Telegrams- “SHIPMINDER, PARL, LONDON." Telephone-VICTORIA 3840 Ext.
Whitehall 5140
Any further communication on this subject should be addressed to:-
The Assistant Secretary,
Mercantile Marine Department
(address as opposite)
and the
owing number quoted :—
6
14498/31.
Sir,
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MERCANTILE MARINE DEPARTMENT,
BOARD OF TRADE,
GREAT GEORGE STREET,
WESTMINSTER, S.W.1.
GIVEO
2 MAY 1932
10th May, 1932.
I am directed by the Board of Trade to refer to your
letter, with enclosure, of the 26th April (82875/31),
on the subject of the number of certificated officers
carried on vessels holding Hong Kong passenger certificates.
In reply, I am to state that the attitude of the
Governor in this matter appears to be correct.
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Section
sub-section 2 of the Hong Kong Merchant Shipping
Ordinance No. 10 of 1899 provides that British ships
leaving the ports of the Colony must have on board, if
more than one mate is carried, a duly certificated first
mate and second mate. The vessels mentioned are stated
to carry one mate only and, provided he is certificated,
the requirements of the law are satisfied.
Calm eks.
The Under-Secretary of State,
Colonial Office,
S.W. 1.
I have the honour to be,
sir,
Your obedient Servant,
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