Any further communication should be addressed to;---
THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY, (MARINE DEPARTMENT).
And the following letter and number should be quoted :—
M 13014
Telegraphic Address.
BOARD TRADE, MARINE, LONDON.
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MARINE DEPARTMENT, '
7, WHITEHALL GARDENS,
LONDON, S.W
17th July
1903.
Sir,
I am directed by the Board of Trade to acknowledge
the receipt of your letter of the 7th instant (No.24054/03
forwarding a draft Order in Council to confirm the Hong
Kong Merchant Shipping Ordinances Nos. 36 of 1899, 31 of
1901 and 2 of 1903.
In reply, I am to suggest, for the consideration of
Mr. Secretary Chamberlain,that the Order in Council might
specifically refer to Section 35 of the Ordinance No. 31
of 1901, which appears to be the only section in any of
the three Ordinances which expressly repeals any provi-
sion of the Merchant Shipping Act of 1894.
The enclosures forwarded with your letter are re-
turned herewith.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
Walter H. R... mites.
it is desired that the Order when approved, should be Published in the "London Gazette" and laid before Parliament ? vide Merchant Shipping Act 1894 Section 738
Yours faithfully (Dample H...
The Under Secretary
of State,
Colonial Office.