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Board of Trade,
(Marine Department),
7 Whitehall Gardens,
London, 5. W.,
7th December 1895.
Sir.
Board
of
Holt, Esq.,
Alfred
Liverpool.
C.0.
22570
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I am directed by the Trade to acknowledge
F
the
receipt of your
letter
of
the 30th
K
of
ultimo, calling attention to the
action
the Authorities at Hong
Kong in refusing to allow your
5.5. "Priam on her arrival at
S.
that
port on the 27th October last, to carry
ou
the
passengers
that her
ground
Passenger Certificate issued under the provisions of the Merchout Shipping Act, 1894. had expired.
of
In reply, the Board Trade desire me to point out that the Authorities at Hong Kong under
their