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No. 57.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 28TH DECEMBER, 1889. VOL. XXXV.
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GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 529.
The following Regulations, in lieu of those made on the 26th of August, 1887, are published under the provisions of Section 42 of Ordinance 8 of 1879 as amended by Ordinance 24 of 1889.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 28th December, 1889.
A. LISTER,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
Regulations for the licensing, management, and control of Boats, made by the Governor in Council, this 21st day of December, 1889, under the provisions of Section 39 of Ordinance 8 of 1879.
These Regulations apply in respect of all boats or vessels hereinafter mentioned within the waters of this Colony, except:
(a.) Boats or vessels having British, Colonial, or Foreign registers (not being Chinese registers). (b.) Market Boats, or vessels or junks within the meaning of Chapter 1 of Part 3 of Ordinance
8 of 1879.
General.
1. All boats referred to in these Regulations must be duly licensed as therein directed, and no person shall engage or let out for hire any such boat unless it has been so licensed.
2. Every person in charge of a licensed boat must show his licence when required to do so by any officer of the Police, Registrar General's, or Harbour Departments, or by the employer of such boat, each of whom is hereby empowered to board and examine such boat. See Ordinance 1
3. All boats may be stopped and searched by the Police.
4. Every boat shall go alongside a wharf when ordered to do so by a Police Constable, and shall, when conveying passengers, be carefully steered, and travel with reasonable expe-
dition.
5. The Registrar General is authorised to refuse a licence, or, if a licence has been granted, to withdraw the same and cause it to be forfeited, in respect of any boat which has been reported to him by the Police not to be as regards repairs and cleanliness in a state fit for public use; or for any misconduct on the part of the licensee, or any of the crew of the boat.
6. The licensee of every boat will be held responsible for any breach of these Regulations, and for any misconduct on the part of himself or of the crew of his boat.
of 1862. § 15.