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Evan Nepean. Vice Admiral Rainier has informed us about the payment of wages to native...
Catalogue reference: ADM 354/213/120
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This record is about the Evan Nepean. Vice Admiral Rainier has informed us about the payment of wages to native... dating from 1804 Jan 18.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- ADM 354/213/120
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1804 Jan 18
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Description (What the record is about)
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Evan Nepean. Vice Admiral Rainier has informed us about the payment of wages to native Seamen in India and China. There is a precedent in 1802 when Lord Keith was instructed to ensure that all Maltese and Italians serving under his command should be discharged and then paid by local Naval Storekeepers, where the ships happened to be. Chinese and Indian sailors are not to be brought to England, so they cannot be paid except by selling their tickets, which would involve them in great loss. To avoid this, recommend that, when such sailors are discharged, their Commanders-in-Chief should instruct the Naval officer at Bombay and Madras to pay them and note in the ships' books that the Naval Officer has paid them,. Recommend instructions are sent to all shore based Naval officers about the new procedure.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library, Manuscripts Section
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- ADM B/213
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- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open Immediately
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10617676/
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