CO129-328 - Governor Nathan - 1905 [1-6] — Page 92

The Gov.

made a

diplomatic mustible

was otherwis

No. 18

the prohor lemained

Hongkong,

in referring to the subsidies: he

here

fuelty forin ground

Ferades persored

Nr. 25/

In there as

Sir,

Goo

Reco

C 0.

6124

Wral 25 FEL 05

Goverment House,

Hongkong, 25th. January, 1905.

90

So poved 4B2

28/2 C.P.L.1 March

at once

da

10942

04

Referring to Mr. May's Despatch No. 64

dated the 24th. February and to your reply No. 102 dated the

6th. April, 1904, on the subject of the competition of certain

subsidised French Steamers, which ply between Canton and Hong-

kong, with the stemmers of the Canton and Macao Steamboat

Company, Limited, I have the honour to inform you that on the

16th. December last the French Censul requested that the

annual survey of these two Steamers the "Paul Beau" and

required under subsection (2), Section

Charles Hardouin"

10 of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance (No. 10 of 1899) might

be dispensed with under the second proviso of that subsection,

passenger certificates having been issued by the French Consul

at Canton in place of those which had been originally granted

by the French Authorities at Nantes and had expired.

2.

The Harbour Master considered that the

passenger certificates issued by the Consul at Canton should

not be accepted as they had not been granted on a surveyor's

declaration as to hull, passenger accommodation and life

saving apparatus. A survey of the boilers and engines had, it

is

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

ALFRED LYTTELTON, K.C., M.P..

&C...

&C +、

80..