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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 29TH AUGUST, 1896.
7. The discharge of every vessel shall commence immediately on her arrival at any pier and be continued with all possible despatch, daily, (Sundays excepted) from sunrise to sunset until it shall have been completed, any delay that may arise in proceeding with the discharge with all possible despatch from want of ballast, labour or from any other cause of whatsoever nature other than from the wilful default or omission of the Company shall subject the vessel to an additional charge (over and above the tariff rate for wharfage) of Dollars Twenty-five for every day or part of a day during which she shall be so delayed or detained.
8. On the completion of the discharge of cargo, the Master or Commanding Officer of every vessel must remove her from the pier immediately. If there shall be any delay in doing so an addi- tional rate will be levied (over and above the tariff rate) of Dollars Twenty-five for every day or part of a day during which such delay shall continue.
9. No ashes, dirt or other refuse of any description shall be thrown overboard from any vessel while she may be alongside any of the Company's piers or while she shall be wholly or partially within any basin lying between the Company's piers at Kowloon.
10. No persons not in the employment of the Company or belonging to or having business with vessels alongside any of the Company's piers shall be allowed to walk or be on any of the Company's piers without the licence of the Wharfinger or other official of the Company.
11. No waggons, carriages, carts, trucks or other conveyances shall be taken on to any of the Company's piers without the licence of the Wharfinger or other official of the Company.
12. No nuisance of any description shall be committed on or about any of the Company's piers. 13. No steamers, vessels, launches, boats, junks, sampans or other craft of any description (other than boats belonging to the Harbour Department or Police) shall make fast to, or hold on to, or lay alongside of any of the Company's piers without the licence of the Wharfinger or other official of the Company.
14. No steamers, vessels, launches, boats, junks, sampans or other craft of any description shall block, obstruct, impede or hinder the use of or the approach to any of the Company's piers.
15. Masters or Commanding Officers shall be held responsible for the crews and workmen em- ployed on board their respective vessels and for any infringement by them or any or either of them of all or any or either of these rules and regulations.
By Order,
ED. OSBORNE,
Secretary,
Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown
Company, Limited.
Approved by the Governor in Council, this 24th day of August, 1896.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--- No. 337.
F. J. BADELEY, Acting Clerk of Councils.
In accordance with the terms of the Postal Convention, on and after the 1st October proximo, postage on letters between Hongkong and Formosa will be at the rate of 10 cents per 1⁄2 oz.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 27th August, 1896.
J. II. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 338.
His Excellency the Governor has given his assent, in the name and on behalf of the QUEEN, to the following Ordinance passed by the Legislative Council :--
Ordinance No. 16 of 1896.-An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, to amend and consolidate the law relating to the registration of Births and Deaths.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office. Hongkong, 27th August, 1896.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,
Colonial Secretary.