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The Imperial
8971 & 8072 BANK LIVERPOOL
2881 AVENUE, LONDON
1813 CARDIFF.
36 SOUTH SHIELDS,
4201 CENTRAL OLASGOW.
Merchant
Service
(REPRESENTING THE CAPTAINS AND OFFICERS OF THE FRIT18 MERCHANT SERVICE,)
Guild
Solicitors at
Most Leading Seaports at Home and Abroad,
Over 400 Agents
Ashore and Afloat. Agents at
Seaports throughout the World.
70270
600
DOLPHIN CARDIFF. DOLPHIN, SOUTHSHIELDA. QUILOÓRAFT, HULL DOLPHIN, GLASGOW.
52 CORPORATION, HULL
Chief Assistant Secretary: Temporarily Vacant.
Secretary: Mr. T. W. MOORE, M.B.E., F.R.G.S.
Lieutenant, Royal Naval Reserva (Hønerary),
Assistant Secretary: Lieut. G. B. SAY, H.N.V.R.
OFFICIAL.
S/EV.
Cashler: Mr. C. K. MITCHELL.
HEAD OFFICES:
THE ARCADE, LORD STREET, LIVERPOOL.
OTHER OFFICES:
Dixon House, Lloyd's Avenue, London, E.C. Colum Buildings, Mount Stuart Square, Cardiff.
Old Town Hall, South Shields. 41, King Edward Street, Hull.
Baltic Chambers, 50, Wellington Street, Glasgow,
The Under-Secretary of State,
10th December 1919.
sir,
Colonial Office.
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I beg to thank you for your further letter of the 8th instant,reference/64000/1919. regarding the employment of aliens as Pilots in Hong Kong, contents of which I have carefully noted.
I am getting into touch again with our member,who is serving in the East, on this matter and on receiving a reply from him we shall probably be dealing with the matter further.
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I may say,however, that in the opinion of the Management Committee of the Imperial Merchant Service Guild, in view of the fact that there is at the present time especially, a considerable surplus of experienced Masters and Officers of the Merchant Service, that the overment of Hong Kong might very well omsider their decision in this matter and in future engage British Officers only for the Pilotage Service of this important port.
re-
"The Chinese who are at present employed may be most efficient Pilots,but we are of opinion that in a British Possession
be British bom Officers should most decidedly given the preference,
1 especially as the volume of shipping entering and leaving this
port would provide ample employment for a considerable number
of Pilots.