سياسي (خارجي) ٦٢٥٣/١٩٣٨ "تحطّم سفينة على متنها مجموعة من عرب مسقط - مسألة استرداد النفقات التي تحمّلتها حكومة الأراضي الصومالية الإيطالية" [و‎‎٣‎٩] (١٠٩/٧٨)

I have the honour to acknowlecige the receipt of
y >ur ueapatehee Ko. 415 of^the 20th July, and~WoT^423 of
the ^rd July, concerning the shipwreck off the coast of
Italian Somaliland of a party of Muscat Arabs in March
last, and to inform you that the question of the
liability for refunding the expenditure incurred by the
Oovernmento of Kenya and of Italian Somaliland has been
examined in conjunction with the Foreign Office, the
India office and the Board of Trade,
t— 2 * 1 an adwiaed that the roper treatment of the
claims for reimbursement of the expenses incurred must
depend on the nationality of the dhow, of the passengers
and possibly also of the crew. If the dhow was a
^ British ship, that is, was properly entitled to fly the
British flag, '„hich, in the enclosure to the former of
your two ueapatches, she is stated to have done, then
the Merchant Shipping acts of this country would apply,
and under uectiona 41 and kS of the Act of 1906 the
owners of the vessel are responsible f;r the expenditure
aj far aa 14 ^atee to the whole of the crew, no matter
what their nationality. If the vessel should prove not
to h? ve been British, then the owners will still be
responsible under British law for the expenditure incurred
|i | in r ® a P ec * of any BriUsh members of the crew. The
Merchant Shipping Acts, however, impose no liability on
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