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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 4TH MAY, 1878.
Governor to regulate mode of
survey. (Ibid, sec. 307.)
Penalty on surveyors re- ceiving fees unlawfully. (Ibid, sec. 308.)
Owners to
sider it necessary so to do, to require the ship to be taken into dock for the purpose of surveying the hull thereof; and any person who hinders any such surveyor from going on board any such steam ship, or otherwise impedes him in the execution of his duty under this Ordinance, shall incur a penalty not exceeding twenty- five dollars.
6. The said surveyors shall execute their duties under the direction of the Governor, and the Governor shall make regulations as to the manner in which the surveys hereinafter mentioned shall be made, and as to the notice to be given to the surveyors when surveys are required, and as to the amount and payment of any other expenses incurred by such surveyors in the execution of their duties, and may thereby determine the person by whom and the conditions under which such payment shall be made.
7. Every surveyor who demands or receives directly or indirectly from the owner or master of any ship surveyed by him, under the provisions of this Ordinance, any fee or remuneration whatsoever for or in respect of such survey, otherwise than as the officer and by the direction of the Governor, shall incur a penalty not exceed- ing two hundred and fifty dollars.
8. The owner, agent, or master of every steam ship or vessel have surveys propelled by steam being within the waters of the Colony shall, made by where such ship or vessel comes within the meaning of this section, shipwright and engineer- cause the same to be surveyed by one of the shipright-surveyors surveyors, and and by one of the said engineer-surveyors so appointed as aforesaid; such shipwright-surveyor being, in the case of iron steamers, a person who is, in the judgment of the Governor, properly qualified to survey such ship; and such surveyors shall thereupon, if satisfied that they can with propriety do so, give to such owner declarations as follows:-
surveyors
to give declarations. (Ibid, sec. 309.)
Transmission
(a.) The declaration of the shipwright-surveyor shall contain statements of the following particulars with reference to sea-going ships, that is to say :-
(1.) That the hull of the ship is sufficient for the service
intended and in good condition;
(2.) That the partitions, boats, rafts, life buoys, or other appliances for saving life, lights, signals, co basses, and shelter for deck passengers, and the cenficates of the master and mate or mates, are such, and in such condition as required by this Ordinance; (3.) The time (if less than twelve months) for which the said hull and equipments will be sufficient; (4.) The limits (if any) beyond which. as regards the
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(5.) With reference to all ships or vessels, whether sea- going or not, if plying or intended to ply for hire, the number of passengers which such ship or vessel is, in the judgment of the surveyor, fit to carry, distinguishing, if necessary, between the respective numbers to be carried on the deck and in the cabins, and in the different parts of the deck and cabins; such numbers to he subject to such conditions and variations, according to the time of year, the nature of the voyage, the cargo carried, or other cir- cumstances, as the Governor in Council may, from time to time, direct by any Regulation to be made by him for this purpose, and until such Regulations are made and so far as the same shall not extend, according to the Regulations contained in table È in the schedule hereunto annexed.
(b.) And the declaration of the engineer-surveyor shall con- tain statements of the following particulars, that is to say:-
(1.) That the machinery of the ship or vessel is sufficient for the service intended, and in good condition; (2.) The time (if less than twelve months) for which
such machinery will be sufficient;
(3.) That the safety valves and fire hose, when requisite, are in such condition as are required by this Ordinance;
(4.) The limit of the weight to be placed on the safety
valves;
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(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.
9. The said owner, agent, or master shall transmit such of declarations declarations to the Governor within fourteen days after the dates of the receipt thereof respectively; and in default, shall forfeit a sum not exceeding two dollars for every day that the
to the
Governor.