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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 14TH JUNE, 1890.
As the withdrawal of a Certificate would in some cases entail inconvenience, not only upon its possessor but also upon the owners of the ship and cargo, the Superintendent should be careful not to demand a Certificate, or to continue its detention, except when the evidence is perfectly clear.
Every case of death of a Colonial Certificate-holder which may come to the Superintendent's know- ledge should be reported to the Registrar General of Seamen without delay.
These instructions must be understood as having reference only to the Certificates referred to in the said Order in Council.
HENRY G. CALCRAFT,
Secretary. THOMAS GRAY,
Assistant Secretary.
AT THE COURT AT OSBORNE HOUSE, ISLE OF WIGHT,
The 19th day of August, 1889.
PRESENT,
THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.
LORD PRESIDENT.
MARQUESS OF SALISBURY.
SIR HENRY PONSONBY.
WHEREAS by the "Merchant Shipping (Colonial) Act, 1869," it is (amongst other things) enacted, that where the Legislature of any British Possession provides for the examination of, and grant of Certificates of Competency to, persons intending to act as Masters, Mates, or Engineers on board British ships, and the Board of Trade reports to Her Majesty that they are satisfied that the examinations are so conducted as to be equally efficient as the examinations for the same purpose in the United Kingdom under the Acts relating to Merchant Shipping, and that the Certificates are granted on such principles as to show the like qualification and competency as those granted under the said Acts, and are liable to be forfeited for the like reasons and in the like manner, it shall be lawful for Her Majesty, by Order in Council:-
1. To declare that the said Certificates shall be of the same force as if they had been granted under
the said Acts;
2. To declare that all or any of the provisions of the said Acts which relate to Certificates of Com- petency granted under those Acts shall apply to the Certificates referred to in the said Order; 3. To impose such conditions and to make such regulations with respect to the said Certificates, and to the use, issue, delivery, cancellation, and suspension thereof, as to Her Majesty may seem fit, and to impose penalties not exceeding fifty pounds for the breach of such conditions and regulations.
And that upon the publication in the London Gazette of any such Order in Council as last afore- said, the provisions therein contained shall, from a date to be mentioned for the purpose in such Order, take effect as if they had been contained in the Act, and that it shall be lawful for Her Majesty in Council to revoke any Order made as aforesaid :
And whereas by the Merchant Shipping Act, 1876, it is provided that Her Majesty may, by Order in Council, revoke, alter, or add to any Order in Council made by Her under the Merchant Shipping
Acts:
And whereas by the Orders in Council of the 15th September, 1887, and the 17th day of March, 1888, Her Majesty was pleased to declare that, subject to certain exceptions, conditions, and regula- tions therein contained or set out in the Schedules thereto, the Colonial Certificates granted as follows, viz.:
1. On or after the 19th day of August, 1871, by the Minister of Marine and Fisheries in Canada,
to persons intending to act as Masters or Mates on board British ships;
2. On and after the 12th day of May, 1874, by the head of the Government of the Possession of Malta and its Dependencies, to persons intending to act as Masters, Mates, or Engineers on board British ships;
3. On and after the 1st day of April, 1876, by the Steam Navigation Board of Victoria, to persons
intending to act as Masters, Mates, or Engineers of British sea-going Steam Ships;
4. On and after the 1st day of April, 1876, by the Governor for the time being of the Possession of New Zealand, to persoas intending to act as Masters, Mates, or Engineers on board British ships;
5. On and after the 1st day of April, 1876, by the Marine Board of the Possession of New South Wales, to persons intending to act as Masters, First Mates, Second Mates, First Class Engineers, or Second Class Engineers on board British ships;