THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 18TH JULY, 1874.
10. The British flag may be used on board of any ship lawfully Chinese resi- possessing a Colonial register.
dents may use the British flag in colonial regis- tered ships. [Ibid, sec. 1.]
11. Upon any change of ownership in any Colonial ship regis- Change of ow- tered under this Ordinance, such change as aforesaid shall be ner or master. endorsed upon her register under the hand of the Governor: [Ibid, sec. 9.] Provided always, that any change of master be endorsed upon the register by the Harbour Master.
Merchant
12. Every ship, (except Chinese junks or lorchas,) provided Colonial regis- with a Colonial register under this section shall be, in every res- tered ships to pect, subject to the provisions of Part I of this Ordinance and be subject to (except where the same are inconsistent with the terms of this Shipping Acts, section) to the provisions of "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1854," &c. and to the Acts amending the same, in the same manner and to the same extent as British ships registered under the said Acts are subject thereto, in the waters of this Colony, or in trading therein or therefrom.
13. Any Colonial register granted under this section shall be Duration of in force and effect for one year from the date of such register, Colonial and no longer, and such register shall be renewable by endorse-register. ment on the same, under the hand of the Governor.
CHAPTER II.
REGULATIONS CONCERNING SAFETY, Boats for Sea-going Ships.
[Ibid, sec.10.]
IV. The following rules shall be observed with respect to boats, Rules as to rafts and life buoys, that is to say:-
boats and life buoys.
[M. S. A..1854, sec. 292.]
(a.) No decked British ship (except ships used solely as steam tugs) shall proceed to sea from this Colony unless she is provided, according to her tonnage, with boats duly sup- plied with all requisites for use, and not being fewer in number nor less in their cubic contents than the boats the number and cubic contents of which are specified in the table marked A in the schedule hereto for the class to which such ship belongs: Provided that the Governor [M. S. A., may, at the request of the owner, or master, authorise the 1873, sec. 15. reduction of the number and the variation of the dimensions of such boats and also the substitution of rafts or other appliances for saving life for any such boats, so never- theless that the boats so reduced or varied and the rafts or other appliances so substituted be sufficient for the persons carried on board the ship.
(b.) No such ship carrying more than ten passengers shall pro- ceed to sea from any place in the Colony, unless, in addition to the boats hereinbefore required, she is also provided with a life boat furnished with all requisites for use, or unless one of her boats hereinbefore required is rendered buoyant after the manner of a life boat. (c.) No such ship as last aforesaid shall proceed to sea, unless
she is also provided with two life buoys ;-
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Penalties on
And such boats and life buoys shall be kept so as to be at all times fit and ready for use: Provided, that the enactments with respect to boats and life buoys herein contained shall not apply in any case in which a certificate has been duly obtained under the twenty- seventh section of "The Chinese Passengers Act, 1855.”
2. In any of the following cases, that is to say :-
(a.) If any ship hereinbefore required to be provided with boats, masters and
rafts or life buoys proceeds to sea without being so pro-neglecting to
owners, &c., vided therewith, or if any such boats, rafts, life buoys, or provide boats other appliances for saving life are lost or rendered unfit and life buoys. for service in the course of the voyage through the wilful [M. S. A., fault or negligence of the owner or master; or,
1854, sec.293.] (b.) If in case of any of such boats, rafts, life buoys, or other appliances for saving life being accidentally lost or injured in the course of the voyage, the master wil- fully neglects to replace or repair the same on the first opportunity; or,
(c.) If such boats, rafts, life buoys, and other appliances for saving life are not kept so as to be at all times fit and ready for use;
Then if the owner appears to be in fault he shall incur a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars, and if the master appears to be in fault he shall incur a penalty not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars.
3. The Harbour Master shall not grant a clearance for any Harbour Mas- ship hereinbefore required to be provided with boats, rafts, life ter not to clear buoys, or other appliances for saving life unless the same is duly ships not so provided; and if any such ship attempts to go to sea without complying such clearance, the Harbour Master may detain her until she is so provisions. provided.
with the above
[M. S. A. 1854, sec. 294.]
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