CO129-466 - Individuals - 1920 — Page 18

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The Chinese regulations for the measurement

of vessels purport to be identical with the

British Regulations.

what is chiefly at issue

is a matter of interpretation,

It is, however,

further maintained that, in view of the special

conditions whereby Non-Chinese steam vessels

trade on Chinese Inland waters in competition

with Chinese vessels, it is desirable that

uniformity be reached

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suitable to the special

conditions of the situation even if this

entails an elastic interpretation of British

Law.

Tonnage Measurement in China has been in

the past, and still is, in my hands. Sooner

or later, however, it is likely to devolve on

a new organization formed by the Ministry of

Communications.

lir.. F. Tyler, Marine Adviser of the

Ministry of Communications, who was formerly

the

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