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Hon. Colonial Secretary,
Please see attached letter from Messrs. Butterfield and Swire with copies of Canadian Goverment letters re survey and inspection of ocean steamships. The statement at "A"
seems to me a serious one. Under Section 284 of the Merchant
Shipping Act, 1907, authority is given to British Possessions
to issue Passenger Certificates, and in 1881, a Government
Marine Surveyor was first appointed, I believe, through the Board of Trade, to this Colony. Prior to this, the Colony had only a Colonial Local Registration for Colonial Ships, but with the coming of the Government Marine Surveyor in 1881 Hongkong surveys were recognised by the Imperial Government as being equivalent, in every way, to their own Home surveys,
and Board of Trade instructions were issued to the Government
Marine Surveyor, Hongkong, for his guidance, in the same way
as issued to Home ports. Also Hongkong ships built, surveyed
and registered in this port are frequently transferred to the
London Register without any further survey, which would point to complete recognition of the Hongkong surveys by the Board of Trade as being in every way equal.
So for these reasons, I should be glad if a ruling
on this point can be obtained from the Board of Trade.
C. W. BECKWITH,
sd.
Harbour Master,
16.11.20.
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