MERCHANT SHIPPING.
No. 10 of 1899.
1007
Extract from conditions of licence.
1. If any licensed launch or motor boat carries more persons than may lawfully be carried under the conditions of the licence, the owner and master shall be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars and to imprisonment for any term not exceeding three months.
2. No launch or motor boat shall be under way without a master and engineer each holding a local certificate of competency from the Harbour Master.
3. If any person places on the safety valve of any licensed launch any greater pressure than is allowed under the conditions of the licence, he shall be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars and to imprisonment for any term not exceeding three months.
4. Every launch and motor boat shall comply as to lights and in all other respects with the International Collision Regulations.
5. Every vessel licensed under these regulations shall have the name thereof in English and Chinese legibly painted on the stern and on each bow together with the number of passengers allowed by the licence.
6. The licence shall at all times except where otherwise provided by law be kept on board the vessel for which it is issued, and shall be produced on demand to any harbour or police or revenue officer.
7. No master of a launch or motor boat shall knowingly give untrue particulars to the Harbour Master or the Government Marine Surveyor or to any officer deputed by them to obtain such particulars.
Sheet 3.
Licence No.......
The Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899, Section 37. Name of launch/motor boat......
Length........ Feet. Inches.
Breadth..
Depth Capacity Net Tonnage Gross Tonnage
Name of owner. Address..
Name of master.. Address.....
[Table E contd.]
Name of engineer........ Address.....
Number of persons licensed to carry-
Within the harbour limits
or between ports in the
Island of Hongkong.
Within the local trade
including
crew.
Outside the local trade
limits.
persons.
persons.
persons.
Pressure allowed on safety valve..... ..lbs.
Date........ .19......
Received Fee of $1.
Shroff'
Harbour Master, &c.