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1939

Number 12834/3361/10.

FROM Colonial Office.

No. 54000/59

Confidential.

15th Dec. 1939.

Dated

Received in Registry

18th Dec. 1939.

F:China..

Last Paper.

F 12614

References.

(Print.)

(How disposed of.)

Tel S'hai No

14) C.0.

1

Jan 2.

Jan- 320

F

CHINA

834

189 1

DEC 1000

Proposed Bill to amend Merchant Shipping Ordinance 1899.

Refers to Foreign Office letter of 7th July (F 6570/3361/10). No. 510 of 25th July reporting on the case of the

Transmits copy of Hong Kong despatch s.s. "Dholera" in connexion with which a conference was held at Hong Kong and a recommendation was made for certain amendments in the Hong Kong Shipping Ordinance. Subject to Foreign Office approval, Colonial Office propose to inform the Governor of Hong Kong that for reasons already set out, they prefer that the draft bill for the amendment of the ordinance should not be proceeded with.

Copy Ministry of Shipping.

(Minutes.)

In F6570 Sin. a. Clark Ken

if

it was dearied not

asked for authority; the themes anturition

to issue the bill, to explans the reasons

why

he had reached the decision that it was

in advisable to the Classe authorities. We

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subsequently asked the Co. to defer action

until Sir. A. Clark-Kenn had had time to

do so, but we

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agreed

that the

(Index.)

bill

(Action completed.)

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chould be dropped, and the matter was

The left there.

from F6570 it looked as

if

the Commercial Secretary, Hong Kong, had agreed

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