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APPENDIX 131

Wemorandum of matters to be provided

for by local legislation.

(1)

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The Governor in Council may by arrange-

ment with the Admiralty or otherwise provide, maintain and use a vessel or vessels of war, subject to such conditions and for such purposes as His Majesty in Council may approve.

(2) The Governor in Council may raise and maintain Seemen and others entered on terms of being bound to general Service in the Royal Navy in emergency and to serve as ordered in any

such vessal.

(3)

The Governor in Council may offer to

place at His Majesty's disposal any vessel of

war provided by the Colony and the Officers and

men from time to time serving therein.

(1) The Governor in Council may raise and

maintain a body of volunteers to be entered on

tems of being bound to general Service in the

Royal Navy in emergency and to serve as ordered

in any vessel of war provided, maintained and

used by the Colony.

(2) The body of volunteers shall form part

of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve constituted

under the Kaval Forces Aot, 1903, and shall,

together with the officers referred to in sub-

section 3 of this section and the seamen and

others referred to in section 1, subsection 2,

be designated the Hong Kong Royal Naval

Volunteer Reserve.

(3) The Governor in Council may make arrange-

ments with the Admiralty to obtain the services

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