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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MARCH 17, 1916.
No. 119. The lists of persons to whom articles to be exported to China and Siam may be consigned, which were published as the 1st and 2nd Schedules to the Rules made under the Importation and Exportation Ordinance, 1915, and published as Notification No. 2 in the Gazette of the 7th January, 1916, and amended by Notifications No. 41 published in the Gazette Extraordinary of 29th January, 1916, and No. 58, No. 67, No. 80, No. 95, and No. 105, published in the Gazettes of 11th, 18th, and 25th February, and 3rd and 10th March, 1916, respectively, are hereby further amended as follows:
Add the following:-
China.
Foochow Electric Company, Foochow.
Kwongtung Electric Supply Company, Canton.
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Add the following:
Siam.
Bhindakayacara, Bangkok.
Chop Goh Chiap Seng, Bangkok.
Joo Huat, Bangkok.
Nusani & Co., M., Bangkok.
Oon Hock Guan, Bangkok.
For Hop Fong, Bangkok, read
Hap Fong, Bangkok.
No. 120. The following Finding of the Marine Court of Inquiry into the strand- ing of the Steamship Australian Transport, Official No. 132,812, West Hartlepool, is published for general information.
17th March, 1916.
CLAUD SEVERN,
Colonial Secretary.
FINDING.
We find that the Steamship Australian Transport, Official No. 132,812, West Hartle- pool, of which FREDERICK ROBERT CLARKE, number of whose Certificate is 010,140, West Hartlepool, was Master, left Batavia on December 23rd, 1915, for Vladivostock, mean draft 24 feet and proceeded through the Palawan Passage, and along the N.W. Coast of Luzon and was steering to pass Eastward of Formosa Island when she stranded at 11.45 p.m. on the 4th February, 1916, on the S.W. point of Sama Sana Island or now called Iloi Sho To Island. We consider that up to the time of such stranding the navigation of the ship had been carried out in a proper and efficient manner, and that the track this ship was taking East of Formosa Island was one generally followed by low powered vessels during the N.E. Monsoon. Taking into consideration the position of the ship as shown by Dead Reckoning on the 4th January, we do not consider that the Master would have been justified in steering any courses other than he did,-as owing to the great depth of water it would be impossible to obtain soundings. The stranding of this ship was in no way the fault of the Master or crew, but was entirely due to an unknown current which could not be allowed for, and which set the ship N. 73° W. 12 hours 11',