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No.
Hongkong
H
43402
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Government House,
Hongkong, 24th.October, 1908.
My Lord,
iscellaneous of 6th. May, 1908.
). 102 of 28th, May, 1908.
With reference to Your Lordship's
Despatches noted in the margin, I have
the honour to transmit a fresh draft
of the Bill to amend the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899,
in which the suggestions made by the Board of Trade have
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been embodied.
2.
The pronouncement made in the 2nd.
paragraph of the Board of Trade's letter copy of which was
By
18607
enclosed in Your Lordship's Despatch No. 102 of the 28th.
May has been noted; but the Board appear to be under a
misapprehension regarding the qualifications of the
Marine Surveyors. Mr. J. Macdonald, the Government Marine
Surveyor, holds a certificate as First Class Engineer,
recognised by the Board of Trade. It was issued in this
Colony on the 15th. of February, 1890, and bears the No.
RIGHT HONOURABLE
THE EARL OF CREWE,
&C.
800.
&C. 1
498.