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extension of the provisions concerning repatriation
to Masters, would be considered when a suitable
opportunity arises.
As regards the Recommendation concerning the
General Principles for the Inspection of the Condi-
tions of Work of Seamen it was proposed to inform
the Secretary-General of the League of Nations
that His Majesty's Government accepts.
The Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
suggested that in the particular case of the Draft
Convention concerning seamen's Articles of Agree-
ment the most convenient course might perhaps be
to depart from our usual custom and to ratify
subject to a reservation on Article 5.
In the course of the discussion an alternativ e
course was suggested, namely, that we should enact
the necessary legislation omitting the point
covered by Article 5 of the Convention, and then
notify the International Labour Office of the
course adopted.
The question was adjourned in order that the President of the Board of Trade and the Minister of Labour might consider these suggestions in the light of previous experience.
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