MERCHANT SHIPPING.
No. 10 of 1899.
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14.--For Surveys of Ship's Bottoms only.
Half the fee for survey of steamships for Passenger Certificates.
15.--For Survey of Boilers.
A fee of $50.
16.--For Approving and Certifying Position of Load-Line.
A fee of $10.
17.--Over-time Fees for service of Government Marine Surveyors.
Week days,- from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m., and 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m., and 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
before 6 a.m. and after 8 p.m.
On Sundays and Holidays,
Table C. Survey of ship's bottom.
Survey of boilers.
Certifying load-line.
Over-time service.
$10 per hour.
A service occupying less than one hour will be charged as one hour. For a service exceeding one hour a quarter of the fee will be charged for each quarter of an hour, and any expenses incurred will be charged in addition.
N.B. When an incomplete declaration is given one-half of the Survey Fee in Table C will be charged.
Table D.
SPACES ALLOTTED TO PASSENGERS IN SHIPS NOT WITHIN THE CHINESE PASSENGERS ACT, 1855, OR THE CHINESE EMIGRATION ORDINANCE, 1889.
[ss. 10 (8) (u) (v) and 11 (3).]
Coasting Trade.
Spaces to be allotted to passengers in ships solely employed in coasting trade.
1. In the case of a passenger ship which is solely employed in trading or going between the following limits, namely, Hongkong and the Coast of China, Formosa, Cochin China, and the Philippine Islands:
Between 15th October and 31st May, inclusive: —
(a) The space to be provided on the between decks shall be, for the lower passenger deck, 12 superficial and 84 cubic feet of space for each passenger; and for the upper passenger deck, 9 superficial and 54 cubic feet for each passenger; and
(b) On the upper or weather deck there shall be provided 4 superficial feet of deck space for exercise for the crew and for every passenger accommodated on the passenger deck; and if it is intended to carry passengers on the remaining space of the said weather deck, then 12 superficial feet of such remaining space shall be provided for each such upper deck passenger.
Between 1st June and 14th October, inclusive:
* As amended by G. N. 169 of 1908 and No. 17 of 1912,