THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 24TH DECEMBER, 1897. 1117
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.- No. 573.
The following alteration in the Rule with regard to dangerous goods, made by the Governor in Council and published in the Government Gazette under Government Notification No. 25, dated the 21st January, 1896, is hereby notified.
By Command,
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,
Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 20th December, 1897.
"DANGEROUS GOODS ORDINANCE, 1873."
The following Rule made by the Governor in Council on the 17th day of December, 1897, under the above Ordinance, is substituted for Rule 6 (a) made on the 20th January, 1896, under like authority, which is hereby repealed:
6 (a) (Amended) During the time any dangerous goods as aforesaid are waterborne in the waters of the Colony on board of any boat, lighter or vessel, either for the purpose of, or in the course of, carriage, landing, shipment, transhipment or movement from one place to another, or otherwise, they shall be protected either by being stowed under hatches, or by being covered with serviceable tarpaulins, and no fires or naked lights shall be made or used on board any such boat, lighter or vessel unless the said dangerous goods are stowed under hatches, and the said boat, lighter or vessel shall display a Red Flag, and, unless intending to leave the waters of the Colony, shall proceed without delay or interruption or anchoring to her destination.
COUNCIL CHAMBER, HONGKONG.
J. G. T. BUCKLE,
Clerk of Councils.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 574.
The following Resolution is published.
By Command,
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,
Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 21st December, 1897.
RESOLUTION OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
Dated the 20th December, 1897.
Whereas, by sub-section (1) of section 33 of The Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1891, (No. 26 of 1891) it is enacted as follows:--
"The owner or master of every ship which enters the waters of the Colony, shall pay such dues in respect of the said lighthouses, buoys, beacons, cables, wires and other apparatus, as may, from time to time, be fixed by Order of the Governor, pursuant to resolution of the Legislative Council to such officers, as the Governor shall, from time to time, appoint to collect the same, and the same shall be paid by such officers into the Colonial Treasury.
Provided that unless and until such Order is made, the dues in Table P to this Ordi- nance shall be payable."
And whereas, it is desirable that the dues mentioned in the said Table P should be altered, and other dues be fixed by Order of the Governor, pursuant to Resolution of the Legislative Council, and made payable on and after the 1st day of January, 1898.
This Council hereby resolves as follows:--
In lieu of the dues mentioned in Table P in the Schedule to Ordinance No. 26 of 1891, it is desirable that the following Dues should be fixed and made payable by Order of the Governor, on and after the 1st day of January, 1898, namely:-