TELEPHONE NO.
112 TREASURY.
OFFICE OF
TRADE
SOLICITOR
Dear Cox
7, WHITEHALL GARDENS,
LONDON, S.W.
11th Dec 1906
Clinic on Lotto.
With reference to the question submitted by the Stone Shipping Authorities as to their power
and
the
definition of Chinese Passenger Ship
so
as to exclude cabin and saloon passengers in the computation of the 20 passengers in the definition of Chinese passenger ship contained in the Imperial Act of 1855 it has occurred to me that, if you agree with the suggestion
I made for the
Board of Trade to communicate to Bertram Cox at Colonial Office
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to your Department that that question should be referred to the Law Officers in connection with their recent opinion
that you might think it desirable to make
your reference direct to the Law Officers - Personally I think this
would be better than that the question should lie to the Law Officers through the Board of Trade time might be saved.
Yours sincerely
By Ellis Creasy
P.S. This was written before your
Letter came