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c. 101,
Ordinance
No. 30 of 1915.
No. 10 of 1899.
MERCHANT SHIPPING,
(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 provision of the Chinese Passengers Act, 1855, or of the Asiatic Emigration Ordinance, 1915, if plying or intended to ply for hire, 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:
Schedule. Table D.
(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 twelve 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;
(vi) that the certificates of the engineer or engineers are such and in such form as are required by law; and,
(vii) in the case of a British ship, that the ship is duly marked with deck and load-lines in accordance with section 14 of this Ordinance or with the Merchant Shipping Acts; and such declarations shall be in such form as the Governor may direct.
Transmission (9) The said owner, agent, or master shall transmit such
of declarations to Colonial Secretary.
declarations to the Colonial Secretary within fourteen days after the dates of the receipt thereof respectively; and in default shall forfeit a sum not exceeding two dollars for every day that the sending of such declarations is delayed;
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