CO129-608-7 Future policy- Report on Port Administration by Sir David Owen 24-2-1941 - 24-2-1941 — Page 420

R. A. C. North

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CONFIDENTIAL

Minutes of the Third Meeting of the Hong Kong Fort Consultative Committec held at the Colonial Office

at 2.30 p.m, on 17th April, 1946,

Present:

Mr. N.L. Smith, C.M.G.

Chairman

Mr. R.A.0. North

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Mr. S.H. Dodwell

Mr. A. Leng

Sir John Masson

Mr. C. Wurtzburg, M.C.

Mr. C.J. Colman, Chairman-designate of the Hong Kong Port Trust, also attended this Meeting.

Mr. W.J. Keswick and Mr. G.W. Swire sont messages regretting that they were unable to attend the Meeting.

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Minutes

With the consent of the Meeting the minutes of the second Meeting held on the 13th December, 1945, which had been circulated to the members were taken as read.

2.

Harbour Master.

The Chairman said that Commander Jolly, the present holder of the post of Harbour Master, was, of course, the officer chiefly affected by the proposal that a Fort Trust be set up. Commander Jolly had been specially selected for the post and was very highly qualified. It was understood that the Harbour Master would in any case no longer carry on the duties of Dircator of Air Servicos which was to become a separa te appointment.

Commander Jolly had seen the Memorandum on the re-allocation of the Harbour Master's functions, had commented on it, had discussed the matter with Mr. Colman, and had agreed that the "Eoard of Trade" matters should not come under the control of the Port Trust, The Chairman said that he thought that there were three possible courses of action with regard to the future employment of Commander Jolly.

(a) That he be appointed officer in charge of a Marine Department if one wore set up to control the "Board of Trade" functions not taken over by the Port Tant,

(b) Thet a new appointment be made by the Hong Kong Government in

charge of those residual functions and that Commander Jolly be appointed a Principal Officer of the Port Trust,

(c) That Commander Jolly should somehow combine the posts of Head

of the Government Marins Department and of Port Officer in the Port Trust.

In the course of the general discussion it was said that it was not unusual, in ports where a Trust was in being, for the Principal Surveyor

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of Ships and the Shipping Master to control separate departments, but that in some circumstances it might be desirable to have those departments

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