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Council record two facts that
were established in evidence
before the Price Magistrate, viz : _ that after leaving Canton
creeps of papengers
with an
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board, come more were Exten
board at Whampoa, and that the Chief Officer had admitted in Court that he had had no instructions from the Directors as to the number of rafengers the Steamer was authorized to carry.
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for
those two facts the Council would, probably, have
recommended me to remit a
larger proportion of the fine
than one
6.
half
caused Mr Keswick
to be Officially informed think the question raised in his petition
was under the consideration
f
the Government. Since then he has calica
expon
me t
unge come change in the "River Stemmer Passenger ordinance. N. // of 1876" and I have undertaken to subinit for the consideration
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the Legislative Council,
If
the
Ordinance which instand scale in Ordinance 1/1551876 would substitute a provision
by which the Governor in Council.