In Affectionate Remembrance EBENEZER JAMES LATE
CHAPLAIN TO THE NAVAL FORCES OF VICTORIA
AND
THE VICTORIAN SEAMAN'S MISSION This Stone is Erected
BY FRIENDS OF ALL NATIONALITIES AND CREEDS
AS A MARK OF ESTEEM
FOR HIS UNSELFISH AND CONSISTENT CHRISTIAN
EFFORTS FOR THE SOCIAL AND MORAL ADVANCEMENT OF
OUR SAILORS
AND
IN RECOGNITION OF THE FACT THAT TO HIS
INDEFATIGABLE AND PRAISEWORTHY EXERTIONS
THE STAMPING OUT IN VICTORIA OF THE CRUEL
AND DEGRADING MARITIME CURSE OF 'CRIMPING'
WAS MAINLY DUE. BORN 11TH MARCH 1841 DIED 14TH JULY 1901 "A GOOD DEED IS NEVER LOST, HE WHO SOWS
COURTESY REAPS FRIENDSHIP. AND HE WHO
PLANTS KINDNESS GATHERS LOVE." BASIL Also
CLARE E. JAMES
WIFE OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED 30TH OCTOBER 1922,
AGED 74 YEARS | 
