CO129-211 - Governor Sir Bowen - 1883 [8-9] — Page 175

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"Consul has been in force in this Colony for a period of thirty-one years and is found to be a very useful measure. It tends in a great measure to check desertion, and has not been made the subject of much complaint!

5. The Harbour Master pays the fees into the Colonial Treasury. The average collection during the last three years has been as follows:-

British Ships $6538 German 11 470 United States " 474 Other Nationalities 927 Total $7,709

The average cost of seamen is $1.171 per annum.

6. The practical question to be decided is this: Can the Colonial Government enforce the Ordinances referred to (22.8 of 1879) against Foreign Consuls if they think proper to refuse payment, as the Consul of the United States has refused? If not, it appears that the law should be altered, so as to confer power on the Government to enforce it in all cases.

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100 170 9 "Consul has been in force in this Colony for a period of thirty-one years and is found to be a very useful measure. It tends in a great measure to check desertion, and has not been made the subject of much complaint! 5. The Harbour Master pays the fees into the Colonial Treasury. The average collection during the last three years has been as follows:- British Ships $6538 German 11 470 United States " 474 Other Nationalities 927 Total $7,709 The average cost of seamen is $1.171 per annum. 6. The practical question to be decided is this: Can the Colonial Government enforce the Ordinances referred to (22.8 of 1879) against Foreign Consuls if they think proper to refuse payment, as the Consul of the United States has refused? If not, it appears that the law should be altered, so as to confer power on the Government to enforce it in all cases.
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100

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"Consul has been in force

#

in this

The

average

revenue

Colony for a period of thirty one

years

and is

useful

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found

Oneasure.

very

It tends in a

-measure to check desertion,

"and has not been made the subject

#

of much complaint !

5.

The Harbour Master pays

the fees into the Colonial Treasury. The average sollection during the last

three

years

has been as follows:-

British Ships German de United States do Other Nationalities

$6538

11 470

"

474 927

Total $7,709

The

of seamen $1.171 per

6.

from shipment

by Foreign Consuls is

amum.

The practical question

to be decided is this:_ Can the Colonial Government enforce the Ordinances referred to (22.8 of 1879) against Foreign Consuls if they think proper

K proper to refuse payment, as the Consul of the United States has refused? If not, it appears

that the law should be altered,

so as to con

confer power

on

the

Government to enforce it in all

cases

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