CO129-457 - Public Offices - 1919 — Page 409

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Timra is a considerable modification in tha “hengkung pw-pomla as contained in the Governor'a desmatch of Novambar 15th, wlwm compared with tla propomla in tim Govanor'a danpateli of Vay 6th; tha prasmit propemla do not involva tha unongnity of all migration vossala making poriodical visits to longkong for this purposes of mamra- mant;

mul the objections from tim point ofview of British shipping and oblør intarasts, as well as from tla indiract

which objections offset of induond foreign compat it ion

do not wora noted in my damatch No. 30 of July 28th last bold in faca of this modification.

I can nga ne objac- tion to my chann of alteration of tha prosant locl ayatım of vaurant of migration was:als, no loiųg no such solian is mornly designed to ancurs uniformity and dona not tud te nuvorunly affect, local facilitios of ambarkation in Britiol

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I vantura te mgoat that wiiformity would be occured by the lamm of datailad bociniori instructions to Govorimont Marine Survayora wılar tha 'miętation Ordin- *41003. I ma convinona tlat the prosant lack of uniformi- by, of which tho hongkong Govarimant complains, is chinfly dun to tim fact that the individual Survayor is laft to his disoration in classing certain portions of tho vossal man- nrad. Indood, tha Hongkong Govorimal italf rnoo¡pions tha possibility or tin menusity of such variations, for tho Hay kong mamaroot cortificaton coulain the following cland "sobo. If on any voynɛɔ & Cartificata for this rossol mid 15 sau by a Offior of miration, tình tan luan

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ng the detailed figuras given in the Amey certificata. filem: fleer spaces are net zoasured for migrant upnen.

Tim Hongkong Gevarner'a augenation that outpert marvaywia tửa 'induced' to allow an excessiva mæibar of passen- in, I raupactfully submit, meat unworthy. The Amey carti- fimmtán giva maamrenenta six figuren in detail, and shew alaar- ly the mmbar of migrata alistħed te macli mpnen: it is paraly

a mablar of arítimatical calculation. If the hongkong Govern-

‚orta mug notion is to be allowed to stand as an argument. I

Imituro te nak tint ln my be requested to stata olmarly the

grownin for kin nuoposition.

Then Hauskang Gavamer rafaro te eitpert murvayern au 'privato murvoyers', with the inferenon that a private surveyer

iç comparatively mưreliabla. He in pensibly wawra tial tha

●utpërt murvayera ara official y ap eintau asarin Survayera

tə hän linjanty's Gevarimant. la far au prefentieni quali-

ficationg ¿». I vantura te baliowa that this Aney Survayar, Cap-

tain Bathurat, is at lomat, na well qualified as the Fongkong

Or Exodonald, who win, I understand, an agingar

urvayer

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in en of tha Chin conating companion. Captain Bathurat mas 27 years al non, during 12 ymra of which he ma Anster; and he las boon for the last 17 yaara Pilet ad 'aring Survoyer fer

muy antablialmeds, including Lloyds and the surau Veritas; ho

is an Annecisto of the Institution of Naval Architnola.

The onun of the SC.'Mum Kran', queted by the Hongkong

harbeur-knotør, fa taknem hara, sud las ne reformen te tkio

bert.

Thore is no caelin migratien traffic direct te

Sinm er te Indo-Chin from this pert.

In conclusion, I lava tha honour to atata timt I gen

ne objection te miferity in the matter of ami¿mbien liomonu

fer british migrat veɑmls trading in tlings aasa. The malbor