CO129-185 - Acting Governor Marsh Governor Hennessy - 1879 [6-12] — Page 236

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The Norwegian Conent declines

to take charge of this man; and the American Consul also repudinces

all responsibility, and in reply to an

enquiry

by my directions,

made by way

states that it is not in his

have to defray the expenses of a Porivegian Lunatic discharged from

au American

Ship in almost a destitute state, and therefore I have thought it right to lay all the circumstances before you for your decision

The Ameriem Consul who

power

to require the Master of the American

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has

only

bean

a

ship to take charge of the man

after he has been regularly discharged

There is no

legal remedy againet

cither the Consul, the Master of the

Ship or the Boarding House proprietor,

to have

who seems

given some verbal quarantee which the Consul consider to relieve him of responsibility. It is hard that this Colony should

months in the

few n

Colony has discharged no laß than four Seamen besides Lewis Olen in a destitute condition during the part month I have however since record

om

from

him the aperance that in

future greater care will be taken.

General seems to

The Acting Attorney

consider that there is no

remedy

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