CO129-250 - Acting Governor Barker - 1891 [6-8] — Page 590

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for

one

day out of every seven.

and theis deprivees them of 52

dags wages

in the year.

5. I believe, however, that in actual practice such would

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not be the case,

and my is conformed by enquiry

made of the

It seems certain that so

Harbour Mister.

long

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steamers, that would

otherwise put into this Port, are not driven elsewhere by

the operation of the Law (an extremely unlikely contingency Quing

that at no

Port on

China is the loadingor discharging of cargo possible

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Sonday ouring to the lustion Houser being closed on that day)

the work in connection with

Cargo, which will in fature be suspended on Sunday,

with

not be lost to the Ship Cookes but be merely postponed to. Monday. The number

of Steamers visiting the Port remaining the same, the same amount of work will in short have to be performed

in the

year,

and the same

Amount of Wages will be earned by Ship cookies, Cargo boat-men, Stevedores, and others.

6. It will no doubt strike

your

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