Government has not send rep disclosed

such convention but I. Hanstaux, any quoting

Section #5. Subsection 1. 6. of the arding

the contends that clause Section 5 by

that subsection does not Sto French

lord's

apily

or other foreign ships which have been properly inspected country.

danhauled in their own

It seems to me that there is good clear to be said for this view of the Board of Trade wish us to ascertain

1

I do not know if it is sound

whose opinion is to be final on the subject but we had better send the whole correspondence to the colony & have When Attorney General's

's new.

C.PL

24. Nov.

The decision the ther

has survey

my Foreign Steamship

and other certificates sufficient

to exempt it from survey under section 5

it from survey regulation Ainame of the Merchant Shipping

1891 where decision is final

with the Governor in Council - (see subs. (1)(b)) - in the case of the "Hanoi" where these papers state that the Agents of the Ship's Master that the ship applied for a survey other than for the purpose of obtaining a certificate.

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if it was a mistake, of treating the ship as liable to survey under section 5 would appear to have originated with the ship's agents and this should be pointed out to C.O. But before we write to the Colony again, I would ask the Board of Trade whether the

J would recommend any and what amend

any section 5(1)(b) of the Hong Kong Ordinance so as to define more clearly what certificate for the purposes of a foreign ship should exempt the ship from survey in the Colony.

theme t, 363 of the Merchant Shipping log4)

and also whether the Ordinance should not provide for the issue by the Atty Gen. to ships exempted from survey under section 5(1)(a) and (b) certificates having the same effect as certificates issued after survey under subsection (1c) of the same section 5

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