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General regulations as to accommodation for passengers.
THE ORDINANCES OF HONGKONG: [A.D. 1899
in the proportion of one statute adult to every 25 superficial feet thereof; and (b.) on the upper deck or poop or deck house there shall be provided 5 superficial feet of deck space for exercise for every passenger accommodated on the passenger decks and under the poop and in the deck house; and if it is intended to carry passengers on the remaining spaces of the said upper deck or poop or deck house, then 12 superficial feet of such remaining space shall be provided for each such upper deck passenger.
Generally.
3.-(a.) Deck passengers may be carried only within the limits prescribed above for the Coasting Trade and between the 15th of October and the 31st of May, inclusive.
(b.) Deck passengers may be carried between Hongkong and Swatow during both seasons.
(c.) Passengers are not to be carried on more than two decks on any one voyage.
(d.) The superficial area of a deck shall mean the area of the deck itself, exclusive of skylights, hatchways, and other incumbrances.
(e.) No part of the cargo, or of the passengers' luggage, or of the provisions, water, or stores, whether for the use of the passengers or of the crew, shall be carried on the upper deck or on the passengers' decks, unless the same is so placed as not to impede light or ventilation or to interfere with the comfort of the passengers or unless the same is stowed and secured to the satisfaction of the Harbour Master; and the space occupied or rendered unavailable for the accommodation of the passengers shall (unless occupied by the passengers' luggage) be deducted in calculating the space.
(f) There shall not be more than two tiers of berths on any one deck.
(g.) Such provisions for affording light and air to the passenger decks shall be supplied as the circumstances of the case may, in the judgment of the Harbour Master, require. The passengers shall have the free and unimpeded use of the whole of each hatchway situated over the space appropriated to them, and over each such hatchway there shall be erected such a booby hatch or other substantial covering as will afford it the greatest amount of light and air and of protection from wet as the case will admit.
Regulations for motor Boats - Regulations-in-council
of 25.7.07 in 4. 17. 481107 in 4.4.26-7.07 $.926.
Sections 3 (12.), 37 (3.), and 43 (3.)
Survey for licence.
TABLE E.
1.-REGULATIONS FOR STEAMSHIPS NOT EXCEEDING SIXTY TONS.
1. The owner of any Colonial ship or other steamship not exceeding 60 tons burden who is desirous of obtaining a licence under section 37 of this Ordinance shall cause the said vessel to be surveyed by a Government surveyor
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