Distressed Seamen.
7.-(1) All expenses, which shall be incurred under the Relief of ea- provisions of The Merchant Shipping Act, 1994, in the men belonging relief of distressed seamen who at the time of such relief to vessels being grauted shall have last served in a ship registered this Colony. registered in in this Colony, and all expenses incurred in the United (Ibid, sec. 20.) Kingdom in the relief and returning to this Colony all dis tressed scameo who last served in such a ship, shall be borne by the revenue of this Colony.
the Colony for
(2.) It shall be lawful for the Governor, from time to Payment time, to order the payment, out of any monies forming part of expenses of, or arising from, the general revenue of the Colony, of neurred in all expenses which may be incurred in the Colony for the relief of such relief of such seamen as aforesaid, under the provisions of seamen. the said Act or of any regulations in that behalf which (in.) any be made, from time to time, by the Governor in Council.
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(3.) It shall be lawful for the Governor, from time to Governor may time, to order the re-payment, out of any such monies as order re-pay- aforesaid, of all sums which shall have been expended under ment of expeu- the provisions of the said Act by the Imperial Government, elsewhere or by the "Shipwrecked Mariners' Society" or by the Gov- tinn in the erument of any British colony, or by any British Consular Colony, Officer in any neighbouring foreign country, in and about (ibid.) the relief of such seamen as aforesaid, and such sums shall be refunded in such manier as the Governor shall think fit,
O as a Secretary of State for the time being may direct.
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Having regard to the provisions of Section 7 relating to distressed seamen it may be deemed advisable to call attention to the provisions of Section 4 of the Merchant Shipping and Mercantile Marine Fund Act, 1898, 61 and 62 Vict., c. 44.
July 4, 1902.
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