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NOTICE-Governors, Consular Officers, and other Officers of Her Majesty in Foreign Countries, and in places where there are no such Governors or fleurs, any two resident British Merchants have power, under the 11th Section of the Merchant Shipping Act, to order a passage home for British Seamon And Apprentices who are in distress in any place abroad, in British Ships bound to any port in the United Kingdom or the British Possessions to which they belong, and Masters of British Ships, upon such Order, are by the 212th Section bound under a penalty of £100 to receive auf to afford a passage and subsistence to such Sewn and Apprentices, not exceeding one Seaman or Apprentius for every 50 tons register, thus ordered to be conveyed, and to provide them with proper herth or sleeping places effectually protected against sea and weather. For erory sach Seaman ar Apprentice exceeding the menbor (if

1) required to make up the complement of his Crew, tho Master is to receive such sum por dien as the Board of Trade directs.

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Superintents, Inst249

SANCTIONED BY THE

BOARD OF TRADE,

May, 1877.

Port at which shipped when Sesousu

9. Whether dischatica

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atual consent," "imprisonment," &o., Ang

. Whether an account of wages was duly rendered.

4. Whether injured in service of the ship.

If wages worn recolved i

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The Casin of Umiger,N State nosining to the state 1

Seaman's Credit upon leaving the Port; if no arndant reinsins Insert "ni"

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ORDER

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OF A BRITISH CONSULAR OFFICER OR OTHER OFFICER OF HER

MAJESTY AT A FOREIGN PORT, OR OF A GOVERNOR OR OTHER OFFICER IN A BRITISH POSSESSION ABROAD, FOR THE CONVEYANCE OF DISTRESSED BRITISH SEAMEN.

*It la most important that this column should be correctly filled in, as the particulars given here form the basis of sertlement with the Seaman on landing.

Total.

Bounds

shillings and

→ pence.

If the wages were paid by bill, it should be so stated.

To

Master of the Ship i

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Tackson by

Spriain

Official No. 63243.

Pursuant to the Act 17 & 18 Vict. Cap. 104,

Sec. 212, you are hereby required to receive on

in

board your vessel and convey to the buited kingdore.

the British Seamen named in the

For the subsistence of such as are Supernumeraries over and above the number of the Crew, with which the vessel last left the United Kingdom, you will be paid at the Rate authorized by the Board of Trade on complying with the requirements mentioned below.

Scal.

Dated at

Houghong

this day of May 1888. G. W. des Vaux Signature.

Governor

If the men are transferred to any other Ship, the particulars, with the date of the transfer and the Ship's name, must be entered at the time of the transfer in the Official Log Books of both vessels.

On arrival at the port to which the seamen are ordered to be conveyed, the Master should take them to the Superintendent of Mercantile Marino (if in the United Kingdom) or to the corresponding officer, if in a British Possession abroad; wiless this is done the Board of Trade will not be responsible for the payment of the Claim,

When the Mastor appears before the Superintendent or other Offler, together with the Seamen, he must make the following declaration; --

(Turn over.)

Norz-Ju special enses when the health of seamen, in the opinion of the surgeon, demands that they should he supplied with extra diet or wines, entries should be nuls in the Official Log Book of the days ou which such extra allowance was given, and sigued by the Master and the Surgeon.

In these cases the Superintendent to whom this Order is prosented for pay- ment will give the Master a Form UDA, to be filled up with particulars of

the extra claim.

Any such extra claim must be supported by proper onrries in the Log Book, and made at the time the Conveyance Order is presented for payment.

All such claims, when sufficiently supported by entries in the Log Book, should be referred to the Finance Departout for approval before payment

is made.

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