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the circumstances in
Alack describing ţ
which
a Seaman named Wood had
beun forwarded to Hongthing from
Shanghai, the greater part of the balance
of his
wages
due being actually expended
in sending him here so that the action tatten by the Consul at Shanghai accelerated neceparily the period at
which the seaman in question
question became
chargeable to the Board of Trade.
2. Sir Rutherford's reply of the you ultimo, which I also transmit,
covers
This conespondence with Consul, Winchester of Shanghai on the subject, and his fletter of the 6+ December appears to me
10th Ito lay down very satisfactorily the duty
of the Consul in such cases, which
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duty plainly requires him to make
sure that
no Seaman is
discharged at This port under circumstances not justified
or; even
if
by his actual
agreement. consistent with the letter of his agreement,
under circumstances calculated to throw
him unduly for support
of Chade
3. Whilst entirely agreeing
on the Board
in that view
I think it well that the correspondence
should be laid, with Your Space's
sanction, before the Board of Trade,
in case it
may appear advisable to the Board to make futher suggestions
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4. Im
doing so, however, I must call attention to that paragraph in Sir Rutherford's despatch of th December
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