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yama-" SHIPMINDER, PARL, LONDON."
Shone VICTORIA 8740 Ext.
Any further communication on this
et should be addressed to
The Astant Secretary.
Mercantile Marine Department,
(addrea no opposite)
The following number quoted:-
.8292/25.
sir,
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17533
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RMERCANTILE MARINE DEPARTMENT,
R 18 h 25ARD-
OF TRADE,
3, SANCTUARY BUILDINGS,
GREAT SMITH STREET,
223
LONDON, S.W.1.
16th April, 1925,
Gw
With reference to your letter (8517/25) of the 12th March, forwarding a copy of a despatch from the Governor of Hong Kong concerning the recognition by this Department of a Special Class Passenger Certificate which it is proposed to issue in Hong Kong, I am directed by the Board of Trade to state, for the information of Mr. Secretary Amery, that they see no objection to the proposals of the Government
of Hong Kong to introduce a Special Class Certificate for foreign-going passenger ships, but before the
Board could arrange for an Order in Council to be
made under Section 284 of the Merchant Shipping
Act, 1894, declaring that this Certificate shall be
of the same force as that granted under the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, the Board would require to be
fully satisfied that the Special Class Certificate
will only be granted after a survey similar to the Under Secretary of State,
survey/ Colonial Office,
S.W.1.
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