bulkheads are fitted as a rule, although the instructions do not enforce them.
I have re...
(Signed) G. Peebles,
Govt Marine Surveyor.
Capt Runway, R. N.
Hurbeer Master.
Enclosure 2.
Extract from a letter from the Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce dated the 30th December 1890.
With regard to Bulkheads in Iron vessels.
Committee are of opinion that the requirements of the Act will be sufficiently cared for by the local surveyors in the ordinary course of their duties when called upon to report on the condition of vessels trading with this Port.