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I had sent for him, as I wanted some information with regard to the paying off of the Cranley on the 10th November, and he said that he had been down to the Shipping Office on that date at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, and had seen his money counted, and his crew ready to be paid off by the Shipping Master, and paid off all his number ones, that is to say, all the heads of the various departments, and then he left as he had a lot of business to do.
That is, he waited till his number ones had been paid off, and then went away?
And then went away.
That is, he did not stop until the rest had been paid off?
He did not stop until the full crew had been paid off.
I merely want to ask Mr Beckwith about what was the number of the crew, roughly, as near as you can guess, the number of men to be paid off.
I could hardly say. I should say there were about 60.
And it is rather a small office. Would it be possible for the Captain to see all his men, if they were all there?
Yes, his men would be more or less mustered up by their various heads of Department, so that he could see them.
Would it be possible to see if every single man of his crew was there, short of actually going down the line, and counting them himself?
I should think so, because he told me that the key was not there.
But is the office sufficiently large to enable him to look round and see if everyone was there?
Yes, 50 or 60 men.
Is it customary for the Captains to attend when their crews are being paid off?
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I had sent for him, as I wanted some information with
regard to the paying off of the Cranley on the 10th
November, and he said that he had been down to the
Shipping Office on that date at 11 o'clock in the
forenoon, and had seen his money counted, and his crew
ready to be paid off by the shipping Mast er, and paid
off all his number ones, that is to say, all the heads
of the various departments, and then he left as he had
a lot of business to do.
That is, he waited till his number ones had been paid
off, and then went away ?
And then went away.
That is, he did not stop until the rest had been paid
off ?
He did not stop until the full crew had been paid off.
I merely want to ask Mr Beckwith about what was the
number of the crew, roughly, as near as you can
guess, the number of men to be paid off.
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I could hardly say. I should say there were about 60.
And it is rather a small office. Would it be possible
for the Captain to see all his men, if they were all
there?
Yes, his men would be more or less mustered up by
their various heads of Department, so that he could see
them.
Would it be possible to see if every single man of his
crew was there, short of actually going down the line,
and counting them himself ?
I should think so, because he told me that the hey was
not there.
But is the office sufficiently large to enable him to
look round and see if everyone was there ?
Yes, 50 or 60 men.
Is it customary for the Captains to attend when their
crews are being paid off?
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