Enclosure.
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REG 9 1 00
THE SHELL TRANSPORT & TRADING CO., LIMITED.
Hongkong, 8th. May, 1900.
sir,
At the request of the Managers of the Shell Transport and Trading Company Limited of London we beg to draw the special attention of your Government to Clause No.14 of the Rules and Regulations re Petroleum in Bulk issued by your Government.- This rule reads as follows:
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"Not more than one tank ship shall go or be along- side of the wharf at one time, nor when a ship is discharging or shipping Petroleum shall any other ship, Junk or vessel or any description whatever be alongside the wharf or tank-ship”.
The Company have recently made important contracts with steam ship owners for supply) ateamers with Lâquid fuel alongside their wharf, and many principal steam ship lines will use this fuel.
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Most of the Contracts stipulate that this fuel is supplied to ships at all the eastern ports in which the Company have installations: (Suez, Aden, Colombo, Bombay, Madras, Penang, Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai, Kobe, Yokohama etc) and they provide that the Company shall provide the fuel alongside of their wharves at the rate of 100 tons per hour.
Honourable
1. H. May, C.M.O.,
Acting Colonial Secretary,
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