Any further communication should be addressed to:-
THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY, (MARINE DEPARTMENT).
A the following letter and number should be quoted :--
M
27766.
Telegraphic Address. BOARD OF TRADE, MARINE,
LONDON.
C.O.
46970
Rec
&
REG 23 DEC 08
MARINE DEPARTMENT,
T, WHITEHALL GARDENS,
LONDON, S.W.
89
Sir,
21st December,
1909.
Gov
743402
I am directed by the Board of Trade to acknowledge the receipt of your letter (Number 43402/1908) of the
3rd instant forwarding a copy of a despatch from the
Governor of Hong Kong respecting the Bill to amend the
Merchant Shipping Ordinance 1899, and I am to state that
the Board observe that the fresh draft of the Bill embodies
in general the suggestions made in their letter of the
16th April last.
The Board have now been able to identify Mr J. Macdonald, the Government Marine Surveyor as holding a
valid certificate as First Class Engineer and they desire
me to state that they have no further observations to make
in regard to the arrangements under the Bill for the examination of candidates for certificates of competency.
The Board think it desirable to call attention to the
terms of the proviso which has been inserted in Clause 7 (h) to correspond with that in Section 1 (a) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1906. The proviso they observe speaks of the application to foreign ships under Section 734 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894, of the provisions of
Section 14 of the Ordinance of 1899. This is not strictly
accurate and I am to suggest that the proviso should preferably be worded as follows :-
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office, S.W.
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