CO129-295 - Public Offices - 1899 — Page 177

shall not press for

the

alteration in section 22

of the Principal Ordinance

1 as suggested

in the letter

enclosed by press despatch.

J. I would observe, however, that

in

the

clause which it is

proposed to substitute for clause (c) of section 21 of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance 1897, the word "seaman" is used instead of

the

word "sailor", but no

provision is made for

seamen substituting "can" for

"sailor" in

the rest of

the Section. With

a

view to avoiding possible

175 difficulties, I would

suggest

that at the end

of section 2

of

the

amending Ordinance the following

words should be inserted

and throughout the said section the word "seaman" shall be substituted for the word 'sailor'. The same substitute should be made in section 323 of the Principal Ordinance. In all other

respects

the draft

amending Ordinance

I have