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Canterbury Police Gazette, Volume I, Issue 4, 2 November 1863, Page 12

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC. The frequent desertion of seameni is be( ter of crave importance, and likely to imp genera/welfare ol the Province. The ehrppmg mterest is suffering severely, m consequence ot some thoughtless employers, through a mistaken spF j; or with the view of securing cheap labor, harboring those who desert from their ships. , ,1 The most stringent measures will be adopted by t Police and the Special Constables throughout the Province, to apprehend deserters and to prosecute to the fullest extent all persons harboring or giving them employment; as it is their duty when hiring labor, to ascertain that they are not at the same time infringing one of the most important laws framed tor the support and well-being of the leading interests ot the community at large. R. C. SHEARMAN, rmirmissinnftr of POIIC6.