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Colonial Office. October 15th, 1900.

Hongkong Merchant Shipping Ordinance.

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The views of the Foreign Office are asked: -

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as to precautions against collision on the

part of Chinese junks.

The Harbour Master suggests that junks should

not be allowed to sue for damages at all.

The Colonial Office seem to take that as the Gov-

ernor's suggestion but the Governor's suggestion ap-

pears really to be contained in the next paragraph (8)

of his despatch and to coincide more or less with that

of the Board of Trade: it is that junks should be

non-suited if collision was due to non-observance of

the collision regulations.

120/25-

7-12

On this point Mr. David-

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son