C
Governor No.
Hong chong
No 118 No. 6414
Kennedy 118
Date.
1873
May. 15
Last previous Paper.
4.505
Referred 56.27%
and JJ JulgiG
(Subject.)
Pumin passenger Deli
DESPATCH.
RECEIVED
27 JUN 1873
362
Reports grounds for holding that Vessels leaving Hong Kong for Saigon
to the provisions of
(Minutes)
are not subject
Notwithstanding the Governor's despatch
the minute on no 1626, we adhere to our judgment that in point of law, voyages between Hong Kong & Saigon
come within the scope & sections 3 and 5 of the Ordinance No. 8 of 1871, and that Vessels
that voyage
are subject to the regulations in Schedule B.
"Whether this was intended or is desirable is
not a question for us to decide in
this case. As the Ordinance is
drawn Saigon it appears to be in the same position
as all the other places named in schedule A. If it does not it is impossible to understand why it was mentioned in the Ordinance at all. The
words in sections 3 & 5 appear to be quite decisive on the point. At all events the Governor's interpretation of the law is
so open to doubt that we would submit it should not be accepted without the
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