CO129-237 - Governor Des Voeus Acting Governor Stewart - 1888 [1-6] — Page 556

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passage.

With reference to the pist porist I beg to remark that the

accommodations which

by

the

law the master is bound to

provide is " a proper berth or

sleeping

wried or weather."

Cases of female

place effectually protected aganist

orre

mi the

distressed seamen are exceptional and not specially provided for and

might expect that Masters of reseels undead of putting difficulties

way however endearner to mut these exceptional circumstances. The objections as to accommodation would equally apply in the case of the ""Ancona "

other vessel. as in the case of the "Priame "te

Could

tro

tvore

of

or

any

order the Mader

in his 2.

Oy

to "Ancona" to place the distressed

sea untu

accommodation than

Zid class

order the master of the Friand" to

place

we could

place them in his 1st claws, the place where they

ale

to be

accommodated is left to the descretion of the Masters.

Almost

every

deainer which

leaves Hong Kong for the South carries

Chwiere

to Singapore.

Q

letter from the

passengers

I have

Master of

the "Priaus "in which he

there

people hat the

AVOURAN

carry on the ground.

declines to

solely

a

"has

child for which no paceage ticket has been issued or payment

offered (and not as stated in Meas Butterfield & Scoire's letter). This child

3 is an infant in arms not

yet months old, and I believe I am.

not

wrong

ins stating that it is not customary for any

Carriers to

charge for such, but the austone is

for

the child and the mother to be

Considered

ao ord.

It is de

difficult to ece what

it

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