THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 26TH MAY, 1905.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION, —No. 328.
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The following Rules are published.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 26th May, 1905.
F. H. MAY, Colonal Secretary
RULES
Made
Made by the Governor in Council, under section 3 of the New Territories (Regulation) Ordinance, 1899, for the levying of fees for Earth Cutting and for the use of Water-wheels
in the New Territories excepting New Kowloon, this 4th day
of May, 1905,
It shall be lawful for the Director of Public Works or the Land Officer or any Officer deputed by the Land Officer for the New Territories to grant permits for the collection or quarrying of stone, and obtaining of earth and turf, and for the maintenance of Water-wheels on Crown land and the use of water in connection with such Water-wheels, in consideration of the fees and subject to the con- ditions following:-
(1).—PERMIT TO COLLECT OR QUARRY STONE OR TO OBTAIN EARTH, TURF, &c. RATE CHARGEABLE FOR SMALL UNDERTAKINGS.
$1 per mensem for each four or less number of workmen employed.
Conditions of Permit,
1. No person shall cut or remove earth or turf, or collect, extract, split, blast or remove stones from any land the property of the Crown, situated in the New Territory without having previously obtained a written permit from the Director of Public Works or the Land Officer or any Officer deputed by the Land Officer and such permit must be kept by the head workman on the ground and shall be produced whenever required by the Police and shall have stated in it the period for which it will be available and the purpose for which the stone is to be used.
2. The place where stone is to be obtained shall be stated in the permit.
3. As each case may require special precautions, the permit holder must obey any special instructions of the Director of Public Works or the Land Officer or any Officer deputed by the Land Officer endorsed on the permit.
4. Permit for the obtaining of stone will be limited to the collection of loose boulders, unless otherwise specified, and disfigurement of conspicuous boulders is strictly prohibited.
5. No stone shall be rolled on to, or left deposited upon, any public road or allowed to roll over any hill slope to the danger of life or property or to the detriment of trees.
6. All escarpments caused by the cutting of stone on Crown land must be sloped uniformly and properly turfed upon completion of the excavation.
7. Any stone which may be obtained by virtue of this permit must be used solely for the purpose stated in the permit. The permit holder shall not himself use, sell, or otherwise dispose of such stone, or allow such stone to be used, sold, or otherwise disposed of, for any other purpose whatsoever...
8. Any infringement of these regulations will entitle the Director of Public Works or the Land Officer or any Officer deputed by the Land Officer to cancel and withdraw the permit without notice, and will render the person to whom the permit was granted liable on conviction to a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars.
9. The Director of Public Works or the Land Officer or any Officer deputed by the Land Officer shall have power at any time to cancel and withdraw a permit, without giving any notice or assigning any cause for such withdrawal.
(2). PERMITS FOR WATER-WHEELS.
RATES CHARGEABLE FOR ORDINARY WATER-WHEELS.
(a.) If on Crown land, Crown rent $1.00 per annum.
(b.) If on private property, Free.
$1 per annum to be paid for right to use water in the case of both (a) and (b).
Conditions of Pernat.
1. No dam to be constructed in the stream bed further than such as may be necessary to divert the ordinary flow of the stream during the dry season to the Water-wheel.
2. The water to be returned unpolluted to its natural course after being used to drive the Water- wheel.