CO129-274 - Public Offices & Others - 1896 — Page 59

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intending passengers are waiting in the inns under

the care of the passage brokers. These brokers

have a stock of passage tickets on credit, and when

they know which steamer will be the first to leave,

they issue the necessary tickets to their clients

and put them on board. They would certainly

taboo a steamer where mustering, inspecting, or

other formalities were necessary. At these ports,

moreover, it frequently happens that a steamer

comes into port late in the evening, and leaves

again at daylight, with several hundreds of passengers:

so that consular inspection could not take

place without detaining the steamer, and where

there is so much competition detention would mean

that her passengers would be transferred to a more

convenient steamer.

(Signed)

I have &c.,

B. Brenan.

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56 intending passengers are waiting in the inns under the care of the passage brokers. These brokers have a stock of passage tickets on credit, and when they know which steamer will be the first to leave, they issue the necessary tickets to their clients and put them on board. They would certainly taboo a steamer where mustering, inspecting, or other formalities were necessary. At these ports, moreover, it frequently happens that a steamer comes into port late in the evening, and leaves again at daylight, with several hundreds of passengers: so that consular inspection could not take place without detaining the steamer, and where there is so much competition detention would mean that her passengers would be transferred to a more convenient steamer. (Signed) I have &c., B. Brenan.

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B མད 56 intending passengers are waiting in the inns under the care of the passage brokers. These brokers have a stock of passage tickets on credit, and when they know which steamer will be the first to leave, they issue the necessary tickets to their clients and put them on board. They would certainly taboo a steamer where mustering, inspecting, or other formalities were necessary. At these ports, moreover, it frequently happens that a steamer comes into port late in the evening, and leaves again at daylight, with several hundreds of pas- sengers: so that consular inspection could not take place without detaining the steamer, and where there is so much competition detention would mean that her passengers would be transferred to a more convenient steamer. (Signed) I have &c., B. Brenan.

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