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the matter, that an early opportunity should he taken to amend
the regulations for the examination of Masters and Mates in
Hong-Kong, so as to coincide in this respect with the regula-
tions issued by the Board of Trade, and I am to express the
hope that it will be possible to adopt in Hong-Kong in rela-
tion to these cases, as soon as the practice of endorsing the
certificates is discontinued, the same course of action that
is proposed to be taken in the United Kingdom.
I am, &c.,
(Sd.) Walter Howell.