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Any further communication on this subject
should be addressed to-
THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY
the
¿MARINE DEPARTMENT),
BOARD OF TRADE,
WHITEHALL GARDENS, 8.W.
be quoted in the communication, and marked
plainly on the exside of the envelope, viz.;-
M
6592
4539.
Trade
17847
Board of Trade
(Marine Department),
5
Whitehall Gardens, S; W:, 31 MARD*
29th March, 1851.
Seamen Abroad - Colonial
Sir, Iam directed by the Board of "trade."
to acknowledge the recept of your letter of the 2pt instant, transmitting, for their observations, a copy of a further Despatche from the Governor of Hong Kong, together.
with
copies of Reports by the Attorney":" General and Harbour Master of Hong Kong. upon the suggestions contained in this Board letter to the Coloinal Office of the 19th October last on the subject of the payment
of fees
on
the shipping of merchant Fundr
from that Colony.
The Under Secretary
of State,
Colonial Office:
In
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