b.
Any further communication should be addressed to:---
THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY, (MARINE DEPARTMENT),
And the following letter and number should be quoted:---
M20,697.
Telegraphic Address: BOARD TRADE, MARINE, LONDON.
MARINE DEPARTMENT,
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29638
7, WHITEHALL GARDENSRED ||
LONDON, S.W.
8th September, 1911.
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Sir,
I am directed by the Board of Trade to acknowledge
Gene.
the receipt of your letter of the 30th August, No. 27, 205,
forwarding a copy of a despatch from the Governor of Hong
Kong relating to a draft Bill to amend the Merchant Shipping
Amendment Ordinance, 1899, and its amending Ordinances.
In reply I am to state, for the information of Mr.
Secretary Harcourt, that the Board have no observations to
offer on the draft Bill.
The original enclosures to your letter are
returned herewith.
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office,
S. W.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
Resteron-Anwell