CO129-207 - Acting Governor Marsh - 1883 [1-3] — Page 649

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The can

be

put ou

board his

but this refers only to desertion

in the United

I

ship at her departure, ship

until he shall be demanded

by the Master of the ship,

br

by the Consul of the Country

to which such ship belongs provided that the period of

Confinement

vement does not exceed

three months.

Hingdom..

don't think it advisable that

the same law should obtain

here, as the Colony would

soon be overrun by seamen

For

could be procured. Ships

would be inconvenienced

The

•

Merchant Seamew

by

Ach 1880 provides that no

Mamanv

anaw or

1

apprentice to the

sea service phall be liable to

imprisonment for desertions,

brit

rienced

new, and

the loss of their the Imperial commun

would be put to great expense

to send deserters to England.

With regard to off