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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MARCH 4, 1927.
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.
No. 129.
Rules made by the Governor in Council under section 16 (1) of the Peak Tramway Ordinance, 1883, Ordinance No. 2 of 1883, on the 23rd day of September, 1926.
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The rules hitherto in force under the Peak Tramway Ordinance, 1883, which appear on pages 107 to 109 of the Regulations of Hongkong, 1844-1925, are repealed and the following rules are substituted therefor :-
PRELIMINARY.
1. These rules shall apply to the tramway referred to in section 3 (2) of the Peak Tramway Ordinance, 1883, commonly known as the Peak Tramway.
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2. In these rules, "Superintendent Engineer" means the superintendent engineer of the company, and includes every acting superintendent engineer and every assistant superintendent engineer of the company.
PART I.
3. In each passenger carriage accommodation shall be provided for 37 first class passengers and 18 third class passengers on the up journey, and for 39 first class passengers and 16 third class passengers on the down journey.
4.-(1) No passenger carriage shall at any one time carry more than 55 passengers.
(2) In reckoning the number of passengers two children under the age of 12 years, not being babies in arms, shall count as one passenger, and babies in arnrs shall not be counted.
(3) In addition to the passengers each passenger carriage may carry one brakesman, one ticket collector and one ticket inspector.
(4) Any servant of the company, other than those specified in paragraph (3), when travelling on a passenger carriage must be counted as a passenger for the purpose of
this rule.
5. The weight of any luggage, goods or merchandise of any description whatever conveyed by any passenger carriage together with the weight of the passengers in such carriage (who for this purpose shall be held to weigh 140 lb. each) shall not exceed 3.5 tons. No luggage, goods or merchandise shall be conveyed in any carriage attached to any passenger carriage.
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6. Except at the terminus at St. John's Place, and at Victoria Gap, no carriage shall stop at any place, nor shall any place be used for the purpose of taking up or depositing passengers, unless such place has been certified by the Director of Public Works as safe and suitable for the purpose, and any such place when so certified shall be kept and maintained by the company in constant good order and condition.
7. At all times while the carriages are running the company shall keep one or more competent watchmen employed to prevent any stones, dirt, wood, refuse or other materials or any obstruction from being placed on the permanent way or rails and to remove any such materials or obstructions therefrom.
8. The maximum speed of any carriage at any point shall not exceed 12 miles an hour, and such speed shall be controlled by an overspeed prevention device. No carri- age shall pass through movable facing points at a speed exceeding 4 miles an hour.
9. All electrical apparatus shall be suitably guarded for the prevention of accidents, and shall comply with the regulations contained in the Schedule to the Electricity Supply Ordinance, 1911.