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and so on, increasing 6 cents per package for cach 25 lbs. of gunpowder, up to and in excess of 100 lbs., according as the gunpowder may be loose or in tins.
Packages containing safety cartridges to be charged per 25 lbs. weight, G cents a month or fraction of a month. Packages of detonators 9 cents for 25 lbs. weight.
The weight of the various packages will be determined at the time of storing, and no alteration will be allowed after they have been received into the magazine.
The Government will not be responsible for damage by explosion, or by insufficient or improper packing and, as wooden packages are liable to the attacks of white ants, they should be tin-lined, and the lining should be intact.
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SCALE OF CHARGES FOR THE STORAGE OF OTHER EXPLOSIVES.
(Section 36.)
Nitro glycerine, or glonoine oil, gun cotton, fulminating mercury, dynamite, lithofracteur, Horsleys' patent blasting powder, &c,, &c.
Cases of above containing 25 lbs, and less,
Cases containing more than 25 tbs. and less than 50 lbs., Cases containing 50 lbs. and less than 75 lbs., Cases containing 75 lbs. and less than 100 lbs.,
and so on, increasing 12 cents per package for each 25 lbs. weight.
.16 cents
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a month or fraction of
.40 31
52
a month,
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The weight of the various packages will be determined at the time of storing, and no alteration will be allowed after they have been received into the magazine.
The Government will not be responsible for damage by explosion, or by insufficient or improper packing: and, as wooden packages are liable to the attacks of white ants, they should be tin-lined, and the lining should be intact.
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TABLE U.
REGULATIONS FOR THE LICENSING, MANAGEMENT, AND
CONTROL OF BOATS, &c. (Section 40.)
GENERAL.
1. All boats or vessels referred to in these Regulations must be duly licensed as therein directed. No person shall engage or let out for hire any boat or vessel unless it has been licensed according to these Regulations.
2. Every person in charge of a licensed boat or vessel must show his licence when required to do so by any officer of the Police, Registrar General's or Harbour Departments, or by the employer of such boat or vessel, cach of whom is hereby empowered to board and examine such boat or vessel.
3. All boats or vessels may be stopped and searched by the Police.
4. For any breach of these Regulations the Licensee or owner or any of the crew of a licensed boat or vessel shall be liable to be prosecuted before a Police Magistrate, and, if found guilty, to be punished accordingly.
5. No boat or vessel shall ply for hire within 300 feet of any ship of war without the written permission of the Harbour Master or of the Officer in command of such ship of war.
6. All boats or vessels licensed under these Regulations on leaving or entering any Port within the waters of the Colony, except when actually conveying or in the employ of pleasure parties, shall comply with the provisions of Section 39 of this Ordinance relating to the entry and clearance of
Junks.
7. Any breach of these Regulations shall be punishable with a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars or in default of payment with imprisonment for three months with or without hard labour.
8. Whenever any certificate or licence issued under these Regulations has been lost or destroyed, a duplicate thereof may be granted by the proper officer if he is satisfied of such loss or destruction, upon payment of one-tenth of the original fee in no case exceeding $1,
I. PASSENGER BOATS.
9. Licences shall be issued by the Registrar General on production of a certificate from au Inspector of Police, stating the particulars required by Form B annexed. The applicant must furnish Cuch security for his appearance when required or for the production of the boat, as the Registrar General may demand. Each licence shall be numbered, aud shall not be transferable.
10. The issue of a licence shall be in the discretion of the Registrar General and any licence may be suspended or cancelled by him, if it shall be proved to his satisfaction after due enquiry, that the Licensée, or any of the crew of the boat, has been guilty of any breach of these Regulations, or of misconduct in connection with the requirements thereof.
11. No boat shall carry more than the number of passengers for which it is licensed, and no boat shall carry any cargo except passengers' baggage.
12. Every boat shall go alongside a wharf when ordered to do so by a Police Constable, and shall, when conveying passengers, be carefully steered, and travel with reasonable expedition.
13. Every boat shall, as regards repairs and cleanliness, be kept in a state fit for public use. 14. Licences shall state the length aud breadth of the boat together with the scale of fares, and shall be valid for one year only, from the 1st July.
15. Every boat shall carry on each bow and on the stern, legibly painted upon wood, the number of its licence in figures at least 2 inches in height, and no other number, and such number shall not be concealed.
The numbers shall be painted by persons duly authorised in that behalf by the Licensing Officer and for such fees as the Licensing Officer shall from time to time direct.
16. Every boat shall, between sunset and sunrise, exhibit a light at the bow visible all round; and shall also keep a lighted lantern with the licence number either painted on the glass or cut in on the frame in figures at least 2 inches in height, to be produced when demanded,
17. No person in charge of a boat shall demand more than the fare provided by these Rules, or shall he refuse to take a passenger, except for some reasonable cause, anywhere between the North point of Hongkong and Hunghom point on the East; Belcher's Day and West point of Stonecutters' Island on the West; Shamshuipo and West point of Stonecutters' Island on the North.
18. The person in charge of the boat shall show the scale of fares to anyone demanding to see it. 19. The following licence fees shall be charged in
respect of passenger boat licences :-- For 1st class boats measuring upwards of 40 feet in length, For 2nd class boats measuring from 30 to 40 feet in length, For 3rd class boats measuring from 20 to 30 feet in length,. For 4th class boats measuring from 12 to 20 feet in length, For 5th class boats measuring less than 12 feet in length, Village boats,
20. The following is the maximum scale of hire for passenger boats:-
Per day of 12 hours.
For 1st class boats,.
For 2nd class boats,
For all other boats,.
All boats,
Half an hour,
Per hour with two passengers.
.$2.00
1.50
1.00
.$10.00
7.00
5.00
3.00
1.00
0.50
20 cents.
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For each extra passenger 5 cents for half-an-hour; 10 cents per hour. Between sunset and sunrise 5 cents extra per passenger.
II. CARGO BOats.
21. Cargo boat licences shall be issued by the Registrar General on production of a certificate from the Harbour Master or his Deputy, stating the particulars required by Form 4 hereto annexed. A fee of one dollar shall be payble to the Harbour Master for this certificate. The applicant shall far- nish the Registrar General with his photograph, if required, and shall also give such security for his appearance when required as the Registrar General may demand. Each licence shall be numbered, and shall not be transferable.
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