The Board of Trade having, under Section XI. of the Merchant Shipping Act 1871," charged the owners of the brig Wanja with nding the vessel to sea in an unseaworthy condition, full enguiry wat held before LIB. M. Consul at Hakodate, who found as follows "This is to certify, that a charge, made on the ist day of December 1873, at the instance of the Board of Trade, against Thompson Bewick, for that, on'or about the 28th. ni of February, 1873, they did send or did allow the brig Wanja to proceed to sea, in an unseat worthy condition, is now considered by this Court, and is by this Court dismissed." R, Evspes.
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