THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 7тH JULY, 1883.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.No. 244.
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The following Copy of an Order in Council, dated the 20th day of April, 1883, exempting from re-measurement Steam Vessels belonging to Deumark, is published for general information.
By Command,.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 7th July, 1883.
W. H. MARSH,
Colonial Secretary.
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AT THE COURT AT OSBORNE HOUSE, ISLE OF WIGHT,
The 20th day of April, 1883.
PRESENT,
THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS by the Merchant Shipping Act Amendment Act, 1862, it is cnacted that "whenever "it is made to appear to Her Majesty that the Rules concerning the measurement of tonnage of "Merchant Ships for the time being in force under the principal Act have been adopted by the "Government of any Foreign Country, and are in force in that Country, it shall be lawful for Her Majesty by Order in Council to direct that the ships of such Foreign Country shall be deemed to be "of the Tonnage denoted in their Certificates of Registry, or other national papers; and thereupon it "shall no longer be necessary for such ships to be remeasured in any port or place in Her Majesty's Dominions, but such ships shall be deemed to be of the tonnage denoted in their Certificates of Registry or other papers, in the same manner, to the same extent, and for the same purposes, in, to, "and for which the tonnage denoted in the Certificates of Registry of British Ships is to be deemed the "tonnage of such ships.'
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And whereas by the Merchant Shipping Act, 1876, it is enacted that "where Her Majesty has power under the Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, or any Act passed or hereafter to be passed amending the same, to make an Order in Council, it shall be lawful for Her Majesty from time to time to make 'such Order in Council, and by Order in Council to revoke, alter, or add to, any Order so made.”
And whereas by Order in Council dated the 29th day of February, 1868, Her Majesty, to whom it was made to appear that the Rules concerning the measurement of tonnage of Merchant Ships now in force under the Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, had been adopted by the Government of His Majesty the King of Denmark, and were in force in that Country, was pleased to direct that the Ships of Denmark the Certificates of Danish Nationality and Registry of which were dated on or after the 1st day of October, 1867, should be deemed to be of the tonnage denoted in the said Certificates of Danish nationality and Registry.
And whereas certain modifications were subsequently made in the said Rules concerning the measurement of tonnage of Merchant Ships in Denmark, whereby from and after the 1st day of October, 1878, the allowance for Engine Room in certain steam ships would be estimated in a mode differing from that in force in this country; and it was made to appear to Her Majesty that it was desirable to alter the said first recited Order in Council so far as the same applied or related to the mode of estimating the allowance for engine room in Danish Steam Ships :
And whereas Her Majesty by Order in Council dated the 30th day of December 1878 was pleased to direct as regards Danish Steamships that if the Owner or Master of any Danish Steamship ineasured after the said 1st day of October 1878 desires the allowance for Engine Room in his ship to be estimated under the British instead of under the Danish Rules, such Engine Room shall be measured, and the allowance calculated according to the British Rules.
And whereas it has been made to appear to Her Majesty that it is expedient that certain additions should be made to the provisions of the said last recited Order in Council in regard to the mode of estimating the net registered tonnage of certain Danish steamships.
NOW THEREFORE, Her Majesty in virtue of the powers vested in Her by the said recited Acts, and by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, is further pleased to direct as follows, viz. that in the event of the net registered tonnage of Merchant Ships belonging to the said Kingdom of Denmark, which are propelled by steam or any other power requiring Engine Room estimated under the British Rules being denoted in the said Certificates of Danish Nationality and Registry issued on or after the 1st day of September, 1882, such ships shall be deemed to be of the tonnage so denoted in the said Certificates.
C. L. PEEL.