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(12.) Every applicant for a certificate of competency shall, Fee to be paid upon lodging his application, pay to the Harbour Master a by applicant. fee, if for a master's or first-class engineer's certificate, of
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twenty dollars, and if for any other certificate, of fifteen dollars.
As regards the Board of Trade observation on sub-section (12) of section 4 of
36 of 1899:--~
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According to English ideas these fees seem distinctly high."
I would beg leave to mention that the above fee has been in force here for many years past, when the dollar was much higher in value than it is now. At present it is worth less than 1s. 11d.
With regard to the Board of Trade observation on sub-section (1) of section 6 of 36 of 1899:--
'It would seem that the powers of the Colonial Secretary and of the Harbour
Master, with the approvel of the Governor, might clash somewhat.”
The Harbour Master reports that, in practice, similar corresponding provisions have been found to create no friction during the 12 years during which he has been Harbour Master in this Colony, and for many years before.
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