Ardinance should be enforced wi- thout favour against all vessels. It is clear from this that the Secretary
of
State cannot have understood the
request of my Committee, I am therefore instructed to again call
attention to the Committee your "letter, the 20th August, and to beg that stis Excellency the Governor will
be
the matter
pleased to again lay before the secretary of State for the
Colonies. And with reference to the
reason
him
the
advanced by for exemption of the Mail Steamers from the Ordinance above referred to, dam to emphasise the fact that the British Mail Steamers are quite able to, and do, perform their passages within the specified contract time, without the and of the exemption gratuitously granted, which concession, as Committee understand, was them without solicitation. With.
reference
my
given
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reference to the extension of this ro- lief to Foreign owned subsidised Steamer I aux
to point out that, in :ttee's opinion, the relief
my
20
Committee's
granted
reign
on
on the grounds that Fo-
Mail Steamers were under
hine contacts when the
bour Ordinance" was
moto
Sundayha.
passed, present
no sufficient reason for their exemption. In regulatio important dev perial considerations, which mayy affect Foreiger comties, for instance the imposition of custom duties, it is
not usual to take into consideration
how the impost will affect the posi-
the tion of
subjects of these computs.
mitter
Cour
If therefore in such
in such major watters no difference is permitted, my
urge that none should be shown in lesser regulations, such as This local Ordinance provides, parti- :ularly when it is demonstrated that the concession works unfairly
against.