diepeneed with. and the scale of
Purdiein's reduced and altered to
such the circumstaners of
voyage.
the
All these alterations
might be made by the Legislature of Hongkong under the 2nd section of the Exprugers deb, and couts
be made more
conveniculty and
with fuller Kurwledge by them
than
by
erial Parliament.
the Imperial
Beyond this it appears to me
unsafe to real Granville shouts
6.7 approve these views the quection might again be referred to the Governor of Hongkong with a
recommendation that
aw
ordinance should be introduerd
into the Legislature to give them
t
t
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affech . Liv. Dr. Macdonnell may be confedrully relied upon, so to planie
the Ordinance as to secure adequately
чо
the interests of the passengers
than of the shipowners. It would be necpary
up
that the
prapages to which it applies should
or in a
Procla
be defined precisely, sither in the ordinance iteels. =mation to be issued by the
Governor, and that it should not apply to any passage exceeding in length 30 days
or me whick.
the ship wouts pap into cold
latitudes. The ordinance could
not take offech till it had been referred bome and Her Majsalyps confirmation had been proclaimed in Hongkong-
so that ou