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the Certificate required under Section 33 of that

Ordinance, and that such fee should be fixed at

$40.

forty dollars, to which amount the Fee prescribed in

the Hongkong Ordinance of 1901 for an original cer-

tificate should be raised, while the Fee for a

$12.50. - $20.

second Certificate on the same voyage should be in-

creased from twelve dollars fifty cents to twenty

$7.50.

$20.

dollars.

I am further to suggest that it would be well

that specific authority should be inserted in the

Colonial Ordinances for the charges hitherto levied

informally for work done cut of office hours, and on

Sundays and holidays.

authorised charge should, in the opinion of Sir Edward

Grey, be fixed at seven dollars fifty cents per hour,

while the charge for attendance on Sundays and hol-

In the case of overtime the

idays should be twenty dollars.

I am,

Sir,

Your most obedient,

humble Servant,

W. Langley