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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 4TH MAY, 1878.
If not obeyed,
he may abate such lights. (M. S. A. 1854. sec. 416.)
Vessels and buildings
and for the preventing for the future any similar fire or light, and any owner or person disobeying such notice, shall be deemed guilty of a common nuisance, and in addition to any other penalties or liabilities of any kind thereby incurred, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars.
2. If any owner or person served with such notice, as afore- said, neglects for a period of twenty-four hours to extinguish or effectually screen, the light or fire therein mentioned, it shall be lawful for the Harbour Master, by his servants or workmen, to enter into the place wherein the same may be, and forthwith to extin- guish such fire or light doing no unnecessary damage; and all expenses incurred by the Harbour Master in such extinction, may be recovered from such person or owner as aforesaid in the same way as penalties are hereby declared to be recoverable.
CHAPTER III.
IMPORTATION AND STORAGE OF GUNPOWDER.
XXXVII. The Governor is hereby empowered to provide, at the expense of the Colony, all necessary vessels and buildings to be provided for the storage of gunpowder, and no gunpowder arriving in this Colony shall be stored in any other building or vessel except as provided by paragraph 10 and subject to the observance of the rules and regulations to be made under paragraph 12 of this
for storage of gunpowder. (Ordinance
4 of 1867, sere, 4.)
To be termed Government depôt for the storage of gunpowder.
section.
2. Such vessels or buildings shall, for the purposes of this chapter, be termed a Government Depôt or Government Depôts for the storage of Gunpowder, and shall be under the control and management of the Harbour Master, subject to such orders as may, from time to (Ibid, sec. 5.) time, be received from the Governor; and such vessels or build- ings shall be fitted and manned in such manner as the Harbour Master, with the approval of the Governor, shall deem expedient.
3. The master of every vessel arriving in this Colony having on board thereof any quantity of Gunpowder exceeding two hundred bs. shall, immediately upon the arrival thereof, and b fore the discharge from the ship of any of such Gunpowder, ful nish the Harbour Master with a copy of the manifest of such gua nish Harbour powder, the marks of all the packages wherein such gunpowde shall be contained, and the names of the consignees of such gun mmediately. powder, if he shall know the same.
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Master of vessel having up- wards of two hundred lbs.
of powder on board to fur-
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possible take the same to the place which shall be pointed out to him by the Harbour Master, or his deputy, and the said vessel shall not be removed therefrom without the permission in writing of the Harbour Master.
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(Ibid, sec. 7.) Mode of pro-
5. When any quantity of gunpowder exceeding two hundred ceeding when bs. is about to be conveyed out of the Colony, the master of the gunpowder is
vessel about to convey the same shall, on producing the written to be exported. (Ibid, sec. 8.) authority of the owners thereof, receive from the Harbour Master a permit to take on board the packages mentioned in such autho- rity and the master of such vessel shall thereupon move the same into such anchorage as the Harbour Master may deem expedient, and from such anchorage the master of such vessel shall not remove the same except for the purpose of proceeding on his voyage or for some other sufficient cause to be approved by the Harbour Master. Masters having 6. The master of every vessel having on board more than two more than two hundred lbs. of gunpowder, or whilst engaged in the transhipment hundred lbs. of of Gunpowder, shall exhibit a red flag at the highest masthead. gunpowder on
board to exhibit
a flag, also
when tranship- ping the same. (Ibid, sec. 9.)
No gunpowder
to be tran- shipped at
7. It shall not be lawful for the master of any vessel to tranship any gunpowder between the hours of 6 P.M. and 6 A.M., from Oct- ber to March inclusive nor between the hours of 7 P.M. and 5. A.M. (Ibid, see. 10.) from April to September inclusive, without the written permission
night.
No vessel to
anchor within
five hundred yards of a Government Depôt for storage of
gunpowder.
Ibid, sec. 11.)
of the Harbour Master.
8. It shall not be lawful for the master of any vessel, without the written permission of the Harbour Master, to anchor such vessel within five hundred yards of any Government Depôt for the storage of gunpowder.