as compared with oraltof the same description which are not registered.
563
With regard to the following marginal query by the Board of Trade in subsection 3 of section 4, namely,
"Having regard to the questions which have arisen in the United Kingdom under section 94 of the Imperial Act as to the power of the Board of Trade to make regulations which would enable them to endorse on the Certificate of an officer or engineer who does in for an examination for a Certificate of a higher grade a statement (if it be so in fact) that he has failed to pass the vision test in the subsequent examination. Whether after the word "Applicant" words such as "and dealing with Certificates already granted" should or should not be inserted.
it is suggested that there seems no necessity for dealing with this now and in this place since the Board of Trade have made a special Regulation on the subject in Rules for Examination of Masters and Mates, which Rules have been adopted in Hongkong.
As regards the Board of Trade observation on subsection (18) of section 4 at 39 of 1208:
"according to English ideas these fees seem distinctly high"
I would beg leave to mention that the above fees have been in force here for many years past, when the dollar was much higher in value than it is now. 46 percent it is worth less than it was.
114.
With regard to the Board of Trade observation on Subsection (1) of section 3 of 93 of 1399,
"It would seem that the powers of the Colonial Secretary and of the Harbour Master with the approval of the Governor might clash somewhat"
the Harbour Master reports that, in practice, similar corresponding provisions have been found to create no friction during ...
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