CO129-171 - Acting Governor Austin - 1875 [7-11] -- Sir Kennedy - 1875 [12] — Page 622

or mate had been guilty of some gross act of misconduct, drunkenness or tyranny, or that the loss or abandonment of, or serious damage to any ship, loss of life had been caused by his wrongful act or default, and if (2) such report had been confirmed by the Governor. I do not find that it necessary for the Court to submit its report to the Governor in cases not involving suspension or cancellation of a Certificate.

The Act of 1862, section 23 (para. 1.3.84) provides:

(1.) The power of cancelling or suspending the Certificate of a Master or mate by the two hundred and forty-second section of the principal act conferred on the Board of Trade shall (except in the case provided for by the fourth paragraph of the said section) vest in and be exercised by the local marine board, Magistrates, naval court, Admiralty Court, or other Court or tribunal by which the case is investigated or tried, and shall not in future vest in or be exercised by the Board of Trade.

This paragraph by itself would transfer the powers of the Board of Trade to the local Court — that is to say, of cancelling