No. 3.
REPORT. OF PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
STANDING LAW COMMITTEE
ON THE MERCHANT SHIPPING BILL.
97
PRESENT:
The Honourable the Acting Attorney General, (HENRY EDWARD POLLOCK), Chairman.
JAMES JOHNSTONE KESWICK.
>
21
Dr. Ho KAI, M.A.
12
?!
EMANUEL RAPHAEL BELILIOS, C.M.G. WEI YUK.
I, HENRY EDWARD POLLOCK, Acting Attorney General, Chairman of the Standing Law Committee, do hereby certify that meetings of the Standing Law Committee on the Merchant Shipping Bill were held on the 27th September, 1899, the 2nd October, 1899, the 5th October, 1899, the 9th October. 1899, the 16th October, 1899, the 30th October, 1899, the 6th November, 1899, the 8th November. 1899, and the 16th November, 1899, and that at such meetings the said Bill was considered clause by clause in the presence of all the Members of such Standing Law Committee, and that, in the opinion of such Standing Law Committee, such Bill may be dealt with by the Council in the same manner as a Bill reported on by a Committee of the whole Council;
And I do also hereby certify that at the aforesaid meetings of the said Standing Law Committee the following amendments in the said Merchant Shipping Bill were unanimously agreed to by the said Standing Law Committee, namely
(1) In clause 1, that the figures "1899" be substituted for the figures "1898."
(2) In clause 2, in the paragraph beginning On the West, "Capsuimoon" be substituted for
**
Capsingmoon.'
(3) In clause 2, in the paragraph beginning On the South, that the full stop be omitted after the word "Island," and that the following words be added to the paragraph, namely, "and continued until it meets the East and West boundaries ".
J
(4) That in clause 2. in the paragraph beginning, On the West, the comma after the word "drawn" and the comma after the word "Hongkong," and the words "continued on an East and West line to the mainland be omitted; and that after the words "north point of Stonecutters' Island" the following words be inserted and followed by a full stop, namely, "and thence to the Harbour Master's Station at Samshuipo." (5) That in clause 2, after the paragraph beginning On the West and before the paragraph beginning Harbour Master" the following paragraph be inserted, namely: Port
27
of the Colony means such place in the waters of the Colony as the Governor may declare by Notification in the Gazette to be a port of the Colony.
(6) That in sub-section 1 (d) of clause 3 the figures, "37", be substituted for the figures,
"35."
(7) In clause 3, sub-section 2, line 2, after the words "provided to," the following words be
added, namely, "any ship owned wholly by persons of the following description."
(8) In sub-section 2 (4) of clause 3, that the word "person" be substituted for the word
applicant" in two different places.
፡፡
(9) That in line 2 of sub-section 3 of clause 3 the words, "for any ship" be added after the
word, "Registry.'
(10) In sub-section 11 of clause 3 that the word
natural-born be omitted.
(11) That in sub-section 12 of clause 3 the figures, "37", be substituted for the figures, 35." (12) In line 4 of sub-section 2 of clause 4 that the words "
that the words "any port" be substituted for the
words "the waters."
(13) In sub-section 4 of clause 4 that the following amendments be made, namely:
(i.) That in line I thereof after the word "leaving," the words "or attempting
to leave" be added, and
(i.) That in line 2 thereof, the words, "any port," be substituted for the words,
"the waters," and