Telegrams: SHIPMINDER, PARL, LONDON. Telephone: WHITEHALL 5140.
M. 9807/38.
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MERCANTILE MARINE DEPARTMENT.
BOARD OF TRADE,
GREAT GEORGE STREET,
LONDON, S.W.]
26th October, 1938.
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Dear Gent,
I thank you for your letter of the 22nd October
(53908/38) enclosing information furnished by the Governor
of Hong Kong as to the duties of the post of Deputy
Shipping Master in the local Mercantile Marine Office.
It is now clear that this Officer's duties are
similar to those performed by Superintendents in our
Mercantile Marine Offices in this country who are recruited
from the Clerical Class Examination and we agree that the
possession of a Master Mariner's Certificate is not a
necessary qualification for the post.
Yours sincerely,
haruben
G. E. C. Gent, Esq. G.E.C.