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the remedy is to amend the Order in Council by an addition of launches plying on the inland waters to lorehas, &c., mentioned in Article 16 of the Order in Council which are exempted from those provisions in the Merchant Shipping Act.
Finally, if an amending Order in Council is necessary it will be well worth considering whether the whole matter could not be dealt with together in such Order in Council, better than by rules, and whether there are not other provisions of the Merchant Shipping Act from which these launches should be exempted.
You will see from this despatch that there appear to me to be preliminary questions of policy to be determined before the rules can be drafted, but I see no reason why, when such determination is arrived at, we should not be able to enact a workable scheme.
He
Another delay has occurred since the above was written as I submitted the draft to Sir Pelham Warren, as registrar of shipping, for his consideration, concurs in the view as to the feasibility of registry in Shanghae in the way I have proposed.
I have, &c.
烹
(Signed)
H. W. DE SAUSMAREZ.
Inclosure in No. 1.
TABLE of Shipping Entered and Cleared at each Port under Inland Waters Stearn Navigation during the Year 1906.
001
1,400
**
528
2,284
730
7
Ze
18,214
American.
British.
Chinese.
Dutch.
French
German.
Port.
Number
Entered and
Nutaber
Number
Tons.
Entered and
Entered and
Tuns.
Number
Entered and
Tons.
Number
Entered and
Tons.
Number
Entered and
Tons.
Cleared.
Cleared.
Cleared.
Cleared.
Cleare
Cleared.
Cleared.
491
RZS
98
10 10 0
8,978
1,326
81Z'Z
또
9,080
642
..
2,778
192
3,382
7,512
97,230
1,491
$8.862
TIL
27,776
1,829
56,557
..
1,895
28,910
087
8,216
10
108
95
100
2,111
4
27
540
2,171
92
1,286
168
1,126
2
1,209
64
4,048
118
6,270
2,413
*
68
736
OUSUIN
3,200
Wenchow..
20-1
Foochow ..
124
85
Amoy
739
17,687
5,543
2,921
Swatow
2,281
6,458
..
CRN
Canton
RR
2,288
13,501
31,127
Kowloon
..
2013
..
ædder
..
་ ་
Kongmoon..
Samshui ..
Kingchow Wachow
Total ..
28
652
ན ་
1,116
2,026
1,452
4,166
12,614
6,952
1,706
..
853
20,663
25,520
1,126,216
91,072
1,755,520
285
OLL LE
113
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