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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 discharge.
 The period of three years should be steadily reduced to 18
months, but the latter period may be altered, if necessary, in consultation
 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 selectad
 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 provisions
 of the Indian Merchant Shipping Act relating to the allotment of
wages ;
(5) The shipping office should remit the amount of the allotment
 by money order ;
(¢) The maximum limit of allotment should be raised to twoshirds
 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 payment.
 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 controlled
 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
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