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CONFIDENTIAL
Minutos of the Third Meeting of the Hong Kong Fort Consultative Committee held at the Colonial Office
at 2.30 p.m. on 17th April, 1946.
Present:
Mr. N.L. Smith, C.M.G.
Chairman
Mr. R.A.C. North
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Mr. S.H. Dodwell
Mr.. A. Lang
Sir John Masson
Mr. C. Wurtzburg, M.C.
Mr. C.J. Colman, Chairman-designate of the Hong Kong Port Trust, also attended this Meeting.
Mr. W.J. Keswick and Mr. G.W. Swire sent messages regretting that they were unable to attend the Meeting.
Minutes
With the consent of the Meeting the minutes of the second Meeting held on the 13th December, 1945, which had been circulated to the members, were taken as read.
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Harbour Master, .
The Chairman said that Commander Jolly, the present holder of the post of Harbour Master, was, of course, the officer chiefly affected by the proposal that a Fort Trust be set up. Cormander Jolly had been specially selected for the post and was very highly qualified. It was understood that, the Harbour Master would in any case no longer carry on the duties of Director of Air Bervicos which was to become a separate appointment.
Commander Jolly had seen the Memorandum on the re-allocation of the Harbour Master's functions, had commented on it, had discussed the matter with Mr. Colman, and had agreed that the "Board of Trade" matters should not come under the control of the Port Trust, The Chairman said that he thought that there were three possible courses of action with regard to the future employment of Commander Jolly.
(a) That he be appointed officer in charge of a Marine Department if, one were set up to control the "Board of Trade" functions not taken over by the Part Trust.
(b) That a new appointment be made by the Hong Kong Government in
charge of those residual functions and that Conmander Jolly be appointed a Principal Officer of the Fort Trust.
(c) That Commander Jolly should somehow combine the posts of Head
of the Government Marine Department and of Port Officer in the Port Trust.
In the course of the general discussion it was said that it was not unusual, in ports where a Trust was in being, for the Principal Surveyo: of Ships and the Shipping Master to control separate departments, but that in some circumstances it might be desirable to have these departments
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