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Article No. 11.
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Pilotage fees will be charged according to the following:
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Pilotage fees are understood to be computed on the undermentioned values:
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On the ratio of 5 cents Hongkong Currency per one ton or less of the gross tonnage.
On the ratio of 6 Dollars Hongkong Currency per one foot (0.3 metres) or less of draught.
Pilotage fees for vessels of under 500 tons of gross tonnage or under 8 feet of draught are identical to the fees for vessels of 500 tons of gross tonnage or of & feet draught.
By draught is meant the deepest draught of the vessel at bow and stern between the time the pilot embarks the vessel for the purpose or guiding its water course and the time when this guidance is completed.
Pilotage fees for vessels showing greatest displacement tonnage will be computed on the basis of 60/100th of the gross tonnage.
In the case of tow-boats, pilotage fees will be computed on each vessel at the rate of 80/100th of the pilotage fee for the largest vessel.
In the case of changing of anchorages, the pilotage fee will be 30 Military Notes for each occasion.
Pilotage fees will be charged on the basis of Hongkong Currency. However vessels leaving the harbour will be charged on the basis of Military Notes.
Article No. 12. In the event that subsequent to the embarkation
of the pilot for the purpose of guiding the water course, an accident occurs through the vessel's fault and results in a stoppage or drifting of over 12 hours, the vessel concerned shall pay an additional sum of Hongkong 30. as indemnity.
Article No. 13. In order that the pilot may pursue his duties, the Pilot Flag of the International Signal Code shall be hoisted on the pilot boat during the daytime, and lights or signals prescribed for pilot boats by the Rules for the Prevention of Maritime Collisions shall be shown at night.
Article No. 14. Persons who are not pilots shall not hoist the
Pilots' Flag nor any analogous flag nor make use of the lights and signals provided for by the Rules for the Prevention of Maritime Collisions nor make use of any vessel that might be mistaken for the Pilot Boat.
Article No. 15. For the purpose of smoothly executing the pilots' duties on warships and vessel other than Imperial warships and vessels requisitioned or chartered by the Army and Navy, pilots shall form a Pearl River Pilots Association and shall contract an agreement and enforce their duties.
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