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F
CHINA
F 5468
F
58
8 JUN 1939
1939
Registry 5468/3361/10.
FROM
No.
Colonial Office.
54000/39.
Dated 7th Jun. 1939.
Received
in Registry
}8th Jun.1939.
F. China.
Froposed bill to amend Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899
Transmit copy of despatch No. 339 of 15th May from Hong Kong forwarding for consideration draft of Bill which it is proposed to introduce into the Hong Kong Legislative Council to amend Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899. Request Foreign Office observations at earliest possible moment.
Similar letter to Board of Trade.
Last Paper.
F5207
References.
(Minutes.)
The exparent reason
for this
meanne
is
the
need to implement
(Print.)
a treaty provision which Chinese had rill recently
The
(How disposed of.)
Tel. Sharphon
10.456 June 10
Repeated Hong Kong
Fade Commins une Ang
4.14
been
able
enfaces.
10.18 Sn Buran
Cantro 15
+
1314
1st gune 11th.
14. Bant.
(ufc to Hole, M.M
(outtel) 22nd life
(Action
completed.)
(Index)
ธ.
R.B.S.
25/7.
Next Paper.
(F6570) F5720
A pegnanc
themselves
б
чтобальт qv,
I think that before agreeing to the proposed
ordinance we should have further information regarding
the reasons for the apparent growth of the shipping
trade between Hong Kong and the unopened ports, which
the measure is designed to prevent.
When the Treaty of Tientsin prohibited foreign
merchant vessels from visiting unopened ports it was of
course/
16757 3/38 F.O.P.
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