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Coreentry and that is exemption from the Act were granted to the 640. and the pagerie's Steamers it would be impossible to refuse it any other who could prove a Mail contract. The first who would do so would be the Americans. Of the Agents of the Steamers in St. Hong Kong with cooperate locally with local authorities to carry out the Act there is no reason why there should be any delay in clearing
Irregularities on this part that any such delay would arise - and that is the Act to prevent. At all events order to deprive sought your could be granted a special Act of Parliament, which one be obtained at present:
Cavendish on court
Fwer/18/10/72
Acknowledge that the letter will be referred to this a Kennedy, who has been desired to report upon the very first.
I add that 20 Kennedy has been advised by the Law Offices here that the steamers of Messrs. ... are and have been exempt from the provisions of the Chinese Passengers Act of 1855, instructed the Agent that nothing is to be done from the squats of the C? Until the exemption was to cease on the first of January last.
I would observe that I believe that if the agents of the mail Steamers in St. Hong Kong will cooperate locally with the local authorities there is no should be any delay in clearing The same difficulties were anticipated when the mail steamers were by the 4th section of the Passengers Act Amendment Act (26&29 Vict-c. 51) brought under the provisions of the Passenger Act 1855, but it has been found in practice that there has been no constructive or delay caused the carrying functions of that Act.
It will be seen that N Bethune claiming Exception on the ground that the voyage from Hong Kong to Singapore is less than seven days. But the "contract time" has nothing to do with it. By the 3rd section of the Chinese Passengers Act 1855 the Governor of Hong Kong is empowered to declare by Proclamation what shall be deemed "the duration of the voyage" of any Ship Passenger. I am informed by Murdoch that by such Proclamation...
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