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Cerritory. The definitions of Real Trade Limits and Harbour limits have also been slightly amended,
and, it is believed, improved from the point of view of clearances. Section 3, which provides for the issue of
Colonial Registers, has been amplified in
view of the possible requirements Inland Waters trade with China; Colonial Registry is extended to
British persons (subsection 2(a)). —
[Subsection (6) is an enlargement
of the old law, in that it incorporates
provisions from section 7 of the English Act of 1894.
Subsection (11) of
this section is
new and has been
introduced for the purpose of making
The master of the ship
amenable to
British law.
Subsection (12) is also new
and is considered in the Harbour Master to be necessary.
Section ... consists principally of a rearrangement
of sections 15 and part of 16 of Ordinance 26 of 1891 (see the printed Synopsis herewith), but it contains additional provisions, borrowed from the English Act of 1894, providing for the issue of duplicate certificates in cases of loss (section 16), the production of certificates when shipping (subsection 17) and