Any further communication should be addressed to
THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY, (MARINE DEPARTMENT).
And the following letter and number should be quoted:—
M.
13012
Telegraphic Address.
BOARD TRADE, MARINE,
LONDON.
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MARINE DEPARTMENT, SEP
7, WHITEHALL GARDENS,
LONDON, S.W.
12th September, 1904
Sir,
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I am directed by the Board of Trade to acknow-
ledge the receipt of your letter of the 6th instant en-
closing a Draft of an Ordinance proposed to be substitut-
ed for the Hong Kong "Junks Ordinance 1902" and asking
for the views of this Department thereon.
In reply, the Board of Trade desire me to re-
quest you to be so good as to state to Mr Secretary
Lyttelton that in their opinion it would be advantageous
if all vessels of the class referred to in the Draft
Ordinance could be made to comply with the requirements
of the International Regulations as regards lights.
If,
however, the local authorities are satisfied that this is
impracticable, the Board cannot object to the arrangement
now proposed, but they desire me to point out that there
appears to be some doubt whether the Draft Ordinance is
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.
BC