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any ship as he may think fit, and the owners, agents, charterers and licensees shall pay to the Colonial Treasurer on the first day of every month $25.00 for each guard carried during the previous month or $12.50 for each guard carried during the previous month if the ship has been laid up for more than 15 days in that month.
OFFICERS.
31. The appointment or employment of any person as master of any British ship or of any foreign ship holding a passenger certificate under section 10 of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899, which is about to proceed or is proceeding on any voyage from Hongkong to any port or place on the Canton River or the West River shall be subject to the approval of the Governor-in-Council who shall in his absolute discretion have power to refuse to allow the appointment or employment of any particular person.
32. Each certificated officer shall carry one revolver and 25 rounds of ammunition at all times while the ship is in a danger zone.
33. The master and other certificated officers shall use their utmost endeavour to resist any piratical attack.
34. The master shall have complete control of the ship and all on board and shall not suffer himself to be dictated to or interfered with in any way by the owners, agents, charterers, licensees, compradore, pilot or crew in any matter connected in any manner with the repelling of any piratical attack on or on board the ship or with the rendering of assistance to any other ship so attacked or which he may suspect to be in need of such assistance.
35. The master shall enter in the official log and shall report to the Harbour Master at the first opportunity any attempt at any such interference however slight.
36. When the master of any ship has any cause whatever to believe or to suspect that any other ship may be in need of assistance in respect of a piratical attack it shall be his duty to approach such ship as closely as possible, to stand by it, to prevent the access of pirates to or from native craft, to assist in rescue work, to call other ships to the iad of the ship attacked, and to do all such other acts as may be necessary or advisable to assist the said ship in repelling the attack.
37. No certificated officer shall take any part in or be present at the collection of tickets or fares from the passengers.
PASSENGERS.
38. While a ship is lying alongside a wharf no passenger or any other person shall be allowed to embark or come on board or put anything except cargo on board from the side of the ship away from the wharf.
39. While a ship is in a danger zone all passengers other than 1st class passengers shall be kept in a space or spaces isolated from the rest of the ship and from the crew by means of metal grille doors which shall be kept locked unless opened by the orders of the master or for the collection of tickets or fares. Whenever any such door is opened the greatest precautions must be observed to prevent any surprise attack.
40. 1st and 2nd class passengers shall be allowed to have with them in the accommoda- tion and on the decks allotted to them only light hand baggage, and all trunks and other heavy baggage must be kept during the whole voyage in a locked baggage room or other safe place.
41. In the case of a ship which is lying alongside a wharf no passenger shall be allowed to embark after the master of the ship has been notified by the Police that the search of the ship is complete, and in case of a ship lying elsewhere no passenger shall be allowed to embark after the search by the Police has been begun.
SEARCHES.
42. The Police shall have power with or without the assistance of the guards to search all passengers and their goods and baggage, all the members of the crew or the staff of the ship