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ORDER IN COUNCIL.
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WHEREAS it is provided by the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, that the Legislature of any British possession may by an Act or Ordinance, confirmed by His Majesty in Council, repeal, wholly or in part, any provisions of that Act (other than those of the third part thereof which relate to emigrant ships) relating to ships registered in that possession; but that any such Act, or Ordinance shall not take effect until the approval of His Majesty has been proclaimed in the possession, or until such time thereafter as may be fixed by the Act or Ordinance for the purpose.
AND WHEREAS the Legislature of the Colony of Hong Kong by certain Ordinances entitled respectively the Merchant Shipping Consolidation Ordinance, 1899, the Merchant Shipping Amendment Ordinance, 1901, and the Merchant Shipping Amendment Ordinance, 1903, and in particular, by section 35 of the aforesaid Ordinance repealed the provisions of the said Merchant Shipping Act,