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Singapore, which has recently followed the example of Hong Kong in seeking world wide recognition for its class A passenger certificates, has been asked for information as to the details of the staff of its Marine Surveyor's Office and of the work done. It must however be remembered that it was at the special request of this Government that the Board of Trade sent out a representative to report on the staffing of the Government Marine Surveyor's Department, with a view to the recognition by the Board of Trade of the Hong Kong class IA passenger certificate, and that if the Government is not prepared to accept the recommendations of the Board of Trade's representative, a not unnatural result would be for the Board of Trade to withdraw its recognition from the Hong Kong certificate. That is a contingency which this Government would not be prepared to a ccept.
Faragraph 10. The Hong Kong Regulations will be published as soon as the draft has been revised to bring them into line with the recommendations and agreements reached at the Simla Conference. It would have been useless to publish them before the findings of the Conference were ready.
Paragraph 11. In 1929 there were inspected only twentyfive non passenger carrying launches; and of the se twentyfive only those built of wood were surveyed twice yearly. It would hardly be worth while to hand over to private surveyors the inspection of twentyfive launches out of a total of over 400. Government does not feel able to accept the certificates of private surveyors in respect of passenger carrying launches.
Paragraph 12. The cost of the Government Marine Surveyor's Department is roughly $250,000 per annum. The
estimated revenue of the department for 1932 on the present scale of fees is $78,500.
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