CO129-271 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1896 [1-4] — Page 543

" adhere to its principles and make

regulations, such regula:

"vimilar.

" how will not, in practice, "effectively enforced by

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sove of

" Auch nations, and that, therefore,

the effect will be to main or hill

"the British

carrying

trade as re=

"-gards Chinese passengers from "some of

the Coast ports and kaus: " for it to the ships of China and "other countries whose consular pe=

" presentatives are less scrupulous and " mergetic

than the British Conville

"at the various

vario

o port.

The letter of the China Associ. ation shows that my forecast of strong opposition was accurate. I am, however, unable to see in what respect clauses 2 and 11 of the Bill conflict. In referring to clause 11, the writer hav omitted the word "not before the

word

le and

applicable

appears, therefore,

to have misunderstood the section; and

a

bo

regards the criticism of clause 2 the definition of Chinese Passenger ship pemains the sauce as it has been

since

the Quiness Pussargers

Inssengers Act 1855,

nor do Sow hows

a 2

ship from any

Japanese port to Hong Kong would cave within that definition.

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I have endeavoured, to the

best of my ability, to carry out the instructions I received to prepare the

of

draft of the Ordinance in accordance with the requirements

the despatch N. 17 from the Marquess of Ripon dated the 24th January 1895. My opinion

as to whether such an Ordinance was. required d was not asked and that is

a matter which I, accordingly, leave

for others to decide.

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copy of the notes upon the Ordinance which I'appended

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my previous minute, and I trust that the Regulations though less ebingand " than the rules which under the existing

"law