THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MAY 31, 1918.
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6. No tender shall offer any premium or consideration for the licence other than the monthly rent.
7. A deposit of $1,000 shall be made to the Treasurer with each tender.
8. Every licence shall be granted by the Colonial Secretary who shall first obtain the approval of the Governor in Council.
9. The Colonial Secretary shall not be bound to accept the highest or any tender.
10. The deposit shall be returned in the case of every unsuccessful tender after notice of the non-acceptance of the tender shall have been posted.
11. In the case of a successful tender the deposit shall not be returned until the tenderer shall have furnished such security as may be required by the Harbour Master in a sum equal to three months rent for the establishment of the ferry on the proper date and for its efficient maintenance during the term of the licence and for the compliance by the licensee with all the conditions of his licence and with the regulations for the time being in force relating to such ferry.
12. Such security shall be furnished within 14 days after the posting to the successful tenderer of a notice of acceptance of his tender.
CONDITIONS OF LICENCES.
13. Every licence shall be subject to the following conditions :
(i.) The licensee shall provide by a date stated in the notice inviting tenders ferry vessels of such number dimensions and designs as shall be specified in such notice, or as may be otherwise agreed on.
(ii.) If during the term of the licence it shall be necessary in the opinion of the Governor in Council to increase the number of ferry vessels or to substitute other ferry vessels for any which may have been lost or withdrawn, or become unsuitable, the licensee shall within such period as the Governor in Council may think fit, provide additional or substituted ferry vessels of such number dimensions speed and design as the Governor in Council may
approve.
(iii.) The licensee shall maintain the said ferry vessels in a state of seaworthiness and efficiency to the satisfaction of the Harbour Master, and shall maintain on the said ferry vessels such life saving apparatus as the Harbour Master may direct. (iv.) The licensee shall provide such an additional number of ferry vessels of approved dimensions and design as shall be specified in either of the said notices. Such additional ferry vessels shall be maintained as a reserve for the due maintenance, but not for the increase, of the ferry service. (v.) The licensee shall provide for each ferry vessel other than a ferry vessel in reserve not less than two coxswains, two engineers, two stokers, and four
seamen,
(vi.) The licensee shall publish a schedule, subject to the approval of the Harbour
Master, stating the intended times of departure from every ferry pier. (vii.) The licensee shall forfeit to the Crown a sum of $25 for each occasion that a ferry vessel is more than 15 minutes later than the schedule time in departing from any pier, and an additional sum of $25 for each additional period of 15 minutes after the first: provided that the delay or omission to run the ferry vessel is not due to accident or weather; and provided that, unless in the opinion of the Harbour Master such delay or omission to run is wilful, the total penalty for each default, shall not exceed $250. (viii.) The licensee shall forfeit to the Crown a sum of $25 for each occasion that a ferry vessel departs before the schedule time: provided that the early departure is not due to accident or weather.
(ix.) The service provided by the said schedule shall provide for not less than
the following departures daily from each of the ferry piers :-
(a) to and from Victoria and Yaumati every 30 minutes between
5 a.m. and 11 p.m. ;