THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 14TH JANUARY, 1880.
3. It shall be lawful for the Governor, from time to time, to order the re-payment out of any such monies ás aforesaid, of all sums which shall have been expended under the pro- visions of the said Act by the Imperial Government, or by the "Shipwrecked Mariners' Society" or by the Govern- ment of any adjacent British Colony, or by any British Consul, Vice-Consul, or Consular Agent in any neigh- bouring foreign country, in and about the relief of such British seamen as aforesaid, and such sums shall be refunded in such manner as the Governor shall think fit, or as Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies for the time being may direct.
Governor may order re-pay. ment of expeu Mes incurrel elsewhere
than in the Colony in res- pect of such relief, out of Ruch monies as aforesaid [Ordinance 5 of 1869, sec. 3.]
PART II.
REGULATION AND CONTROL OF THE WATERS OF THE COLONY AND of Vessels NAVIGATING THE SAME. CHAPTER I.
REGULATIONS.
Duties of Master.
XXIV. Every master of a merchant ship shall hoist her national colours und number on entering the waters of the Colony; and shall keep such number flying until the ship shall have been reported at the Harbour Master's office.
2. Every such master shall, within twenty-four hours after arrival within the waters of this Colony, report the arrival of his ship at the Harbour Master's office, and in the case of a British ship, or of a ship which shall not be represented by a Consul, shail deposit there the ship's articles, list of passengers, ship's register, and true copy of manifest if re- quired. In the case of a foreign ship represented by a Consul, the said papers shall be lodged by the master at the proper consulate. Any master offending against the pro- visious of this subsection, shall incur a penalty not exceed- ing two hundred dollars.
3. Every such master arriving in the waters of the Colony shall take up the berth pointed out by the Harbour Master, or by any person sent on board by him for that purpose, and shall moor his ship there properly, and shall not remove from it to take up any other berth, without his permission, except in case of necessity, to be decided by the Harbour Master, under a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars; and be shall remove his vessel to any new berth when required so to do by the Harbour Master, under a fine not exceeding twenty dollars for every hour that the vessel shall remain in her old berth, after notice to remove under the hand of the Harbour Master, or his deputy, shall have been given on board of her.
4. Every such master shall immediately strike spars, clear hawse, or shift berth, or obey any other order which the Harbour Master may think fit to give, and any master wil- fully disobeying or neglecting this regulation, shall incur a penalty not exceeding two hundred dollars.
5. Every such master about to proceed to sea shall hoist a blue peter twenty-four hours before time of intended de- parture, and shall give notice thereof to the Harbour Master who, if there is no reasonable objection, will furnish a port clearance, and attest the manifest, if necessary; and any master having obtained such clearance and not sailing with- in thirty-six hours thereafter shall report to the Harbour Master his reason for not sailing, and shall re-deposit the ship's papers if required. Any master wilfully neglecting or disobeying this regulation, or going to sea without hav- ing obtained a port clearance, shall incur a penalty not ex- eeeding fifty dollars.
Quarantine.
XXV. Whenever the Governor in Council has reason- able cause for believing that any country or place is infected with any infectious or contagious disease, he may make such regulations concerning vessels arriving from such country or place as he thinks necessary for preserving the public health of the Colony,
or
2. Every commanding officer of any ship-of-war, master of a merchant ship of whatsoever nation who may arrive in the waters of the Colony having small-pox or any other disease of a contagious or infectious nature on board,
Ships to holst their numbers. [Ordinance I of 1862, sec. 3.3
Ships to be reported within 24 hours. [Ibid, sec. 4)
Ships to be
moored wherS ordered by the Harbour Mas-
ter, and not re- moved there- from without permission.
[Itrid, sec. 9.]
All orders by the Harbour Master to bo obeyed. [Ibid, sec. 10.]
Bine peter to be hoisted and port clearance to be obtained before depar- ture, (Ibid, sec. 11.)
The Governor in Council may make regula- tions in res pret of vessels arriving from Infected places.
Ships arriving Juring conta gious diseaseg un board to re- port the same. (Ibid, sec. 16.)
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