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Colonial Secretary's Office,
No.1 in 2266/1922.
386
Sir,
Hongkong.
26th April, 1924.
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I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 22nd of April and in reply to inform you that Government is not prepared to abandon the system of guards on ships as provided for in the Regulations under the Piracy Prevention Ordinance.
2. With regard to your remarks relating to the authority of the master of a ship over the guards thereon, I am to invite your attention to paragraph 36 of the Regulations made on the 6th of March, 1924.
3. I am also to invite your attention to my letter of the 2nd of April with reference to the extent of the assistance which could be given by the Naval Authorities.
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4. I enclose a copy of a Government Notification appearing in the Gazette of 25th April on the subject of compensation where piratical attacks result in the death or disablement of officers of ships on the Hongkong register. Attention is specially directed to the fact that Government will not grant compensation in any case unless satisfied that the Piracy Regulations have been properly observed.
I am, etc..
(Sd). Claud Severn,
Colonial Secretary.
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The Assistant Secretary,
China Coast Officers' Guild.