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their Ordinance of 1879 recognise Passenger Certificates issued under the Imperial Act only for the period for which they may

be

issued and do not allow vessels

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whose certificates have expired to carry Passengers in or Colony without undergoing survey.

As

the foot of

of

regards

from

the Clause at

the Passenger Certificato

to which you call attention, thie Board Trade would observe that this Clause is in accordance with the

Section 278 (2)

of

the

provisions of Imperial Merchant Shipping Act. 1894, and its meaning is clearly that a vessel whose Pertificate ex- pires while she is abroad must be Surveyed and have a fresh Cer- tificate from the Board of before she again plies with passen - gers, after her next subsequent return to the United Kingdom.

Trade

The Board of Frade are

unable to

agree

with the contention.

that

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