CO129-270 - Public Offices & Others - 1895 — Page 319

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Board of Trade,

(Marine Department),

7 Whitehall Gardens,

London, 5. W.,

7th December 1895.

Sir.

Board

of

Holt, Esq.,

Alfred

Liverpool.

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22570

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I am directed by the Trade to acknowledge

F

the

receipt of your

letter

of

the 30th

K

of

ultimo, calling attention to the

action

the Authorities at Hong

Kong in refusing to allow your

5.5. "Priam on her arrival at

S.

that

port on the 27th October last, to carry

ou

the

passengers

that her

ground

Passenger Certificate issued under the provisions of the Merchout Shipping Act, 1894. had expired.

of

In reply, the Board Trade desire me to point out that the Authorities at Hong Kong under

their