which I enclose - but I must add that the Board of Trade appear to have some
to this section so
far
objection
as relates to the
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