CO129-457 - Public Offices - 1919 — Page 412

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tween the coast ports and Rabgkok and Saigon.

engaged in this business comes of course under the Asiatic

migration Ordinance, which defines Chinese Passenger Bhips

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ships carrying from Hongkong and all British shiq02 carrying from any port in China more than 20 Asiatic passenger

Foreign Teasels taking coolies to these destinations on the

other band are independent of the Bri ti sh regulations, being

bound solely by their own national rules. His Majesty's Coni

at Swatow informs me that the present custom is for such TEDBE

to be measured by the British Jurveyor attached to His Majesty

Consulate (thoug): there is nothing to prevent foreign muthor-

Letak from ansainting their own surveyor if by so doing they can benefit their own shipping) an similar lines to those

applied to Bri tich vessels, save that the latter are not all on

ed so many weather deck passengers and indeed during the

typhoon season are debarred from carrying any, He quotes the

case of the A. 3. "Rajaburi* whose bangkok cumplement when she

the became/british 5. 6. "Chaochowfu" was reduced to 1142 se spainat

12:36 when under the German flag, the differencatbeing in re9-

pect of weather deck passengers, whom moreover under Germah

rules she was at liberty to carry all the year round. It will

then be seen that British ships in this trade are already at a

considerable disadvantage (involving the the above case a

handicap of 7% for 8 months of the year and 37% in the four

mon the typhoon senson) compared with their foreign competitbød

and I consider it is beyond question that if their complemen te

we to be further reduced by logislation which will not touch forsign ships, British shipping will be forced to close down

altogether on the Bangkok and Saigon runs.

Moreover whilst it is admittedly unfortunate that such discrepancies as have been instanged should exist, it would appear that they are to some extent unavoidable, since the measurement figures must to some extent depend on the opinion

of the individual surveyor as to the nature of the component

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