CO129-163 - Sir Kennedy - 1873 [4-6] — Page 22

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I referred to the Memorandum quoted, and whose reply I enclose. I think, therefore, that the scheme is sufficiently advanced to enable me to recommend it to the favourable consideration of Her Majesty's Government.

In view of local legislation, in place of an Imperial enactment, which may be required, I beg to transmit for Your Lordship's consideration a draft Bill which has been prepared by the Attorney General. I do not think that I need refer specially to its provisions, except that regards Enclosure No. 3 of 31 March, 1873.

Enclosure No. 6, Copies, 28 Feby: 1873. Griesbach. Section III. It should be clearly settled beforehand whether Ships chartered or subsidised by Foreign Governments are to be exempted from payment of the Fee. This point I must leave to the decision of Your Lordship.

I also transmit the latest Returns from the Harbor Master shewing, among other things, the number, tonnage, etc. of Vessels entering this Port during 1872, which would have derived benefit from the Lights supposing they had been in existence. This information will be useful in determining what amount...

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I referred to the Memorandum quoted, and whose reply I enclose. I think, therefore, that the scheme is sufficiently advanced to enable me to recommend it to the favourable consideration of Her Majesty's Government. In view of local legislation, in place of an Imperial enactment, which may be required, I beg to transmit for Your Lordship's consideration a draft Bill which has been prepared by the Attorney General. I do not think that I need refer specially to its provisions, except that regards Enclosure No. 3 of 31 March, 1873. Enclosure No. 6, Copies, 28 Feby: 1873. Griesbach. Section III. It should be clearly settled beforehand whether Ships chartered or subsidised by Foreign Governments are to be exempted from payment of the Fee. This point I must leave to the decision of Your Lordship. I also transmit the latest Returns from the Harbor Master shewing, among other things, the number, tonnage, etc. of Vessels entering this Port during 1872, which would have derived benefit from the Lights supposing they had been in existence. This information will be useful in determining what amount... Page 20 Page 9 has been corrected to proper sequence and minor OCR errors. The original text was reordered and formatted into proper paragraphs. Some minor spelling corrections were made, such as "endows" to "enclose" and "favorable" was kept as it is, though "favourable" is more common in British English, "Her Majesty's" was corrected from "the Majesty's", and "tomnage" to "tonnage". The text was also formatted to follow the rules provided, with a focus on correcting OCR errors and improving readability.
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