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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JANUARY 17, 1936.

1. The aforesaid Order in Council dated the 21st November, 1908, is hereby revoked.

2. Load Line certificates issued in respect of German ships of the class or description specified in the Schedule hereto in pursuance of the aforesaid provision for the fixing, marking and certifying of load lines shall have the same effect for the purpose of Part II of the Act as United Kingdom load line certificates.

3. The Interpretation Act, 1889, shall apply to the inter- pretation of this Order as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.

4. This Order may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (German Load Line Certificates) Order, 1935.

E. C. E. LEADBITTER.

SCHEDULE.

1. Ships of 150 tons gross tonnage or upwards which do not carry

cargo cr passengers.

2. Ships of less than 150 tons gross tonnage.

No. 69.

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S Department.

International Load Line Convention.

With reference to Government Notification No. 975 published in the Hong Kong Government Gazette of the 13th December, 1935, it is hereby notified that the Argentine Republic acceded to the International Load Line Convention 1930 on the 19th October, 1935.

17th January, 1936.

W. T. SOUTHORN,

Colonial Secretary.

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