THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23RD FEBRUARY, 1878.
(5.) The limit (if any) beyond which, as regards the machinery, the ship or vessel is, in the surveyor's judgment, not fit to ply.
And such declarations shall be in such form as the Governor
directs.
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9. The said owner, agent, or master shall transmit such Transmission declarations to the Governor within fourteen days after the of declarations dates of the receipt thereof respectively; and in default shall to the forfeit a sum not exceeding two dollars for every day that the Governor. sending of such declarations is delayed; and such sum shall be delay. paid upon the delivery of the certificate hereinbefore mentioned in [Ibid s. 310.] addition to the fee payable for the same, and shall be applied in the same manner as such fees.
Penalty for
10. Upon the receipt of such declarations, the Governor shall, Governor to if satisfied that the provisions of this section have been com- issue cer- plied with, cause a certificate in duplicate to be prepared and tificate. issued, to the effect that the provisions of the law with respect to
[Ibid s. 312.] the survey of the ship and the transmission of declarations in respect thereof have been complied with, and such certificate shall state the limits (if any) beyond which, according to the decla- rations of the surveyors, such ship is not fit to ply, and shall also contain a statement of the number of passengers which, according to the declaration of the surveyor appointed for the purpose, such ship is fit to carry, distinguishing, if necessary, between the respective numbers to be carried on the deck and in the cabins, such number to be subject to such conditions and variations, according to the time of year, the nature of the voyage, the cargo carried, and other circumstances, as the case requires.
11. The Governor shall transmit such certificate in duplicate Issue and to the Harbour Master, who shall deliver the same to the owner, transmission master, or agent on his applying and paying the fee and other of certificates. sums (if any) hereinafter mentioned as payable in that behalf. [Ibid s. 313.]
12. The owner, agent, or master of every steam-ship or vessel Fees to be paid propelled by steam, requiring a certificate under this section, shall for certificate. pay for every certificate granted by the Governor the fees men- [Ibid s. 314.] tioned in the table marked B in the schedule hereto.
force.
13. No certificate shall be held to be in force for the pur- How long poses of this section beyond a period of six months; and no certificates to certificate shall be in force after notice is given by the Governor continue in to the owner, agent, or master of the ship or vessel to which the [bid s. 315.] same relates, that he has cancelled or revoked the same: Provided that, if any steam-ship is absent from the Colony at the time when her certificate expires, no penalty shall be incurred, until she commences a voyage after her next subsequent return to the Colony; and the Governor may require any certificate which has expired, or has been revoked or cancelled, to be delivered up as he directs, and any owner, or agent, or master who, without any reasonable cause, neglects or refuses to comply with such requirement shall incur a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars.
14. The Governor may revoke and cancel such certificates Governor in any case in which he has reason to believe:-
may cancel certificates,
(a.) That the declarations of the sufficiency and good and require
condition of the hull, equipments, and machinery of fresh de- any steamer or vessel, or either of them, have been clarations. fraudulently or erroneously made; or
[Ibid s. 316.]
(b.) That such certificate has otherwise been issued upon
false or erroneous information; or
(c.) That since the making of such declarations, the hull, equipments, or machinery of such ship or vessel have sustained any injury, or are otherwise insufficient: And in every such case the Governor may, if he thinks fit, require the owner to have the hull, equipments, or machinery of such ship or vessel again surveyed, and to transmit a further declaration or declarations of the sufficiency and good condition thereof, before re-issuing any certificate, or granting a fresh one in lieu thereof.
conspicuous
15. The owner, agent, or master of every such steam-ship, or Copy of cer- vessel propelled by steam, shall forthwith, on the transmission of tificate to be any such certificate as aforesaid to him or his agent, cause one of placed in the duplicates thereof so transmitted to be put up in some conspi- part of ship. cuous part of the ship, so as to be visible to all persons on board [Ibid s. 317.] the same, and shall cause it to be continued so put up so long as such certificate remains in force and such ship is in use; and in default, such owner, agent, or master shall, for every offence, incur a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars.
and other
16. The said surveyors shall, from time to time, make such Surveyors to returns to the Governor as he requires with respect to the build, make returns dimensions, draught, burden, rate of sailing, room for fuel, and of the build the nature and particulars of machinery and equipments of the particulars of ship or vessel surveyed by them; and every owner, master and steam-ships, engineer of any such ship or vessel shall, on demand, give to such and owners surveyors all such information and assistance within his power as and masters they require for the purpose of such returns; and every such to give in-
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