CO129-465 - Public Offices & Others - 1920 — Page 484

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DOLPHIN, LIVERPOOL QUILOGRAFT, LONDON. DOLPHIN CARDIFF.

DOLPHIN, SOUTHEHIELDS. QUILOGRAFT, HOLL DOLPHIN, GLASGOW. PROTECTION, SUNDERLAND.

Assistant Secretary: Capt. H. A. CLEGG.

Cashier: Mr. C. K. MITCHELL. HEAD OFFICES: THE ARCADE, LORD STREET, LIVERPOOL.

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The Under Secretary of State,

Colonial Office,

sir,

19th April, 1920.

22/4/20

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Ga-obliged by your further letter of the 13th instant

reference 17181/1920 I have taken careful note of the details which

you give of the dispatch which the Colonial Office has received from

the Governor of Hong Kong on the Pilotage question. Having regard

to the magnitude of the trade of the port and the prosperity of the

local Chamber of Commerce, which no doubt arises therefrom, the

Management Committee of the Guild is of opinion that the difficulty -

of which I may say we have previously been informed by one of the

pilots themselves arising so far as European pilots are concerned, in not being able to make a living on account of the small fees which are paid, could very well be put right without inflicting any great hardship upon the local shipping interests.

According to the reports which we have received there would

appear to be no doubt that the Chinese are extensively used in assisting the masters with their local knowledge in taking ships into

and out of Hong Kong, and in the opinion of the Guild,

however