1162 THE HONGKONG GOVT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, 9TH DEC., 1891.
11. No Steamer when entering or leaving the Harbour, or when at anchor therein, shall use her steam-whistle except for the purpose of navigation and to avoid collision. The use of such steam-whistle for any other purpose is hereby prohibited.
12. Any infringement of Regulations 9, 10 or 11 will subject the offender to a penalty not exceeding $100, or, in default of payment to imprisonment with or without hard labour for a period not exceed. ing 3 months.
V.-DRUMS, GONGS AND FIREWORKS.
13. No person shall, without a permit from the Registrar General, beat any drum, or gong, discharge, kindle, or let off any firework, or attempt to do so in the waters of the Colony between the hours of 10 P.M. and 6 A.M., under a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars, or imprisonment with or without hard labour for a period not exceeding six weeks.
14. Vessels of war are exempted from these regulations.
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Regulations referred to in paragraphs C. and G. of Sub-section 1 of Section 28.
1. The following is declared to be a "part of the Colony "in respect of which the provisions of paragraph C. of Sub-section 1c. of Section 28 of The Merchant Shipping Consolidation Ordinance, 1891, sball apply, viz.:-
The shore on the North side of the town of Victoria, from opposite the Gas Works at Shck-tong-tsui to opposite the Canal at Bowrington. 2. The following are specified as "Wharves" in respect of which the provisions of paragraph C. of Sub-section 1 of Section 28 of the said Ordinance, shall apply, viz.:——
In Victoria.
Sailors' Home Wharf.
Sai-wo Lane Steps.
Gibb's Wharf.
Pedder's Wharf.
Government Wharf.
Steps at West End of Praya East. Jardine's Steps.
At Kowloon.
Yau-ma-ti Police Station Wharf.
Tsim-shá-tsui Wharf.
Hung-hòm Stone Wharf.
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Regulations as to discharge of firearms.
(Sub-section 2 of Section 28.)
The portions of the waters of the Colony within which it is pro- hibited to discharge firearms, as provided by sub-section 2 of section 28 of The Merchant Shipping Consolidation Ordinance, 1891, are as follows:
That portion of the waters of the Colony having for its Eastern boundary a line drawn across the centre of the Li-ú-mún Pass; and for its Western boundary, a line drawn from the west end of Hong- kong to the west end of Green Island, thence in a straight line to the west end of Stone Cutters' Island, continued to the mainland.
That portion of the waters of the Colony lying within a line drawn from Waterfall Bay to south end of Táitám Peninsula, continued to Cape d'Aguilar and Cape Collinson, terminating at south-east corner of the Li-ü-mún Pass.
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Private moorings and buoys. Section 30 (2.)
1. A monthly rental of $5 shall be payable half-yearly in advance for each buoy and the moorings thereof sanctioned by the Harbour Master.
2. Such moorings and buoys shall be kept and maintained in good condition and in proper position by the owners thereof and at their own expense.
3. It shall be lawful for the Harbour Master from time to time to juspect and require repairs if necessary to be effected to such moorings and buoys and to require the same if necessary to be relaid and removed.
4. It shall be lawful for the owner of any moorings and buoy sʊ sanctioned as aforesaid from time to time to permit other vessels to make use of the same upon such terms as he may think fit.
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Light and other dues. (Section 33.)
1. All ships which enter the waters of the Colony except British and foreign Ships of War, and except such other Ships as are hereby exempted in whole or part, shall pay the following Dues, viz.:—
Two and a half cents per ton.
2. All Steamers, plying only between Hongkong and Canton or Macao, which enter the waters of the Colony by day and all Chinese Junks, are bereby exempted from the payment of such Light Dues.
3. All Steamers, plying only between Hongkong and Canton or Macao, which enter the waters of the Colony by night, shall pay two-thirds of a cent per ton.