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JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD.
Hong Kong, 20th February, 1929.
Sir,
I have the honour to address you in reply to
yours of December 15th, 1928, with reference to the
proposed amalgamation of the Sailors' Home in Hong Kong
with the Missions to Seamen in Hong Kong, and as the
proposed scheme is so largely bound up with the projected
purchase of the Sailors' Home by the Goverment it is
thought desirable that I lay the facts before you in a
comprehensive form.
The Sailors' Home was founded in Hong Kong many
years ago through the instrumentality of Messrs. Jardine,
Matheson & Co., Messrs. Gibb Livingston & Co., and the
P. & 0. Company, which had and still has for its object
the provision of a refuge for Merchants' Seamen calling
at this Port. In 1925 the Trustees of the Sailors'
Home were incorporated by Ordinance No.5 of 1925 and
have since been carrying on under this Ordinance.
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The Sailors' Home was self-supporting, but recently, having regard to changed conditions, it has
been found to be situated in the wrong part of the town,
and it is now being carried on at a financial loss.
The Missions to Seamen is a world-wide
organization and as far as Hong Kong is concerned, is
incorporated and carried on in this Colony under Ordinance
No.10 of 1919, it has for its objects the propagation of the principles of the Church of England and the provision
of a refuge for Seamen of His Majesty's Navy as well as
It carries on its operations
for the Merchant Service.
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