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Master's Department. The Official

貘

Administrator has not I believe

any staff that he could employ

in boarding ships and

( juuks

arrival and taking possession

of deceased passengers and

scamen's effects.

the Fing War Committee.

should & chinks have nothing

whatever to do with the matter

but their

11t

any official

way.

assistance might be

might be informally

and relatives

obtained in looking up the friends

of deceased· Ohineze

passengers or Seamer.

to be

The steps that appear necessary to place the matter

D)

1. Auder the

tw a

proper footing would then

be the following.

provisions

37 of the act 37

Cap. 88 the Board of Prade might

of

Section

Victoria

require

that

every

Master

of

a

vessel arriving in Hongkong

should report to the Narbour

•Master the death of any passengers

or seamnew on the

voyago.

2. Ordinance 8 of 1860 might be amended so as to provide that those sections which regulate

the administration of estates of

persone deceased.

A generally, shall not

apply in relation to the estates

of passengers and scanews

dying