54064/49
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HONG KONG
NO. 149
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COLONIAL OFFICE,
THE CHURCH HOUSE,
GREAT SMITH STREET,
S. W. 1.
2 June, 1949.
sir,
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch No. 22 of the 9th February, and to inform you that the power of disallowance will not be exercised in respect of Ordinance No. 4 of 1949, shortly entitled the Immigrants Control Ordinance, 1949.
2.
I enclose for your information a Note prepared by my Legal Adviser, in the light of which it may be considered desirable at some convenient opportunity for this Ordinance to be amended.
I have the honour to be,
sir,
Your most obedient,
humble servant,
Croanh Jones
GOVERNOR,
SIR ALEXANDER GRANTHAM, K.C.M.G.
etc.,
etc.,
etc.,