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ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE &

REGO 18 NOV 03

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Hongkong,

7th October, 1903.

Report on Ordinance No.

18

of 190 2.

I hare exumined the accompanying Ordinance, entitled

An Ordinance to exempt certain Ships from the require-

-ments of Section 4 of the Merchant Shipping Consoli-

-dation Ordinance No.56 of 1899 ;

and I am of opinion that the Ordinance is one which is not contrary to

the Governor's Instructions.

دند

The object of this Ordinance is to relieve British

shipowners trading between Hongkong and places on the rivers

of the adjacent mainland from certain disadvantages under

which they suffer in competition with others trading on such

rivers by reason of the necessity at present imposed upon

them of complying with the provisions of the 4th section of

the Merchant Shipping Consolidation Ordinance, 1399, in res-

-pect of the number of certificated officers and engineers to

be carried.

The Ordinance is designed to place British owners in this res-

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