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(b) Thereafter continuous discharge certificates should be 
issued only to persons for whom posts are available and unnecessary 
recruiting should be discouraged ; 
(¢) If necessary, after a suitable break there should be a 
further period of 12 months in which recruitment is again restricted .. 
155. Shipping Masters should be authorised forthwith to exclude 
from the register all seamen who have not been in employment for a 
period of three years and, to begin with, a seaman should be struck off 
the register automatically on the expiry of three years from his last dis- 
charge. The period of three years should be steadily reduced to 18 
months, but the latter period may be altered, if necessary, in consul- 
tation with representatives of shipowners and seamen we 
156. Shipping companies should have liberty of choice from men who 
have been in their employment within a specified period. To begin 
with, this period should be 2 years, but it should be steadily reduced 
$0 9 months. This latter period may also be altered, if necessary, in 
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157. If a shipowner is unable to fill his crew from those of whom he 
is entitled to make free choice, he should be required to take men select- 
ad from the register by the Shipping Office .. op ve ws 
158. The licenses granted under section 24 of the Indian Merchant 
Shipping Act should not be renewed vu “se vr “ 
159. (a) Shipping Masters should encourage seamen to use the pro- 
visions of the Indian Merchant Shipping Act relating to the allotment of 
wages ; 
(5) The shipping office should remit the amount of the allot- 
ment by money order ; 
(¢) The maximum limit of allotment should be raised to two- 
shirds of the seamen’s wages .s - - ve ve 
160. Government should enquire into the alleged delays between 
signing on and actual engagement and between discharge and final pay- 
ment. The possibility of reducing the maximum period for the 
payment of wages on discharge and also of signing on taking place in 
the Shipping Office should be considered .. .. .e . 
161. Consideration should be given to the provision in ports of 
welfare institutions for Indian seamen _— va wa ve 
162. The Governments of Bengal and Burma should undertake an 
enquiry into the conditions of employment on inland steam vessels .e 
Docks. 
163. The practice of nominating a representative of labour on Port 
Trusts should be extended to all the major ports fon w. oe 
164. With a view to decasualisation and to secure more equitable 
distribution of employment, a system of registration of dock labour 
should be introduced in each of the main ports, supervised and con- 
trolled by the port authority assisted by representatives of shipowners, 
stevedores and labourers op i% th . 5 
165. (a) Local Governments should be empowered by law to frame 
safety regulations for docks ; 
(b) Chief Inspectors of Factories should be consulted and should 
be responsible for enforcement ; 
(¢) Regulations should provide for the reporting of serious 
accidents 
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