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Clause 9, dealing with the apprehension of seainen for

various offences, should be more in harmony with Sec-

tion 238 of the Merchant Shipping Act, That Section

however deals with desertion only, while this sub-

clause 6 deals with offences which do not come under

recessarily Section 238 and must therefore go beyond that Sec-

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tion (as it does in giving power to the Magistrates

to hand over offenders to a Consul). I imagine the

Ordinance is not bound to be confined within the lim-

its of Section 238, and the Solicitor to the Board of

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Trade certainly says the powers "may be convenient."

Perhaps therefore we may express concurrence with the

views of the Solicitor and say we have no objection

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