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ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE &
REGO 18 NOV 03
60
Hongkong,
7th October, 1903.
Report on Ordinance No.
18
of 190 2.
I hare exumined the accompanying Ordinance, entitled
An Ordinance to exempt certain Ships from the require-
-ments of Section 4 of the Merchant Shipping Consoli-
-dation Ordinance No.56 of 1899 ;
and I am of opinion that the Ordinance is one which is not contrary to
the Governor's Instructions.
دند
The object of this Ordinance is to relieve British
shipowners trading between Hongkong and places on the rivers
of the adjacent mainland from certain disadvantages under
which they suffer in competition with others trading on such
rivers by reason of the necessity at present imposed upon
them of complying with the provisions of the 4th section of
the Merchant Shipping Consolidation Ordinance, 1399, in res-
-pect of the number of certificated officers and engineers to
be carried.
The Ordinance is designed to place British owners in this res-
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