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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 11TH APRIL, 1891.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 171..
The following are published for general information.
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By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 11th April, 1891.
W. M. DEANE,
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Acting Colonial Secretary.
NOTICE.
The Provisions of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1890, will take effect in this Colony from the 9th June next.
Shipowners should therefore at once take steps to mark their ships as required by the Act before that date, and whilst vessels are in dock apply on Form L.L. 1 for "Certificates of Approval" from the "Board of Trade" Officer.
Harbour Department, Hongkong, 19th March, 1891.
WM. C. H. HASTINGS, Ret. Com., R.N., Acting Harbour Master, &c.
BOARD OF TRADE,
Marine Department,
August 1890.
INSTRUCTIONS
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OFFICERS IN BRITISH POSSESSIONS ABROAD.
With reference to the Merchant Shipping Act, 1890, relating to Load Lines for Merchant Ships.
A copy of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1890, is annexed, together with a copy of the Regulations made by the Board of Trade under section 2 of the Act.
Under the Merchant Shipping Act, 1876, section 28:-
"Any owner or master of a British ship who neglects to cause his ship to be marked as by this Act required, or to keep her so marked, or who allows the ship to be so loaded as to submerge in salt water the centre of the disc, and any person who conceals, removes, alters, defaces, or obliterates, or suffers any person under his control to conceal, remove, alter, deface or obli- terate any of the said marks except in the event of the particulars thereby denoted being law- fully altered, or except for the purpose of escaping capture by an enemy, shall for each offence incur a penalty not exceeding one hundred pounds.
If any of the marks required by this Act is in any respect inaccurate, so as to be likely to mis-
lead, the owner of the ship shall incur a penalty not exceeding one hundred pounds.'
The provisions of the Act of 1890 so far as they concern the issue of Certificates of Approval of the position of load line discs in the case of ships registered in the United Kingdom come into operation at the expiration of six months after the passing of the Act, ie., on the 9th December 1890; and in the case of ships registered in British Possessions, at the expiration of twelve months after the passing of the Act, i.e., on the 9th June 1891.
If the Officer becomes aware of any infringement of the provisions above referred to, he should report full particulars of the case to the Board of Trade.
HENRY G. CALCRAFT,
Secretary.
GEORGE J. SWANSTON,
Assistant Secretury.