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No. 10 of 1899.
[s. 10 contd.] certain declarations as to hull and equipments.
18 & 19 Vict. c. 104.
MERCHANT SHIPPING.
satisfied that it can properly be done, give to such owner, agent, or master declarations as follows:-
(a) A declaration containing statements of the following particulars:
(i) that the hull of the ship is sufficient for the service intended, and in good condition;
(ii) that the boats, rafts, life buoys, or other appliances for saving life, lights, signals, compasses, and shelter for deck passengers, and the certificates of the master and mate or mates, are such and in such condition as required by law;
(iii) the time (if less than 12 months) for which the said hull and equipments will be sufficient;
(iv) the limits, if any, beyond which, as regards the hull and equipments, the ship is, in the judgment of the surveyor, not fit to ply; and
(v) with reference to all passenger ships not coming within the provisions of the Chinese Passengers Act, 1855, or of the Chinese Emigration Ordinance, 1889, No. 1 of 1889, if plying or intended to ply for hire,
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the number of passengers which such ship is, in the judgment of the surveyor, fit to carry, distinguishing, if necessary, between the respective numbers to be carried on the deck and in the cabins, and in the different parts of the deck and cabins; such numbers to be subject to such conditions and variations, according to the time of year, the nature of the voyage, the cargo carried, or other circumstances as the Governor-in-Council may direct, by any regulations to be made by him for this purpose; and
(b) A further declaration containing statements of the following particulars:-
(i) that the boilers and machinery of the ship are sufficient for the service intended and in good condition;
(ii) the time (if less than 12 months) for which such boilers and machinery will be sufficient;
(iii) that the safety valves and fire hose are such and in such condition as are required by this Ordinance;
(iv) the limit of the weight to be placed on the safety valves;
(v) the limits, if any, beyond which, as regards the boilers and machinery, the ship is, in the judgment of the surveyor, not fit to ply;
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