Railways.
TAI PO RAILWAY PIER RULES.
(Cap. 99, section 29(2)). (Ordinance No. 21 of 1909).
[13th August, 1926.]
1. No person shall cause any launch, lighter, junk, boat or other vessel to be made fast to, or to be moored at, or to be brought to or to be alongside the Tai Po Railway Pier or the bund leading thereto, or shall bring to, land at or take on board from the said pier or the said bund any passengers, cargo, goods, effects or things, unless such person has—
(a) first obtained a licence in accordance with these rules; or
(b) paid the appropriate fee or fees mentioned in Part II of the scale of charges set forth in rule 12: Provided that the Manager, Kowloon-Canton Railway, in these rules referred to as the manager, in his discretion, may allow the occasional use of the said pier and bund free of charge by vessels of not more than 70 piculs capacity.
2. Licences under these rules shall be in writing signed by the manager. Licences shall be limited in their application to the launches respectively named therein.
3. The fee mentioned in Part I of the said scale of charges shall be paid by every licensee quarterly in advance.
4. Before granting any licence under these rules, and during the subsistence of any such licence, the manager may require, and the applicant or licensee shall supply, true and full particulars as to the place or places between or from or to which the launch plies or is to ply, and of the times of arrival or departure at and from such place or places, and of the charges made or to be made to passengers and for cargo.
5. All licensed launches bringing passengers for the railway, unless prevented by accident or circumstances...
[CAP. 99 Regulations, Fraser, vol. 2, p. 572, 153