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check the practice among a certain class who are not 

 owners, of taking apprentices and letting them out to 

 actual owners in order to make a profit out of them. 



Clause 2 is the same as in the old indenture, with the 

 exception of the words " nor play at unlawful games." 



Clause 3 is similar to the old indenture, but in 

 addition compels the apprentice's master to find sea- 

 bedding, wearing apparel, and necessaries, and makes 

 provision that the master shall state the amount of the 

 spending-money to be allowed to the apprentice. The 

 idea evidently is that the outdoor-apprentice system shall 

 be abolished, which is very desirable, and that, where the 

 master cannot keep the apprentice in his own house, 

 when ashore, he shall provide proper accommodation for 

 him at a licensed lodging-house, and thus endeavour to 

 keep the apprentice out of harm's way. This is a great 

 improvement on the old system of outdoor apprentice- 

 ship. 



Clause 4 causes the clothes of the apprentice to remain 

 the property of the owner during the term of apprentice- 

 ship. This is a step in the right direction. 



Clause 5 binds the master to provide board and lodging 

 to the satisfaction of the superintendent of mercantile 

 marine. This is unnecessary, if it is stipulated that 

 apprentices shall be lodged either at the master's house 

 or at a licensed lodging-house. 



Clause 6 provides that the spending-money shall be 

 paid to the apprentice himself, unless through misconduct 

 the superintendent orders otherwise. But that all remuner- 

 ation, payments, and salvage to which the apprentice may 

 become entitled, shall be paid by the master to the 

 superintendent to be put into a Savings' Bank, till the 

 term of the apprenticeship is determined, whether he likes 



