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Ships for which
Passenger certification
are required.
Chandler
the
the
provisions of
Merchant Shipping
Consolidation Ordinance,
1891, of Hong Kong.
It will be seen
that the
French Consul
contends
that
the production
of
original certificates is
unnecessary
in view of
a Convention
between
Great Britain
and France,
of which, he is
unable
to furnish particulars.
I am to ask the attention of Lord Salisbury
to this point and
to request that
Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty
be informed.
It may be advisable as a matter
of courtesy that
this correspondence should
be transmitted
to the
French Government
with
the object of ascertaining
whether they have
any
observations
to make on the subject.
I am to add
that the
French Consul's
view