CO129-407 - Public Offices & Others - 1913 — Page 90

Any further communication should be Bresse to:-

THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY, *MARINE DEPARTMENT),

And the following letter and number bould be quoted-

M. 34616.

Telegraphic Address. BOARD TRADE, MARINE,

LONDON.

3 cepat

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43661

BOARD OF TRADE 20 DEC 13

(MARINE DEPARTMENT),

7, WHITEHALL GARDENS,

LONDON, S.W.

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هدا شهد في باني الحال

19th Lecember,1913.

B7 7749

Sir,

I am directed by the Board of Trade to refer to the correspondence ending with your letter of Larch 11th (0.7328) on the subject of the shipment of Chinese seamen from Hong kong to england and to transit herewith a copy of a letter from the Home Office, with enclosure on the

subject.

The Board have ascertained that the 3/S."Talthybius" brought two crews, numbering 98 men, in addition to her own crew, on separate reements made out in the name of the "Talthy Lius". The semen were intended for the S/."Ulysses" and "Phemius" at Liverpool, and in accordance with the legal requirements indicated in the Board's letter of 16th January, the men were submitted to the language test before being allowed to join these vessels; twenty-two were found by the Superintendent of the Mercantile Larine Office at Liverpool not to have

a eufficient knowledge of the english language and

were not allowed to join.

In view of the fact that the two separate agrements

above

The Under Secretary of State,

Colonial Office,

B.N.

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