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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 1ST AUGUST, 1891.
Penalty on surveyors receiving fees. (Ibid, sub-8.7.)
Owner to
have survey made by
surveyor, and
surveyor
to give declarations. (Ibid, sub-a, 8.)
given to the surveyors when surveys are required, and as to the amount and payment of the fees due (Table C) and of any expenses incurred by such surveyors in the execution of their duties, and may thereby determine the person by and to whom and the conditions under which such payment shall be made, and until such regulations are made by the Governor the said surveyors shall execute their duties in accordance with the "Instructions to Surveyors" issued from time to time by the Board of Trade.
Provided that unless and until such scale of fees are made rescinded or varied the scale of fees in Table C of the schedule to this Ordinance shall apply.
(7.) Every surveyor who demands or receives directly or indirectly from the owner, agent, or master of any ship surveyed by him under the provisions of this Ordinance, or from any other person any fee or remuneration whatsoever for or in respect of such survey, shall incur a penalty not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars.
(8.) The owner, agent, or master of every steam-ship being within the waters of the Colony, shall, where such steam-ship comes within the meaning of this section, cause the same to be surveyed by one or more of the Government surveyors; and such surveyor or surveyors shall thereupon, if satisfied that he or they can with propriety do so, give to such owner declarations as fol- lows:-
(a.) A declaration of a Government surveyor shall contain statements of the following particulars, that is to say :—
(1.) That the hull of the ship is sufficient for the service intended and in good condition; (2.) That the boats, rafts, life buoys, or other appliances for saving life, lights, signals, compasses, and shelter for deck passengers, and the certificates of the master and mate or mates are such and in such condition as required by law;
(3.) The time (if less than twelve months) for which the said hull and equipments will be sufficient;
(4.) The limits (if any) beyond which, as regards the hull and equipments, the ship is, in the surveyor's judgment, not fit to ply; (5.) With reference to all steam-ships not com- ing within the provisions of "The Chinese Passengers Act, 1855," or of any Ordinance made in pursuance thereof, if plying or intended to ply for hire, the number of passengers which such ship or vessel is, in the judgment of the surveyor, fit to carry, distinguishing, if necessary, between the respective numbers to be carried on the deek and in the cabins, and in the different parts of the deck and cabius; such numbers to be subject to such conditions and varia- tions, according to the time of year, the nature of the voyage, the cargo carried, or “ other circumstances, as the Governor' in Council may, from time to time, direct by any regulations to be made by him for this purpose, and until such regulations are made and so far as the same shall not ex- tend, according to the regulations contained in table D in the schedule hereunto annexed. (3.) And also a declaration of a Government surveyor containing statements of the following partien- lars, that is to say :-
(1) That the boilers and machinery of the steam-ship are sufficient for the service intended, and in good condition;
(2.) The time (if less than twelve months) for which such boilers and machinery will be sufficient;
(3.) That the safety valves and fire hose, when requisite, are such and in such condition as are required by this Ordinance; (4.) The limit of the weight to be placed on
the safety valves;
(5.) The limit (if any) beyond which, as regards the boilers and machinery, the steam-ship is, in the surveyor's judgment, not fit to ply;