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exceed 2,750 tons. The latter all carry a Chinese
chief boatswain in addition to a master and one cer-
tificated mate.
In this connection I would invite your attention to the reply of His Majesty's Government to
the Questionnaire circulated by the International Labour Office at Geneva regarding "the minimum requirement of professional capacity on the part of masters, navigating officers and engineer officers on merchant ships" printed at Geneva in 1931 as Report IV
of the International Labour Conference, and in
particular to the statement that "His Majesty's
Government think it unnecessary and undesirable to require that fully certificated officers should
invariably be in charge of a watch on deck or the engine room on all vessels without exception". prz
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient, humble servant,
The
Governor, &c.
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