CO129-089 - Public Offices - 1862 — Page 287

the China Seas.

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The above rules

apply

where the ship and cargo

to

Cases

are lost,

and expences are incurred in

-incurred in saving-

the crew and conveying them to abort: But when any service is rendered for the purpose of saving the ship or cargo the expense of such service will properly be chargeable to the owner of the ship .

The above

general Rules should

be followed when practicable. But looking to the pecularity of the cases in question, My Lords think that muck must be left to the discretion of the Officers at Hong-Kong who will be

best able to decide each case as it

Comes