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to native vessels, which will be placed at a supposed advantage in competing with ships
buropean build of design.
bay
In the "Overland China albail" of 6th 1891, it is reported that the Governor Bong "Hong said "I am perfectly certain the "amounts (of
Fees for grants ofcunday
of
into (of the scale
of considerably
"permits").
are
less than what
are
"charged in Bombay for the Sunday working of "" the bustoms " We shall gratefully hope that
the low scare of fees adopted at Hong Kong may suffice to stop the working of cargoes on Sundays.
"We are much gratified that this ordinance concedes the principle of restr
of restrictive labour afloat Krenday
at. regulations on
deeply
Hong trong as elsewhere; and we are grateful to your lordship personally for this most important and invaluable con-
ecssion.
I am also directed very respectfully.
and
to point out that it appears from Parliamentary Return C-6348 of 1891, that unnece
cessary avoidable Sunday
labour in coaling ships.
Am.d