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Enclosure No 3 in China station letter No 445/144 dated 26 June 1909
H.K.S."Astraea" at Shanghai
26 March 09.
sir,
In compliance with your Memorandum dated 11th in-
stant I have the honour to report that the International Code Pendant is used at Shanghai to indicate that the Ash Boat is required alongside and I submit that this might be mistaken for answering signals from British Merchant Ships.
2. The other Local Signals at this Port as given in the China Coaster are too clearly stated to cause
confusion.
I have etc
(3D) F.ECHYAN,
Captain Senior Naval Officer,
Shanghai.
he Commander in Chief
HI.M.Ships and Vessels,
China.