Scrutiny Commenced at the Blockhouse Buoy of the port of Shanghai, examiners For the first time in. the histor
ofthe "Chinese Maritime Customs went on Jun. 38 beyond the beale board an me
ers' baggage before the mere and) scrutinize ship docked. This. saved a. grea! deal of time' and worry, and enabled those destined for Shanghai to ashore almost Immediately after the ship had made fast to the wharf, The vessel helping to make port history was the Canadian Pacific liner Empress of Canada, just out of the dry-dock In Hongkong which she centered for her annual overhaul, addition to a large number of through Dussengers, destined for Japan porta. Canada and beyond, she carried 205 passengers who were landing Shanghai, so that even at the. conservative' estimate of three articles of baggage {0 each passenger, it can be seen that the task confronting the examiners was not an easy one, The baggage examiners were under the personal supervision of Mr. E. Olsen, Chief Tide Surveyor of the Revenue Department of the Customs, and, numbering over twenty, went down to Woosung in 2 special launch to await the arrival of the Empress of Canada, They boarded the 21,500-ton liner' at 11.20 am. ut the Blockhouse Buoy and the examination of baggage was com menced almost immediately.
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