CO129-536-10 Need for leglisation concerning number of certificated officers carried on passenger ships 18-11-1931 - 15-6-1932 — Page 8

Telegrams- “SHIPMINDER, PARL, LONDON." Telephone-VICTORIA 3840 Ext.

Whitehall 5140

Any further communication on this subject should be addressed to:-

The Assistant Secretary,

Mercantile Marine Department

(address as opposite)

and the

owing number quoted :—

6

14498/31.

Sir,

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OF

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MERCANTILE MARINE DEPARTMENT,

BOARD OF TRADE,

GREAT GEORGE STREET,

WESTMINSTER, S.W.1.

GIVEO

2 MAY 1932

10th May, 1932.

I am directed by the Board of Trade to refer to your

letter, with enclosure, of the 26th April (82875/31),

on the subject of the number of certificated officers

carried on vessels holding Hong Kong passenger certificates.

In reply, I am to state that the attitude of the

Governor in this matter appears to be correct.

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Section

sub-section 2 of the Hong Kong Merchant Shipping

Ordinance No. 10 of 1899 provides that British ships

leaving the ports of the Colony must have on board, if

more than one mate is carried, a duly certificated first

mate and second mate. The vessels mentioned are stated

to carry one mate only and, provided he is certificated,

the requirements of the law are satisfied.

Calm eks.

The Under-Secretary of State,

Colonial Office,

S.W. 1.

I have the honour to be,

sir,

Your obedient Servant,

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