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SPECIFICATION OF TAXES, DUTIES, &c.
Act of Colonial Legislature
or other Authority under which levied.
FELS OF COURT OR OFFICE, &c.,—Continued,
SURVEY OF STEAMSHIPS :-
Survey for a Certificate for Obtaining a Licence Under the Chinese Passenger Act, 1885, or the Asiatic Emigration Ordinance, 1915.
b. (a) Scule of fees for survey of a licence for 12 months: -
(i) Ordinary
Nature of Survey.
+
Fec.
$ 75
(i) Special
150
(b) (i) An ordinary survey is one which does not involve more thau two visits by a Surveyor.
(ii) If more than two visits are necessary or in cases where owing to age or any other circumstances there are reasonable grounds for doubting the seawor- thiness of the ship the survey is deemed to be of a special character.
(c) An emigration licence is only granted to a ship which holds a valid Hong Kong Foreign-going passenger certificate or its accepted equivalent. If the surveys for passenger certificate and emigration licence (or licences) are held simultaneously only one half of the above fee for an ordinary survey is to be charged for the latter in addition to the fee for passenger certificate.
(d) The appropriate fee will cover the survey of the ship and her equipments, including lights and sound signals; accommodation; distilling apparatus; stores; and lighting, ventilating and sanitary arrangements, but it will not cover the survey for a passenger certificate; measurement for tonnage; survey for loadline or inspection of crew spaces,
Measurement for Tonnage.
6.-(a) Scale of Fees :-
:-
Ordinance 10 of 1899,
Table C.
Tons (Gross).
Scale A.
Measurement Measurement
under Rule I.
Scale B.
Scale C.
Various Re-
under measurements Rule II.
(See para. c.).
$
$
$
Under 30..
15.00
22.50
9.00
50 and ander 100...
60.00
30.00
12.00
100
200..
75.00
37,50
15.00
200
500.
105.00
52.50
18.00
For every additional 100 or part of'
100 up to 20.000........
7.50
For every additional 100 or part of
3.00
1.50
100 above 20,000
4.50
(b) When a ship, previously measured under Rule II. is remeasured under Rule I, the full fee in Scale A is to be charged without any deduction for measure- ment under Rule II.
() Scale C shows the fee for remeasurement in consequence of alterations on the upper deck, or in the engine room, or under Sections 77 (4), 78 (2), 79 (i). and 80 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, or Section 54 of the Merchant Ship- ping Act, 1906. The maximum fee in respect of each item is $75. The fee for measurement under Section 79 (1) (a) (i) includes the inspection of crew spaces! if made at the same time as the measurement.
(d) The fee for measurement under Section 81, Merchant Shipping Act. 1894, and in all other cases where, in consequence of alterations, remeasurement of the under deck tonuage is found necessary is that shown in Scale A.
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