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Any further communication should be addressed to:-
THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY, (MARINE DEPARTMENT),
And the following latter and number should be quoted:-
M. 1790.
Telegraphic Address, BOARD TRADE, MARINE, LONDON.
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RECO REG 16 JAN 13
MARINE DEPARTMENT,
7, WHITEHALL GARDENS,
LONDON, S.W.
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Sir,
16th January, 1913.
I am directed by the Board of Trade to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of January 14th (1563/1913)
forwarding copy of a telegram from the Governor of Hong
Kong with regard to 330 Chinese whom it is proposed to
ship to this country to serve on the S.S. "Impress of
Russia".
In reply I am to state for Hr Secretary llarcourt's
information that the Board of Trade could not recognise
as an agreement under the Merchant Shipping Acts any
contract entered into at a port out of the United Kingdom
while the vessel concerned was in the United Kingdom, and
I am to suggest that the Governor General should be
instructed to authorize the Harbour Master to decline to
sanction any such agreement if brought before him.
Should the Chinese he brought to the United Kingdom
under a contract outside the Merchant Shipping Acts, it
would be necessary for them before they could be allowed
to sign an agreement to serve on the "Empress of Russia", to pass the language test in accordance with the pro-
visions of Section 12 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1906;
and I am to suggest that the Governor should bring this
fact to the notice of the parties concerned.
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office,
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