L No. 22.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 16TH MARCH, 1861.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
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For the information of Marine Surveyors and others whom it may concern the following Minute of the Board of Trade is published.
In virtue of the powers given by the 29th Section of the "Merchant Shipping Act, 1854," the Board has approved the alteration herein made in the mode of estimating the allowance for the propelling power of Steamers.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 5th March, 1861.
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No. 1860.
(Copy of Board's Minute, dated the 23rd of October, 1860.)
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
In pursuance of the powers granted by the 29th section of "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1854,” the Board, with the approval of the Board of Trade, direct, with a view to the more accurate and uniform application of the principle of granting a certain allowance to Steamers for their propelling power, that, in lieu of the rules set forth in the sec. 23 of the Merchant Shipping Act, and in paragraphs 4, 5, 6, 18, and 20 of Instructions to Measuring Surveyors of 1855, the following Rule be adopted in future, viz:
RULE. In every ship propelled by steam, or other power, requiring engine-room, an allowance of space or tonnage shall I be made for the space occupied by the propelling power, and the amount so allowed shall be deducted from the gross tonnage
of the ship; and such deduction shall be estimated as follows, that is to say:---
1. Measure the mean length of the engine room between the foremost and aftermost bulkheads, or limits of it length,
excluding such parts, if any, as are not actually occupied by, or required for, the proper working of the machinery;- then measure the depth of the ship at the middle point of this length, from the ceiling at the limber strake to the upper deck in ships of three decks and under, and to the third deck, or deck above the tonnage deck, in all other ships also the inside breadth of the ship clear of sponsing, if any, at the middle of the depth;-multiply together these dimensions of length, depth, and breadth for the cubical contents; divide this product by 100, and the quotient shall be deemed to be the tonnage of the engine-rooin, or allowance to be deducted from the gross tonnage on account of the propelling power.
2. In the case of ships having more than three decks, the tounage of the space or spaces betwixt decks, if any, above the third deck, which are frained in for the machinery, or for the admission of light and air, found by multiplying together the length, breadth, and depth thereof, and dividing the product by 100, shall be added to the tonnage of such space. 3. In the case of Screw Steamers, the tonnage of the shaft trunk shall be deemed to form part of, and added to such space, and shall be ascertained by multiplying together the length, breadth, and depth of the trunk, and dividing the product by 100.
4. In any ship in which the machinery may be fitted in separate compartments, the tonnage of each such compartment shall be measured, severally, in like manner. according to the above rules, and the sum of their results shall be deemed to be the tonnage of the said space.
ORDERED-
That the proper officers in London, and the Collectors and Comptrollers at the Out-ports do govern themselves accordingly in all future operations for estimating the allowance to Steamers for their propelling power; and with regard to the engine-rooms or allowance to Steamers already measured, that they be remeasured agreeably to the above modification of the Rule, on the application of their owners or agents, and on delivery of the original Certificates for endorsement.
CUSTOM HOUSE, LONDON, 27th October, 1860. The foregoing Copy of the Board's Minute, dated the 23rd instant, is transmitted to the Collector and Comptroller
By Order of the Commissioners,
at
WEATHER TABLES FOR THE PAST WEEK. REGISTER AT Harbour MaSTER'S OFFICE, QUEEN'S ROAD.
FREDK. DAVIES.
10 A.M.
NOON.
4 P.M.
1861.
Barometer.
Thermometer.
Thermometer. Barometer.
Barometer.
Thermometer.
March
9,
30.30
63
30.29
64
30.30
63
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30.30
62
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63
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62
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65
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15,
30.00
64
30.02
64
30.09
64
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METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS, SIGNAL STATION, VICTORIA PEAK. Lat. 29° 12′ 30′′ N., Long. 114° 12′ 40′′ E.; Height above Sea Level 1,770 feet.
TEMPERATURE.
DIRECTION OF WIND.
DATE.
BAROMETER UNREDUCED.
Therm. Attnched.
Therm. Detached,
Summary.
1861 March
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