498
Government Gunpowder Depôt.
Vessel not to anchor within 500 yards of Depôt.
Harbour Master to be furnished with particulars of explosives arriving in the Colony.
Master to take vessel to specified place.
When red flag to be exhibited.
Vessel not to anchor within 500 yards of any other vessel.
Mode of proceeding when explosives are to be exported.
No gunpowder to be shipped or landed at night.
No. 10.] THE ORDINANCES OF HONGKONG: [A.D. 18
(2.) Such vessels or buildings shall, for the purposes of this Act, be termed "The Government Gunpowder Depôt," and shall be under the control and management of the Harbour Master, subject to orders as may from time to time be received from the Governor; such vessels or buildings shall be fitted and manned in such manner as the Harbour Master, with the approval of the Governor, may deem expedient.
(3.) It shall not be lawful for the master of any vessel to anchor such vessel within five hundred yards of any Government Gunpowder Depôt, except by permission of the Harbour Master.
(4.) The master, agent, or consignee of every vessel arriving in the Colony, having on board thereof as cargo any quantity of gunpowder or other explosives, shall, immediately on arrival and before the discharge from the vessel of any of such gunpowder or other explosives, furnish the Harbour Master with a copy of the manifest of the same, the marks of all the packages, and the names of the consignees, if he knows the same.
(5.) The master of every such vessel shall, on arrival, take the vessel to the Gunpowder Anchorage or to the place which may be pointed out to him by the Harbour Master, and the said vessel shall not be removed therefrom without the permission of the Harbour Master until the cargo of explosives has been discharged or for the purpose of going to sea.
(6.) The master of every vessel having on board as cargo gunpowder or other explosives, and whilst engaged in the transshipment of the same, shall exhibit a red flag at the highest masthead.
(7.) It shall not be lawful for the master of any vessel having on board as cargo gunpowder or other explosives to anchor such vessel within five hundred yards of any other vessel, except by permission of the Harbour Master.
(8.) The master of every vessel about to take on board as cargo any quantity of gunpowder or other explosives shall give notice to the Harbour Master, and shall take the said vessel into the Gunpowder Anchorage or into such other anchorage as the Harbour Master may deem expedient, and shall not remove therefrom, except for the purpose of proceeding on his voyage or for some other sufficient cause, to be approved by the Harbour Master.
(9.) No gunpowder or other explosives shall be shipped, landed, or transshipped, within the waters of the Colony, between the hours of six o'clock in the evening and six o'clock in the morning, from October to March inclusive, or between the hours of seven o'clock in the evening and five o'clock in the morning, from April to September inclusive, except with the permission in writing of the Harbour Master.