CO129-444 - Governor Sir May & Acting Governor Claud Severn - 1917 [10-12] — Page 305

Enclosure 2.

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REC

REG 9 FEB IS

ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS,

Hongkong... 3rd December, 1917.

REPORT ON ORDINANCE No.......................................................................of 1917.

I have examined the accompanying Ordinance intituled

An Ordinance to regulate Ferries,

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and I

one am of opinion that the Ordinance is

Governor's Instructions.

which is not contrary to the

1. The object of this Ordinance is to take power to regulate the

ferries of the Colony, other than the present service of the Star

Ferry Company Limited, which is sufficiently regulated by the terms

of the lease under which the company hold their pier on the Hongkong

side of the harbour.

| 2.

The main object is not revenue but the interests of the travelling

public, and it seems to be generally recognised that some control for