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No.80.

Hongkong.

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REE 5 MAY OG

Government House,

Hongkong, 5th. April, 1906.

My Lord,

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With reference to paragraph 2 of

Your Lordship's Despatch No. 38 of the 21st. February last

enclosing for my consideration copies of correspondence

with the Board of Trade with regard to Ordinance No. 5 of

1905 entitled "An Ordinance further to amend the Merchant

Shipping Ordinance, 1899, and for further purposes", I

have the honour to explain, with respect to the criticism

of Clause 4 contained in the Board of Trade's letter of the

14th. February that the repetition at the end of that

clause of matters which are referred to in the regulations

in Table 'E', appears to be justifiable on the ground that

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it calls attention to important points which might be over-

-looked and tends to prevent confusion in the interpreta-

-tion of the section by those who will be affected.

RIGHT HONOURABLE

THE EARL OF ELGIN, K.G.,

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With reference to the criticism

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