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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 4TH MAY, 1878.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Bills, which were 'read a first time at a Meeting of the Legislative Council held on Monday, the 29th day of April, 1878, are published for general information.
By Command,
H. E. WODEHOUSE, Clerk of Councils.
Council Chamber, Hongkong, 29th April, 1878.
Title.
Preamble.
Short Title.
Interpretation Clause.
An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to consolidate and amend the laws relating to mer- chant shipping, the duties of the Harbour Master, the control and management of the waters of the Colony, and the regulation of vessels navigating the
same.
W
[
, 1878.] "HEREAS it is expedient to consolidate and amend the laws relating to merchant shipping, the duties of the Harbour Master, the control and management of the waters of the Colony, and the regulation of all vessels navigating the same; and whereas doubts have arisen as tr applicability of certain sec- tions of "The Merchant Shippiey thet, 1854," and the Acts amend- ing the same: Be it enacted Counc Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative
RELIMIl thereof, as follows:-
P
y be citedNARY.
I. This Ordinance malation Or for all purposes as chant Shipping Consolicion and finance, 1878."
"The Mer-
II. In the construct th the cor the purposes of this Ordinance (if not inconsistent wi the respetext or subject matter) the follow- ing terms shall have ay:- etive meanings hereinafter assigned to them, that is to sugistrate'
Stipendiary Mr Colony, shall mean and include the Police Magistrates of the
included the Marine Magistrate.
Mer
ConnauⱭ or ch
TM person (excet a pilot) ha
;
"Seaman" shall include any person (except masters, pilots and apprentices duly indentured and registered) employed or engaged in any capacity on board any ship;
Ship" shall include any description of vessel used in naviga- tion not propelled by oars, except Chinese junks or lorchas not propelled by steam.
"Colonial Ship" shall mean and include every ship registered under section 3, part 1 of this Ordinance.
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"Tons," "Tonnage" shall mean tons and tonnage, as cal- culated according to British measurement of registered tonnage. The term waters of the Colony" shall (except as herein- after provided) be, for the purposes of this Ordinance, deemed to comprise the waters situate within a radius of one marine league from the shores of the Colony: Provided always that this interpretation shall not be construed to affect waters within such radius in any case where such waters are situate within the territorial limits or jurisdiction of the empire of China.
"Passenger" shall mean and include any person carried in any vessel other than the master, seamen and apprentices duly indentured and registered.
No British ves- sel, without
register, to use
PART I.
MERCHANT SHIPPING AND SEAMEN.
CHAPTER I.
REGULATION OF BRITISH AND COLONIAL SHIPS.
III. No ship owned by a British subject shall be at liberty to trade in or from the waters of this Colony, unless she is provided an Imperial with a certificate of registry in conformity with the Imperial Acts the waters of of Parliament in that behalf: Provided "always that it shall be the Colony. lawful for the Governor in Council, whenever it shall appear to him necessary or expedient so to do, from time to time, and at any No. 4 of 1855, time hereafter, to suspend the operation of this paragraph, and, in his discretion, to make other provisions in lieu thereof, with or without publication thereof in the Gazette.
(SeeOrdinance
sec. 1.)