1110 THE HONGKONG GOVT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, 9TH DEC., 1891.
"Local Trade Limits."
•Harbour
Limits," (Sre No. 1 of 1862.)
"Passenger."
No British CS- sel, without An Imperial register, to use the waters of the Colony. (No. 8 of 1879, sec. 3, sub-s. 1.)
[3] & 32 Vict. c. 129.]
Chinese Crown Tossees entitled to hold Colo- nial register. (Ibid. sub-s. 2.)
Declarations necessary for obtaining register. (İbil, sub-8.3.)
Documents
necessary previous to grant of Colonial
register.
(Toid, sub-s.
4.)
"Local Trade Limits" shall mean the water 'surround- ing the Island of Hongkong, outside of the waters of the Colony, within the following boundaries, viz :-
To the East.-A North and South line drawn through
the Fowtomoon Pass.
To the West.-A North and South line drawn through
the Capsingmoon Pass.
To the South.-An East and West line drawn through
the centre of Lochau or Beaufort Island.
The "Harbour Limits" shall mean the waters of the Colony within the following boundaries :---
On the East.-A line drawn from the Northernmost point of the Island of Hongkong to the N.E. boundary of British Kowloon.
On the West.-A line drawn from the Westernmost point of Hongkong to the Western side of Green Island continue to Western point of Stonecutters' Island thence to North point of Stonecutters' Island continue to N.W. boundary of British Kowloon.
"Harbour Master" shall include any person deputed or authorized by the Harbour Master to execute any power or perform any duty vested in or imposed upon him by this Ordinance.
"Passenger" shall mean and include any person carried in any vessel other than the master, sçamen, and apprentices duly indentured and registered.
PART I.
REGULATION OF BRITISH AND COLONIAL SHIPS.
3. (1.) No ship owned by a British subject shall be at liberty to trade in or from the waters of this Colony, unless she is provided
(a.) with a certificate of registry ia conformity with the Imperial Merchant Shipping Acts 1854 to 1890, or
(b.) with a Colonial register under this part of the
Ordinance, or
(c.) with a terminable certificate of registry in con- formity with the provisions of the Merchant Shipping (Colonial) Act, 1868, or
(d) with a licence under section 7 of this Ordinance. (2.) The Governor may, at his discretion, grant a Colonial register as hereinafter provided to any Chinese person resi- dent within the Colony applying for the same, provided such applicant be a registered lessee of Crown lands within this Colony, and that he tenders as securities for the due performance by him of all the requirements of this section two other Crown lessees, and that he and such lessees 'be severally reported by the Registrar General to be each worth two thousand dollars in this Colony, and should such appli- cant be a member of any shop or partnership, that the seal or chop of such shop or partnership be also affixed to the security to be given by him.
(3.) When any person shall be desirous of obtaining a Colonial register, such person shall forward to the Colonial Secretary a declaration in writing stating whether the Co- lonial ship for which such register is sought is intended to be employed solely in trade with China, or on more distant voyages: Provided always, that should such declaration be false, or the Colonial ship to which it relates not be em- ployed in conformity with it, the register thereby obtained shall ipso facto become null and void.
(4.) A Colonial register shall be granted, under the hand of the Governor, ou production of the following docu-
ments:-
(a.) The Surveyor's certificate as hereinafter provided
by sub-section 5.
(b.) A declaration of ownership with proof thereof to the satisfaction of the Colonial Secretary. (c.) A joint and several bond of the owner and two sureties binding each and every of the several obligees under a penal sum of five thousand dollars, to comply with all the provisions of this Ordinance and with all the laws binding on British subjects with regard to trade with China.