Copy.
No.5545/1929.
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Enclosure No.2.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S OFFICE.
HONG KONG
9th May, 1929.
Gentlemen,
I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of
your letter dated the 29th of April, 1929, with reference
to the recent visit of His Royal Highness the Duke of
Gloucester.
2.
The first paragraph of your letter is not
understood as no such arrangements as you refer to were in
fact made for other sections of the community. No
discourtesy was intended or shown to the Officers of the
Merchant Marine who received individually the same privileges
as individual members of other professions.
3.
All officers of the British Merchant Marine
who had called upon His Excellency the Governor and whose
names were, therefore, on the Government House lists of
visitors, were invited to the reception given by His
Excellency in honour of His Royal Highness on the afternoon
of the 26th April.
4.
If you desire to address the Secretary of
State for the Colonies on this matter the communication must
be submitted in accordance with Colonial Regulation No.200,
The Branch Secretary&uild
Marine Engineers' Guild of China,
and
The Assistant Secretary,
China Coast Officers' Guild,
67, Des Voeux Road Central,
Hong Kong.
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