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MERCANTILE MARINE DEPARTMENT,
BOARD OF TRADE,
3, Sanctuary Buildings,
Great Smith Street,
London, S.1.
4th October, 1925.
Sir,
I am directed by the Board of Trads to transmit to you herewith a copy of a letter which has been received from the Department of Navigation, Sydney, New South Wales, respecting the Chinese steamer "Ling Nam" which arrived at Sydney for the purpose of embarking passengers, The Board observe that the vessel held a Hong Kong Passenger Certificate but was not provided with boat accommodation sufficient for all persons which it was intended to carry and they, therefore, presume that the Life Saving Appliances Rules at present in force in Hongkong de not provide for boats to be carried on foreign-going passenger steamers sufficient to accommodate all persons on board, as do those which have been in force in this country since 1915.
In the opinion of the Board of Trade the provision of boats in this case falls very far short of what is necessary in the interest of the safety of life of passengers and crew, and I am accordingly
to suggest that the Hongkong Government night consider the advisability of revising the Life Saving Appliances Rules in force in Hongkong so as to require foreign-going passenger steamers to be provided, if practicale, with boat accommodation
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