ORDINANCE No. 6 OF 1883. 1743
Tramways.
notified that the same is authorised , and the same is hereby authorised to be opened for
such traffic .
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NOTE. The tramway was closed to public traffic from the end ofMay to the 26th July,
1889, owing to repairs necessitated by storm damage .
Notification by the Governor in Council under section 25 ofthe Tramways
Ordinance, 1883, made and gazetted 26th July, 1889.
Whereas the Surveyor General has certified that the tramway described as tramway
No. 6 in section 5 of the Tramways Ordinance, 1883, is fit for public traffic, it is hereby
notified that the same is authorised , and the same is hereby authorised to be opened for
such traffic.
Regulations made the 16th day of December, 1889, by the Governor
in Council, under the Tramways Ordinance, 1883, section 42,
gazetted the 21st December, 1889.
1. These regulations shall apply to the high level tramway described as tramway Application.
No. 6 in The Tramways Ordinance 1883 and the expression the company shall mean
the Hongkong High Level Tramways Company Limited .
2. No passenger carriage of the company now in use shall carry at one time more Number of
passengers to be
than forty passengers, but in reckoning the number of passengers two children under the carried on tram
car.
age of 12 years not in arms shall count as one passenger and babies in arms and the
servants of the company not exceeding two in number actually employed on any such
carriage shall not be included.
3. The weight of any luggage goods or merchandize of any description whatever Luggage, only to
be carried on
conveyed by any passenger carriage together with the weight of the passengers in such passenger car,
under certain
carriage (who for this purpose shall be held to weigh 140lbs . each) shall not exceed 2 conditions.
tons . Nor shall any luggage goods or merchandize be conveyed in any truck or waggon
attached to any passenger carriage.
4. Except at the terminus at St. John's Place and at Victoria Gap, no carriage No stoppage for
passengers
shall stop at any place nor shall any place be used for the purpose of taking up or except at
authorised
depositing passengers unless such place has been certified by the Surveyor General as stations.
safe and suitable for the purpose, and any such place when so certified shall be kept and
maintained by the company in constant good order and condition.