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internal piracy is the personnel of the ships. The hands of the 118

Captains should be strengthened as much as possible and inefficient

officers got rid of. It is criminal to trust the lives of

passengers to officers who are not always in a fit state to deal

with any situation that may arise. Similarly the crews should bo

carefully picked und, a proper system of discharge books instituted

with a certain system of identification. The compradores have a

great deal too much centrol over matters which should be in the

captains hands and the captains' tenure of their appointments en

the second class steamers is far too precarious to expect a

really efficient and suitable officer to accept command of such

steamers.

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