CO129-314 - Public Offices - 1902 — Page 368

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appears to be a nominal fine, as placing this point

beyond question.

Messrs. Swire add that there can be no doubt

that a determined and well organised attempt is being

made by certain Chinese to use the steamers trading

The con-

between Hongkong and the Philippines as a means of

obtaining illegal ingress into the island.

sequent risk to shipowners is very great and is calls-

ing much anxiety to their friends who have felt com-

pelled to call the attention of the Hongkong Govern-

ment to the inadequacy of the present Colonial ordi-

nance dealing with Stowaways and to move them to make

it more far-reaching, so as to include not only the

guilty parties amongst the Crews of the vessels,

the stevedores by whose connivance the accommodation

for the Stowaways is provided.

(Signed)

I am &c.,

but