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No. 56.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 12TH FEBRUARY, 1881.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Circular Despatch is published for general information.
By His Excellency's Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 12th February, 1881.
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
DOWNING STREET, 22nd December, 1880.
SIR, I have the honour to transmit to you, for information and publication in the Colony under your Government, a copy of an Order of the Queen in Council of the 20th of November last, exempting from remeasurement in this Country, ships of the Russian Empire and of the Grand Duchy of Finland, the measurement whereof, after the 20th of December, 1879, and the 1st of June, 1877, respectively, has been ascertained and denoted in the Registers and other National papers of such ships.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient humble Servant,
KIMBERLEY.
The Officer Administering the Government of
Whereas by
HONGKONG.
AT THE COURT AT BALMORAL,
The 20th day of November 1880~`
PRESENT,
THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.
"The Merchant Shipping Act Amendment Act, 1862," it is enacted 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 certificate of registry or other national papers, and thereupon, it shall no longer be necessary for such ships to be re-measured 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 certificate of registry of British ships is to be deemed the tonnage of such ships:
And whereas it has been made to appear to Her Majesty, that the rules concerning the measure- ment of tonnage of merchant ships now in force under "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1854," have been adopted by the Governments of Russia and the Grand Duchy of Finland, with the exception, as regards Russian steam ships, of a slight difference in the mode of estimating the allowance for engine room, and such rules are now in force in those countries, having come into operation at the following dates, viz. in Russia on the 20th day of December 1879, and in the Grand Duchy of Finland on the 1st day of June 1877 :
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HER MAJESTY is hereby pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to direct as follows:
1. As regards sailing ships; that merchant sailing ships of the said Russian Empire, the measure- ment whereof after the said 20th day of December 1879, has been ascertained and denoted in the registers and other national papers of such sailing ships, testified by the date thereof, and merchant sailing ships of the said Grand Duchy of Finland, the measurement whereof has after the said 1st day of June 1877 been ascertained, denoted, and testified as aforesaid, shall be deemed to be of the tonnage denoted in such registers and other national
in the same manner, and to the same extent, and for the same purpose, in, to, and for which the tonnage denoted in the certificate of registry of British sailing ships is deemed to be the tonnage of such ships:
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2. As regards steam ships; that merchant ships belonging to the said Russian Empire which are propelled by steam or any other power requiring engine room, the measurement whereof shall, after the said 20th day of December 1879, have been ascertained and denoted in the registers and other national papers of such steam ships, testified by the dates thereof, and that merchant steam ships belonging to the said Grand Duchy of Finland, the measurement whereof has after the said 1st day of June 1877, been ascertained, denoted, and testified, as aforesaid, shall be deemed to be of the tonnage denoted in such registers or other national papers in the same manner, and to the same extent, and for the same purpose, in, to, and for which the tonnage denoted in the certificate of registry of British ships is deemed to be the tonnage of such ships: provided, nevertheless, that if the owner or master of any such Russian steam ship desires the deduction for engine room in his ships to be estimated under the rules for engine room measurement and deduction applicable to British ships instead of under the Russian rule, the engine room shall be measured and the deduction calculated according to the British rules.
C. L. PEEL.