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or Master, or

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a

Nate shall incur

penalty not exceeding £20, or be liable to imprisonment with or without hard labour for any period not exceeding - four weeks.

Itowaways occasionally come

to this Port, some of them manage

to get

the Master has on shore before I time to prosecute them, while in a

рель cases the men are brought to this Court and tried

when they

are

the

offence

for punished or not as-

the Magistrate may

decide.

By the Board of Trade regulations Page 25, Para: 09. Stowaway are not entitled to relief

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distressed

Seamen, unless they have been employed

or engaged

in some capacity on board

the ship leaving them behind_ Stowaways if they are

seafaring persons, will generally work

on board the

conveying ship and ___ such men when they do so are entitled to and obtain relief

on arrival

of

here at the expense of the Board Trade. Stowaways who are not

seafaring persons, or men who cannot prove that they have been employed

in the conveying ship

engaged

are sent to the baot for board and lodging at the Colonial expense until they

can procure employment.

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