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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 15TH SEPTEMBER, 1894.
AT THE COURT AT WINDSOR,.
The 27th day of June, 1894. PRESENT,
THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.
HEREAS by the Merchant Shipping Act Amendment Act, 1862, it is enacted that whenever it is made to appear to Her Majesty that the Rules concerning the measurement of tonnage of merchant ships for the time being in force under the Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, have been adopted by the Government of any foreign country, and are in force in that country, it shall be lawful for Her Majesty by Order in Council to direct that the ships of such foreign country shall be deemed to be of the tonnage denoted in their Certificates of Registry or other national papers, and thereupon it shall no longer be necessary for such ships to be remeasured in any port or place in Her Majesty's Dominions, but such ships shall be deemed to be of the tonnage denoted in their Certificates of Registry or other papers in the same manner, to the same extent, and for the same purposes, in, to, and for which the tonnage denoted in the Certificates of Registry of British ships is to be deemed the tonnage of such ships:
And whereas by the Merchant Shipping Act, 1876, it is enacted that "where Her Majesty has power, under the Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, or any Act passed or hereafter to be passed amending "the same, to make an Order in Council, it shall be lawful for Her Majesty from time to time to make "such Order in Council, and by Order in Council to revoke, alter, or add to any Order so made":
And whereas it was made to appear to Her Majesty that the rules concerning the measurement of tonnage of merchant ships now in force under "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1854," had been adopted by the Royal Norwegian Government, and came into force in Norway on the 1st day of April, 1876:
And whereas by Order in Council dated the 17th day of May, 1876, and by Order in Council dated the 2nd day of February, 1884, which revoked the last recited Order, Her Majesty was pleased by and with the advice of Her Privy Council to direct that, subject to certain provisos therein contained, the Merchant Ships belonging to the Kingdom of Norway the measurement of which had been ascertained and denoted on the Registers or other National papers of such ships should be deemed to be of the tonnage denoted in such registers or other National papers in the same manner, to the same extent and for the same purpose, in, to, and for which the Tonnage denoted in the Certificates of Registry of British Ships is deemed to be the tonnage of such ships:
And whereas it has been made to appear to Her Majesty that a new Royal Ordinance, which came into operation on the 1st day of October, 1893, stipulates that the Certificates of Tonnage of Norwegian Steamships may show the net tonnage calculated according to British rules:
And whereas it has been made to appear desirable to Her Majesty that the provisions of the said recited Order in Council of the 2nd day of February, 1884, should be revoked and a new Order in Council made and substituted in lieu thereof:
NOW, THEREFORE, Her Majesty, in virtue of the powers vested in Her by the said recited Acts, and by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, is pleased to direct that the said recited Order of the 2nd day of February, 1884, shall be, and the same is hereby revoked, and in lieu thereof and in substitution therefor, Her Majesty is hereby pleased by and with the advice of Her Privy Council to direct that the ships of Norway the Certificates of Norwegian nationality and registry of which are dated on and after the said 1st day of October, 1893, shall be deemed to be of the tonnage denoted in the said Certificates of Norwegian nationality and registry.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.- No. 349. The following Circular Despatch and its enclosure are published.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 11th September, 1894.
CIRCULAR.
C. L. PEEL.
J. H. STEWARt Lockhart, Acting Colonial Secretary.
DOWNING STREET,
24th July, 1894.
SIR, I have the honour to transmit to you, for publication in the Colony under your Government, a copy of a despatch which has been addressed to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs by Her Majesty's Minister at St. Petersburg, respecting the new regulations to be adopted in Russia in regard to Bills of Health.
I have the honour to be,
The Officer Administering the Government of
HONGKONG.
Sir,
Your most obedient, humble Servant,
RIPON.