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shipped of seamen on or about the

you instant without payment of fees.

3. Section & of Ordinance bf 18652 provides that'ns seaman shall "be shipped eicher for

English

or a Foreign ship elsewhere than

'at the office of the Sarbor Master,

"who shall charge for every "shipped a Ise of

one dollar.

Seaman

4. In order to facilitate the

to facilitate the

ork at the varions fonsular offices

the practice for the

it has been the

Consular office requiring und a permit (blank capy enclosed, to the Shipping office requesting permission to ship

certain

certain mine whose names are

inserted on the Forms; and on presentation of such permit the kees are paid to the signing officer.

5. This was not done in the

e of the Alice E. Lickerman and the Treasury has conseque

consequently been deprived of $ fees.

6. I have no present information as to whether any

other seamen

have been shipped without the

without

permission of che Farbor Master, and consequently payment of fees; but it is just possible that, as the suited States (onsul is new to the lolony,

the