CO129-454 - Acting Governor Claud Severn - 1919 [4-6] — Page 64

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That your Petitioners had always, and often at

considerable expense, acquiesced in and carried

out the suggestions of the Harbour Master for the

improvement of the service.

(1) That it was acknowledged on all sides and particu-

larly by the Honourable kr.Holyoak and the Honour-

able Mr.Shewan that your Petitioners deserved

consideration and preferential treatment.

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That it was expressly stated by the Government

that the object of the Bill to regulate the Ferries

was not to produce revenue.

That your Petitioners offered to comply with any

conditions the Goverment thought fit to impose and

to pay any rent the Government deemed reasonable.

That the tender of your Petitioners was based on

their long experience of the receipts from the

Ferries and fixed at an amount beyond which a

reasonable return on the capital invested could

not be hoped for unless fares were, to the prejudice

of the public, to be increased,

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(n) That the tender which was accepted was of double

the monthly rent offered by your Petitioners in

spite of the announcement that the object of the

Bill was not to secure revenue; that the successful

tenderers, save for conducting a Ferry Service to

Samshuipo with one single launch for a period of

two years had had no previous experience in con- ducting the Ferry Service concerned or any others

and their suitability and capacity to do so were

quite unimom factors and that, in view of these

facts and of the fact that no complaints existed

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