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in conjunction with
The Law Clerk and General Attorney
you will favor this Lordship with your opinion
as to whether the provision contained in Section II may be properly sanctioned. Under this Clause
if any unlicensed Steam Vessel of less than 700 tons burden arrives at or off
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in the Waters of the Colony,
I carrying passengers in greater proportion to her size than she would be licensed to carry
under the Regulations for the time being in force under the Ordinance, the Master
is to be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred Dollars.
This provision is probably aimed at a class of small Portuguese or Chinese Steam Launches which may bring native passengers into the Colony from Macao or from neighbouring Towns and villages on the mainland of China.
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