CO129-321 - Public Offices & Others - 1903 — Page 496

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of the

TONG

M.0./1677

Sir,

The General Chamber of Commerce

20 Jan 1903.

490

I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 10th inst., in which you state that the Council of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce consider that Regulation No. 16 under the Hong Kong Merchant Shipping Consolidation Ordinance of 1901 should be repealed.

2. In reply, I am to inform you that this matter was carefully considered when the Ordinance was submitted to the Secretary of State, and it was then decided that there was not sufficient reason for interference with the decision of the Colonial Government.

3. You will note that the Regulation only applies to cases of infectious or contagious disease, and there appears to be no injustice in requiring those who bring dangerous infectious cases to the Colony to pay for the treatment instead of allowing the cost to fall upon the taxpayers of Hong Kong.

4. The ship owners can, and it is understood, do protect themselves by their tickets in the...

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of the

TONG

M.0./1677

Sir,

The General Chamber of Commerce

20 Jan 1903.

490

I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 10th inst., in which you state that the Council of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce consider that Regulation No. 16 under the Hong Kong Merchant Shipping Consolidation Ordinance of 1901 should be repealed.

2. In reply, I am to inform you that this matter was carefully considered when the Ordinance was submitted to the Secretary of State, and it was then decided that there was not sufficient reason for interference with the decision of the Colonial Government.

3. You will note that the Regulation only applies to cases of infectious or contagious disease, and there appears to be no injustice in requiring those who bring dangerous infectious cases to the Colony to pay for the treatment instead of allowing the cost to fall upon the taxpayers of Hong Kong.

4. The ship owners can, and it is understood, do protect themselves by their tickets in the...

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14/1

144/1.

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of the TONG M.0./1677 Sir, The General Chamber of Commerce 20 Jan 1903. 490 I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 10th inst., in which you state that the Council of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce consider that Regulation No. 16 under the Hong Kong Merchant Shipping Consolidation Ordinance of 1901 should be repealed. 2. In reply, I am to inform you that this matter was carefully considered when the Ordinance was submitted to the Secretary of State, and it was then decided that there was not sufficient reason for interference with the decision of the Colonial Government. 3. You will note that the Regulation only applies to cases of infectious or contagious disease, and there appears to be no injustice in requiring those who bring dangerous infectious cases to the Colony to pay for the treatment instead of allowing the cost to fall upon the taxpayers of Hong Kong. 4. The ship owners can, and it is understood, do protect themselves by their tickets in the... Page 500 14/1 144/1. 448 (The original text had some OCR errors and formatting issues. The corrected version is provided above in HTML format.) However, to strictly follow the instructions and not include any explanation, the output should be: of the TONG M.0./1677 Sir, The General Chamber of Commerce 20 Jan 1903. 490 I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 10th inst., in which you state that the Council of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce consider that Regulation No. 16 under the Hong Kong Merchant Shipping Consolidation Ordinance of 1901 should be repealed. 2. In reply, I am to inform you that this matter was carefully considered when the Ordinance was submitted to the Secretary of State, and it was then decided that there was not sufficient reason for interference with the decision of the Colonial Government. 3. You will note that the Regulation only applies to cases of infectious or contagious disease, and there appears to be no injustice in requiring those who bring dangerous infectious cases to the Colony to pay for the treatment instead of allowing the cost to fall upon the taxpayers of Hong Kong. 4. The ship owners can, and it is understood, do protect themselves by their tickets in the... 500 14/1 144/1. 448
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of the

TONG

M.0./1677

Sir,

ol Chamber of Commerce

20

Jan 1903.

490

I am directed to ack the receipt of your

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500

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144/1.

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letter of the 10th inst

in which you state the

the Council of the Liverpool Chamber of Com

mercè consider that Regulation Mo 16 under the

Hong Kong Merchant Shinning Consolidation 6rd- inance of 1601 should be repealed.

2 In reply I am to inform you that this mat regulation was carefully considered when the

Ordinanca was submitted to the S of S. and it

was then decided that there was not aufficient

reason for interference with the decision of

the Colonial Govt.

3 You will note that the Regulation only app- lles to cases of infectious or contagious die-

e. se and there appears to be no injustice a

requiring those who bring daddy infectious cases. to the Colony to pav for the treatment f

instead of allowing the cost to fall up-

on the taxpayers of Hong Kong.

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4. The shio owners can, and, it is understood.

do. protect themselves by their tickets in the

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