THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 1ST NOVEMBER, 1884.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 388.
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The following Circular Despatch, accompanying a copy of an Order of the Queen in Council, giving effect to Revised Regulations for preventing Collisions at Sea, is published for general information.
By Command,
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 1st November, 1884.
CIRCULAR.
DOWNING STREET, 5th September, 1884.
Sin,--At the request of the Board of Trade, I have the honour to transmit to you herewith, for publication in the Colony under your Government, a copy of an Order of the Queen in Council giving effect to Revised Regulations for preventing Collisions at Sea.
These Regulations, which came into force on the 1st of September, apply to all British Ships, and to Foreign Ships within British Jurisdiction.
I have the honour to be,
The Officer Administering the Government of
HONGKONG.
Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,
DERBY.
AT THE COURT AT OSBORNE HOUSE, ISLE OF WIGHT, The 11th day of August 1884.
PRESENT,
THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS by Order in Council made in pursuance of the Merchant Shipping Act Amendment Act, 1862, and dated the fourteenth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine, Her Majesty, on the joint recommendation of the Admiralty and the Board of Trade, was pleased to direct that, on and after the first day of September, one thousand eight hundred and eighty, the Regulations for preventing Collisions at Sea contained in an Order in Council, dated the ninth day of January one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and the additions by an Order in Council, dated the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, made thereto, should be annulled, and that there should be substituted therefor the new Regulations contained in the First Schedule to the said first-named Order in Council, and that the same should, from and after the first day of September, one thousand eight hundred and eighty, apply to Ships of the Countries mentioned in the said Second Schedule thereto, whether within British Jurisdiction or not;
And whereas by the Orders in Council dated, respectively, the twenty-fourth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty, the twenty-sixth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one, the eighteenth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two, the twenty- third day of August, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three, and the second day of February, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four, Her Majesty was pleased to direct that the operation of the Article numbered 10, of the New Regulations contained in the First Schedule of the said Order in Council of the fourteenth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine, should be suspended from time to time;
And whereas the Admiralty and the Board of Trade have jointly recommended to Her Majesty that, so far as regards British Ships and Boats, the Regulations herein-after set forth shall be substi- tuted for the Regulations contained in the First Schedule to the said Order in Council of the four- teenth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine:
Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by virtue of the powers vested in Her by the said recited Act, and by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, is pleased to direct that, on and after the first day of September, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four, the Regulations contained in the Schedule hereto shall, so far as regards British Ships and Boats, be substituted for the Regulations contained in the First Schedulo to the said Order in Council of the fourteenth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine.
C. L. PEEL.