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think rightly) might lead to trouble.

(5) 4 (4) The Solicitor to the Board of Trade

says it is for the Foreign Office to decide whether the

system should continue under which, while British ships

leaving without certificated officers are liable to a

fine and to refusal of clearance, foreign ships are

only llable to refusal of clearance.

I should think that if the Colony does not pro-

pose a fine on foreign ships we need not ask them to

do 80.

(6) 10-8 (b) VII

Owners have to have their ships surveyed by a

Goverment surveyor.

Among

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