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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 18TH JULY, 1874.
Transmission
(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 be subject to such conditions and variations, according to the time of year, the nature of the voyage, the cargo carried, or other cir- cumstamces, as the case requires.
(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;
(3.) The limit of the weight to be placed on the safety
valves;
(4.) 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 shall transmit such declarations to the of declarations Governor within fourteen days after the dates of the receipt thereof respectively; and in default, shall forfeit a sum not exceed- ing ten shillings for every day that the sending of such declara- tions is delayed; and such sum shall be paid upon the delivery of the certificate herein before mentioned in addition to the fee pay- able for the same, and shall be applied in the same manner as such fees.
to the Governor. Penalty for delay. [Ibid, sec. 310.]
Governor to issue cer- tificate.
[Ibid, sec. 312.]
Issue and transmission
of certificates. [Ibid, sec. 313.]
Fees to be paid
10. Upon the receipt of such declarations, the Governor shall, if satisfied that the provisions of this section have been com- plied with, cause a certificate in duplicate to be prepared and issued to the effect that the provisions of the law with respect to the survey of the ship and the transmission of declarations in respect thereof have been complied with, and such certificate shall state the limits (if any) beyond which, according to the decla- rations of the surveyors, such ship is not fit to ply, and shall also contain a statement of the number of passengers which, according to the declaration of the shipwright-surveyor, such ship is fit to carry, distinguishing, if necessary, between the respective num- bers to be carried on the deck and in the cabins, such number to be subject to such conditions and variations, according to the time of year, the nature of the voyage, the cargo carried, and other cir- cumstances, as the case requires.
11. The Governor shall transmit such certificate in duplicate to the Harbour Master, who shall deliver the same to the owner, master, or agent on his applying and paying the fee and other sums (if any) herein mentioned as payable in that behalf.·
12. The owner of every steamer requiring a certificate for certificate. under this section, shall pay for every certificate granted by the [Ibid, sec. the Governor the fees mentioned in the table marked in the 314.]
schedule hereto.
How long
continue in
13. No certificate shall be held to be in force for the pur- certificates to poses of this section beyond a period of twelve months; and no certificate shall be in force after notice is given by the Governor to the owner, agent, or master of the ship to which the same relates, that he has cancelled or revoked the same.
force.
[Ilrid, sec. 315.] Governor may cancel certificates, and require fresh de- clarations.
[Ibid, sec. 316.1
Copy of cer-
14. The Governor may revoke and cancel such certificates
in any case in which he has reason to believe:-
(a.) That the declarations of the sufficiency and good condition of the hull, equipments, and machinery of any steamer or vessel, or either of them, have been fraudulently or erroneously made, or;
(b.) That such certificate has otherwise been issued upon
false or erroneous information, or;
(c.) That since the making of such declarations, the hull, equipments, or machinery of such ship or vessel have sustained any injury, or are otherwise insufficient: And in every such case the Governor may, if he thinks fit, require the owner to have the hull, equipments, or machinery of such ship or vessel again surveyed, and to transmit a further declaration or declarations of the sufficiency and good condition thereof, before re-issuing any certificate, or granting a fresh one in lieu thereof.
15. The owner or master of every such steam ship, or vessel pro- cificate to be pelled by steam, shall forthwith, on the transmission of any such