'OPY.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 28ти AUGUST, 1880.
Extract of a letter from the Colonial Office to the Board of Trade, dated 24th May, 1880.
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"I am to request to be informed whether the Board of Trade wish a Supplementary Circular to be issued modifying, in accordance with your letter above referred to, or otherwise, the terms of your letter of the 2nd of December, 1879, appended to Sir Michael Hicks-Beach's Circular Despatch of the 5th of January last, and if so, to what Colonies it should be sent."
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eylon.
Extract of a letter from the Board of Trade to the Colonial Office,
dated 3rd June, 1880, M. 10143.
"With regard to your enquiry whether the Board of Trade wish a supplementary Circular "to be issued, modifying, in accordance with their letter of the 2nd April, or otherwise, the "terms of their letter of the 2nd December, 1879, I am to state that the Board see no objec- "tion to the extension of the term of three months to six months in the case of the Colonies "named in the margin, and they would be glad to know whether Lord Kimberley is of
opinion that the names of any other Colonies should be added to this list."
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Extract of a letter from the Colonial Office to the Board of Trude,
dated 12th June, 1880.
I am directed by the Earl of Kimberley to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 3rd instant, M. 10143, respecting the arrangement for the retention in the Colonies for a certain period of Certificates of Masters and other Officers of British ships which have been suspended by Colonia! Courts under the provisions of the Merchant Shipping Acts.
In reply. I am to request that you will state to the Board of Trade that Lord Kimberley would suggest that the Falkland Islands, Labuan, and the Province of British Columbia (Dominion of .Canada) should be added to the List of Colonies in which the certificates should be retained for a period not exceeding six months, and if Ceylon is to be included in that list, His Lordship thinks that Mauritius and perhaps the Cape of Good Hope and Natal, should be added."
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Board of Trude to the Colonial Office.
BOARD OF TRADE,
M. 11529.
(MARINE · DEPARTMENT, )
CERTIFICATES.
WHITEHALL GARDENS, S.W.,
28th June, 1880.
SIR, ---I am directed by the Board of Trade to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 12th Fistant suggesting that the Falkland Islands, Labuan, and the Province of British Columbia (Dominion Canada), the Mauritius, and the Cape of Good Hope und Natal, should be included in the list of Colonies in which Certificates which have been suspended by a Court of Enquiry should be retained for a period not exceeding six months.
In reply, I am to state, for Lord Kimberley's information, that the Board have no objection to Possessions referred to being included in the list, provided that Courts have been established in them which possess power to deal with Certificates granted under the Merchant Shipping Act, 1854,
the Merchant Shipping (Colonial) Act, 1869,
I have, &c.
(Signed)
THOMAS GRAY.