Sir,
I am directed by the Secretary to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 23rd ultimo on the subject.
The draft points out that the auxiliary steamer "Hauer" was exempted from security for a passenger under the provisions of Sub-section (6) of Section 5 of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance of 1897.
The Board of Trade's suggestion that it would be advisable to ascertain definitely whether the Steamer "Hauer" was claimed to be exempt on the grounds of the provisions of the said Ordinance is now made.
The minute is as follows:
MINUTE
Mr. Macnaghten 14/12
Lucas 14
Mr. Fairfield
Mr. Wingfield
Mr. Bramston
Sir R. Meade
Earl of Selborne
Mr. Secretary Chamberlain
Copy 30/14/97
M 19456
To
The Board of Trade
Hong Kong Jur 602
16 December '96
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