ORDINANCE No. 8 of 1879 . 1479
Merchant Shipping.
"Master " shall include every person ( except a pilot) having
command or charge of any ship ;
" Seaman " shall include any person (except masters , pilots and
apprentices duly indentured and registered ) employed or engaged in any
capacity on board any ship ;
" Ship " shall include any description of vessel used in navigation
not propelled by oars, except Chinese junks or lorchas not propelled by
steam .
" Steam -ship " shall mean any vessel propelled by steam .
"Colonial Ship " shall mean and include every ship registered under
section 3 , part I of this Ordinance.
"River Steamer " shall mean any steam- ship carrying more than 12
passengers and regularly plying between the waters of Hongkong and
any port or place on the Canton River, or Macao.
" Tons, " " Tonnage " shall mean tons and tonnage , as calculated
according to British measurement of registered tonnage.
The term " Waters of the Colony " shall ( except as hereinafter
provided ) be, for the purposes of this Ordinance , deemed to comprise the
waters situate within a radius of one marine league from the shores of
the Colony : Provided always that this interpretation shall not be construed
to affect waters within such radius in any case where such waters are
situate within the territorial limits or jurisdiction of the empire of China.
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Passenger " shall mean and include any person carried in any
vessel other than the master, seamen, and apprentices duly indentured
and registered .
PART I.
MERCHANT SHIPPING AND SEAmen.
CHAPTER I.
REGULATION OF BRITISH AND COLONIAL SHIPS.
3. No ship owned by a British subject shall be at liberty to trade No British
vessel,without
in or from the waters of this Colony, unless she is provided with a an Imperial
register, to
certificate of registry in conformity with the Imperial Acts of Parliament use the waters
in that behalf. of the Colony.
[ See Ordi
nance No. 4 of
1855 , sec. 1. ]