Enclosure 2.
C.O
7258
REC
REG 9 FEB IS
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS,
Hongkong... 3rd December, 1917.
REPORT ON ORDINANCE No.......................................................................of 1917.
I have examined the accompanying Ordinance intituled
An Ordinance to regulate Ferries,
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and I
one am of opinion that the Ordinance is
Governor's Instructions.
which is not contrary to the
1. The object of this Ordinance is to take power to regulate the
ferries of the Colony, other than the present service of the Star
Ferry Company Limited, which is sufficiently regulated by the terms
of the lease under which the company hold their pier on the Hongkong
side of the harbour.
| 2.
The main object is not revenue but the interests of the travelling
public, and it seems to be generally recognised that some control for