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THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
Published by Authority.
No. 39.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 16TH SEPTEMBER, 1876.
VOL. XXII.
No. 167.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Instructions from the Board of Trade with a copy of the Order of The QUEEN in Council accompanying them, are published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 12th September, 1876.
BOARD OF TRADE, MARINE DEPARTMENT, June, 1876.
INSTRUCTIONS
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MEASURING SURVEYORS.
International Tonnage.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
The Board of Trade forward herewith for the information and guidance of officers concerned in the duties of measure- ment and registry of ships, a copy of a recently issued Order in Council which extends to vessels of the Kingdom of Norway the advantages held out by the 60th section of "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1862.”
In consequence of the amount of deduction for propelling power being different in the two countries, option is granted by the enclosed order to the masters of steam ships of the kingdom of Norway whereby the said masters may elect to have the engine room measured under the rules relating to British ships.
When the engine room is measured according to the British rules in such cases, a "Certificate of British Tonnage" is to be granted, adopting thereon the gross tonnage as stated in the Norwegian Certificate of Registry, and deducting from the gross tonnage the allowance for engine room under the British rules, and also the allowance on account of spaces occupied by seamen or apprentices, and appropriated to their use.
A copy of the document furnished to the Norwegian master is to be sent to the Principal Surveyor for tonnage, with a note thereon of the measurement of engine room and the amount of deduction under the Norwegian rules.
The fees for admeasurements under the accompanying Order in Council are to be the same as for the admeasurement of British ships for the time being, but only for the spaces actually measured.
EDWARD STANHOPE,
Secretary.
THOMAS GRAY,
Assistant Secretary.
At the Court at Windsor, the 17th day of May 1876.
PRESENT:
The QUEEN's most Excellent Majesty in Council.
Whereas by the "Merchant Shipping Act Amendment Act, 1862," it is enacted that whenever it is made to appear to Her Majesty that the rules concerning the measurement of tonnage of merchant ships for the time being in force under the Principal Act have been adopted by the Government of any foreign country and are in force in that country, it shall be fawful for Her Majesty by Order in Council to direct that the ships of such foreign country shall be deemed to be of the tonnage denoted in their certificates of registry or other national papers, and thereupon it shall no longer be necessary for such ships to be remeasured in any port or place in Her Majesty's dominions; but such ships shall be deemed to be of the tonnage denoted in their Certificates of Registry or other papers, in the same manner, to the same extent, and for the same purposes, in, to, and for which the tonnage denoted in the Certificate of Registry of British ships is to be deemed the tonnage of such ships.
And whereas it has been made to appear to Her Majesty that the rules concerning the measurement of tonnage of merchant ships now in force under "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1854," have been adopted by the Royal Norwegian Government, with the exception of a slight difference in the mode of estimating the allowance for engine room, and such rules are now in force in the kingdom of Norway, having come into operation on the 1st day of April, 1876, Her Majesty is hereby pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to direct as follows: