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: England for revision so that a Lecond Ordinance

Remarks by Mr Murray

In 10763 244

the ong Kong 15th August, 1862.

[Cofery]

be

may

necessary) may

J

am

to amend (which otherwise on

not be required.

$4 of the

Graft Ordinance has been rendered

desirable under the

following

circumstances.

The Cholera having visited various China

:

Ports

G

Health

Visited one

the course of

lo

to answer

Aras

appointed. He

Officer of the ships in the Harbour in

his

duty and the master refused

any questions

that the Health

and it was

found

powers to

alteration

or to the

of

opposed to any

clause IV

adoption of

substantive

of

the

existing Ordinanc

Either of

the changes ~

alternatively submitted in the Draft Ordinance!

The Original clause, which seems to have been adopted out of the Treaty with China, is probably the best that can be devised for

the

protection of Residents against fraudulentt dispored Ship - Masters, and I can see

officer

had

ма

It

is

by a short

sufficient

cient reason

make the proper inquirico.

enactment desired to remedy this oversight

in the

former

Ordinance

I have ton

(Rejma) John Smale,

(The Copy)

Altimer General...

WAAlexande

Acting Colonial Secretion.

for any

no

curtailment of that

protection, which after all, is still incomplete.

I think the latter pourt of Clause

useful

in the existing ordinance a use

provision in many ways

and es

f

especially-

660

a

protection to the ship- Master against

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