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that they

repairs, and obtaining peach water, provisions, and other supplies of any kind they may absolutely require, provided that they are furnished

furnished with a

or

given Hamp

License; and that, in order to

cancel the above requirement, it has

been arranged, with Lord Clarendon's concurrence, that the Certificate of Registry

of

the ship, bearing the Royal Arms, shall bear or constitute such Hamp

or

License

My Lords have accordingly

caused a

Notice to this effect to be inserted in the Gazette, at the same time pointing out that all Certificates of Registry, issued under the Merchant Shipping Act 1854, will be printed in such form as to be recognized as bearing such stamp or

license

C.

license; and that, for the purpose of meeting

a new

the case of ships already registered, a special form of Certificate of Registry

has been prepared, which will, on application to

any Registrar of Shipping,

be given in exchange for the existing Certificates of Registry.

such form

as

and will be in

to be recognized by

the Japanese authorities.

As regards Ships to be hereafter

registered in the British Possessions abroad,

the new

form of Certificates of Registry

already circulated will therefore

serve the required

purpose. But as

regards Ships

already registered, it will be necessary

to send a

fresh supply of the special

forms above mentioned to each of

the

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