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( A 52 )

SPECIFICATION OF TAXES. &c.

FEES OF COURT or Office, &c.,—Continued.

SURVET OF STEAMSHIPS :—

Item.

Fee.

Act of Colonial Legislature or other Authority under which levied.

Lapwelded or solid drawn steel tubes for which a stress greater than

that allowed for iron is required,—

for the first 100, or part of 100 tubes...

for each succeeding 100, or part of 100 tubes

Inspection and tests of boiler tubes subject to internal pressure.—

for each 15 or portion of 15 tested for tensile strength and

ductility

for each 90 or portion of 90 tubes tested by hydraulic

pressure

Inspection test and stamping of superheater headers for stock,-for each 15 or portion of 15 tubes tested for tensile strength and by bending, in one order

for each 50 tubes or portion of 50 tubes stamped in one order for each visit beyond two made in connection with the order Inspection of plates after flanging or working,--for each 15, or

portion of 15, inspected at the same time

(The fees for witnessing tests of plates, bars, forgings, etc. cover one order only, and separate fees must be paid for each order, although the plates, bars, etc., for different orders may be tested at one time).

Testing bronze propeller blades for ships not under survey for passen- ger certificate when all the castings are made by the same maker! for the same ship and not more than two visits by the Surveyor are required, for 4 or fewer castings tested

for each additional visit byond two made by the Surveyor.

Erumination of Plans of Ships, Machinery, etc. to be

Constructed outside the Colony.

The Government cannot allow any survey during construction to be made outside the Colony but, if desired, will undertake to examine and advise upon plans showing the structural arrangements and details of ships, marine boilers, machinery bonts, etc., which are to be constructed outside the Colony and intended to comply with British requirements. The fee for this service will be assessed in each case according to the work involved in the examination.

Surveys outside the Colony,

285

$ 30

20

20

15

20

20

10

20

20

10

23

1. The foregoing fees are for surveys within the limits of the Colony and Include the surveyors expenses in connection with such surveys. When, on ap plication being made, the Government decide to allow a survey to be made outside the Colony, in addition to the usual survey fee and the Surveyor's travelling expenses, a special fee of $100 will be charged for every 24 hours or part of 24 hours during which the Surveyor is absent from the Colony. This special fee will include a subsistence allowance for the Surveyor which will be assessed and paid by the Government according to the circumstances of the case.

All fees and a deposit to cover the additional charges must be paid in advance by the applicants and an undertaking given for the payment of any balance of fees and expenses connected with the service.

Overtime Charges.

1. (a) Whenever Surveyors are called upon to perform services out of official hours application should be made to the Chief Surveyor and an undertak- ing given to pay the overtime charges.

(b) Official hours are to be regarded as from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and overtime is charged according to the following scale :—

On week days? —

from 8 a.m. to 10 a., and 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. $10 per hour. from 6 a.m. to 3 a.m. and & p.in. to 8 p.m. before 6 a.m. and after 8 p.m.

on Sundays and holidays...

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$20 per hour. $40 per hour. $40 per bour.

(c) A service occupying less than an hour will be charged for as one hour, according to the scale. For services exceeding one hour, a quarter fee will be charged for every quarter or part quarter of an hour, according to the scale, but for a service exceeding ten hours in any one case the change will be limited to that for ten hours. These charges cover the services of all the Surveyors engaged in the survey, except if the services of an Engineer Surveyor in addition to those of an Emigration Officer are required before an emigrant ship cau be cleared, the survey made by the Engineer Surveyor will be regarded as a separate one, and overtine charges will be made in respect of both officers.

Ordinance 10 of 1899,

Table C.