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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 3RD DECEMBER, 1879.
Steam-ships
to carry certificated engineers. (See M. 8. A. 1862. sec. 5.)
M. S. A. 1854, Bection 136.
AL. S. A. 1862, Section 5.)
Shipping of
seamen.
(Ord, 6 of 1852, sec. 5.)
Master shall give to seaman discharged in Colony certifi-
cate of dis-
charge, and, if required, an
account of wages.
(Ordinance 6 of 1852, sec. 2.)
As to the dis- charge of
seainen.
(bid, sec. 5.).
Seamen to be discharged
only by per- mission of
Harbour Maa- ter, or Consul or Vice-Consul (Ordinance No. ì of 1882, sec. 8)
As to the es- tablishment and regulation of boarding- houses. (Ordinance
No. 6 of 1852, sec. 6.)
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3. Every British steam-ship, or steam-ship registered under section III of part I of this Ordinance of one hundred nominal horse power or upwards, leaving the waters of the Colony shall have as its first and second engineers, two certificated engineers, the first possessing a "first class en- gineer's certificate," and the second possessing a second class engineer's certificate," or a certificate of the higher grade, and every British steam-ship, or steam-ship registered as aforesaid of less than one hundred nominal horse power shall have as its only or first engineer, an engineer posses- sing a "second class engineer's certificate or a certificate of the higher grade.
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4. Every person who having been engaged in any of the capacities mentioned in sub-sections 2 and 3 in any such ship as aforesaid goes to sea in that capacity without being at the time entitled to, and possessed of such certificate as is required by this section, and every person who employs any person in any of the above capacities in such ship without ascertaining that he is at the time entitled to, or possessed of such certificate as is required by this section, shall, for each such offence incur a penalty not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars.
5. No seaman shall, except with the Harbour Master's sanction, be shipped to do duty on board any merchant ship whatever elsewhere than at the office of the Harbour Master, who shall charge for every seaman shipped, a fee of one dollar, such fee to be paid, in the first instance, by the master of the ship shipping such seaman; and such master shall deduct the same from the wages of the seaman ship- ped; and the Harbour Master shall require such seaman to lodge with him his certificate of discharge from the last ship, and failing the production of such certificate, such seaman shall be bound to give satisfactory explanation to the Harbour Master of the cause of the non-production thereof. The above mentioned fee shall be accounted for by the Harbour Master to the Treasury.
6. Whenever any seaman shall be discharged from any ship within the Colony, the master of such ship shall give, at the time of such discharge, to such seaman a written certificate of discharge, specifying the time and nature of service, and the time of discharge of such seaman, signed by himself; and if such seaman require it, shall further give him, within twenty-four hours after demand, a true account in writing of the wages of such seaman, and of all deductions therefrom.
7. No seaman shall be discharged from an English ship, or any foreign ship whose flag is not represented by a Con- sular officer resident in the Colony, elsewhere than at the Harbour Master's office, and every seaman discharged from a foreign ship so represented, shall, within twenty-four hours of being discharged at the office of his Consul or Vice-Consul, produce to the Harbour Master, or some person deputed by him, a certificate of his discharge, signed by such Consul or Vice-Consul, under a penalty not exceeding twenty-five dollars, in default imprisonment not exceeding twenty-one days.
8. No master of any ship shall discharge or force there- from, or wilfully or negligently leave behind him, in this Colony, under a penalty not exceeding twenty-five dollars, any seaman shipped on board thereof, unless on a certificate from the Harbour Master, or his deputy or from the Consul or Vice-Consul, if any, representing the nation to which the ship belongs; and the Harbour Master or his deputy and the Consul or Vice-Consul are empowered to withhold or grant his certificate upon such conditions for the subsis- tance of the seaman as he shall think fit, and if any seaman shall wilfully or negligently remain in the Colony, after the departure of the vessel in which he shall have shipped, such seaman shall, on conviction, be subject to a penalty not exceeding twenty-five dollars, or be imprisoned for a term not exceeding one month, with or without hard labour.
CHAPTER VI.
BOARDING-HOUSES FOR SEAMEN.
XVII. The Harbour Master shall, with the consent of any Police Magistrate, have power to license a sufficient number of fit and proper persons to keep boarding-houses for seamen, and every such licence shall be countersigned by the Colonial Secretary, and shall be granted for such period not exceeding one year, and upon such terms and security, and shall be renewable upon such conditions, as the Colonial Secretary may appoint; and it shall be lawful