550
Substituted
26/9/08
/or
9. p. 316
Sections 32 (1.) and 43 (3.)
Liability to dues and amount.
Time of payment..
Vessels exempted.
amount for certain vessels..
No. 10.] THE ORDINANCES OF HONGKONG: [A.D. 1899
TABLE P.
LIGHT OR OTHER DUES.
1. All ships which enter the waters of the Colony, except British and Foreign ships of war and except such other ships as are hereby exempted in whole or in part, shall pay the following dues, namely, one cent per ton.
2. Such dues shall be paid either at the time of entry or at the time of clearance.
3. All steamers plying only between Hongkong and Canton, or Macao, or the West River which enter the waters of the Colony by day, and all Chinese junks, are hereby exempted from the payment of such dues.
Reduction of 4. All steamers plying only between Hongkong and Canton, or Macao, or the West River which enter the waters of the Colony by night shall pay one third of a cent per ton.
or any river in the interior province (see G.N. 720/03, G.N. 9 of Section 36 (12.).
TABLE Q.
Places of officers and men when explosives received or discharged.
Prohibition of use of charcoal, etc.
Prohibition of smoking, etc.
Discharge of cargo.
Attendance of owner or consignee at receipt or discharge of explosives.
RULES FOR THE STORAGE OF GUNPOWDER AND EXPLOSIVES IN THE GOVERNMENT GUNPOWDER DEPOTS.
1. The officers and men belonging to a Government Gunpowder Depot, and to every vessel receiving or discharging explosives out of or into such Depot, shall, unless cause is shown to the satisfaction of the Harbour Master, be at such Depôt and on board such vessel.
2. During the time that explosives are being received or discharged no person shall, in a Depôt or on board of any vessel receiving or discharging same or engaged in transshipment thereof, have or use any charcoal or other combustible matter or any fire or naked light.
3. During such time as aforesaid, no person shall smoke in a Depôt or on board of any vessel receiving or discharging explosives or engaged in transshipment thereof, nor shall any person in a Depôt or on board of any such vessel be employed about any work other than and except the receipt, discharge, or transshipment aforesaid.
4. The cargo of every vessel employed in the transshipment of explosives shall, on her arrival at the Depôt, be immediately discharged by the owner or consignee of such cargo, and shall then be delivered into the Depot, and if the owner or consignee of such cargo fails in so doing, it shall be lawful for the Harbour Master or his Deputy to have the same discharged and delivered into the Depôt at the expense of the said owner or consignee.
5. When explosives are being received into or discharged out of the Depot, the owner or consignee of the same shall attend at the Depot or shall send a responsible representative instead, and any question which may arise as to the number or weight of cases or kegs received at or delivered out of the Depot...