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No. 10 of 1899.
Table D.
Spaces to be allotted to
MERCHANT SHIPPING.
(c) The space to be provided on the passenger decks shall be in accordance with the 1st paragraph of the Table, but no ship shall carry upper deck passengers except as hereinafter provided, unless she is furnished with a deck house or other permanent protection against the weather for the number of passengers such structure will accom- modate, at 12 superficial feet and 72 cubic feet per adult passenger.
Foreign Trade.
2. In the case of a passenger ship which is employed in trading or going between Hongkong and some place situats beyond the following Jimits, namely, the Coast of China, Formosa, Cochin China, and the employed in Philippine Islands:
passengers
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foreign
trade.
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(2) The space to be provided under the poop or in the round-house or deck-bouse or on the upper passenger deck shall be not less than 15 clear superficial feet of deck allotted to the use of each statute adult passenger, and on the lower passenger deck not less than 18 clear superficial feet of deck allotted to the use of each statute adult passenger:
Provided that if the height between the lower passenger deck and the deck immediately above it is less than 7 feet, or if the apertures (exclusive of side scuttles) through which light and air are admitted together to the lower passenger deck are less in size than in the pro- portion of 8 square feet to every 100 superficial feet of that deck, the ship shall not carry a greater number of passengers on that deck than in the proportion of one statute adult to every 25 superficial feet thereof; and
(b) On the upper deck or poop or deck-house there shall be provided 5 superficial fect of deck spuce for exercise for every passenger accom- modated on the passenger decks and under the poop and in the deck. house; and if it is intended to carry passengers on the remaining space of the said upper deck or poop or deck-house then 12 superficial feet of such remaining space shall be provided for each upper deck passenger,
Generally.
3. (a) Deck passengers may be carried only within the limits regulations as prescribed above for the Coasting Trade and between 15th October and
31st May inclusive.
to ad-
modation for
pande ogers.
(b) Deck passengers they be carried between Hongkong and Swatow during both seasons.
(c) Passengers are not to be carried on more than two decks on any one voyage.
(d) The superficial area of a deck shall mean the area of the deck itself exclusive of skylights, hatchways, and other incumbrances.
(e) No part of the cargo or of the passengers' luggage or of the pro- visions, water, or stores, whether for the use of the passengers or of the crew shall be carried on the upper deck or on the passenger decks unless the same is so placed as not to impede light or ventilation of to interfere with the comfort of the passengers, or unless the same la stowed and secured to the satisfaction of the Harbour Master; and the
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space occupied or rendered unavailable for the accommodation of the passengers shall (unless occupied by the passengers luggage) be de- ducted in calculating the space.
(There shall not be more than two tiers of berths on any one deck. (g) Such provisions for affording light and air to the passenger decks shall be supplied as the circumstances of the case may, in the judg- ment of the Harbour Master, require. The passengers shall have the free end unimpeded use of the whole of each hatchway situated over the space appropriated to them, and over each such hatchway there shall be erected such a booby hatch or other substantial covering as will afford it the greatest amount of light and air and of protection from wet as the case will admit.
Table E. [88. 3 (12), 37 (3) (6) & 43 (3). ]
I-REGULATIONS FOR STEAMSHIPS NOT EXCEEDING 80 TONS.
1. The owner of any colonial ship or other steamship not exceeding Survey for 60 tons burden who is desirous of obtaining a licence under section 37 licenca. shall cause the said vessel to be surveyed by a Government Surveyor.
2. The certificate of the Government Marine Surveyor shall contain Particulars statements of the following particulars :—
in vertificate of survey.
(a) That the bull, length
=
good condition.
Hull.
breadth
depth
tons, is sufficient for the service intended, and is in
(b) The number of passengers which the vessel is fit to carry is as follows:-
(i) for vessels plying within the harbour limits or between any ports
or places in the Island of Hongkong, at the rate of 7 superficial feet of the upper or weather deck and of the deck immediately below the upper deck for each passenger and member of the crew;
(ii) for vessels plying to places within the "Local Trade Limits", or between Hongkong and, or within, the sheltered and partially sheltered waters of Mirs Bay, Castle Peak, or Deep Bay, at the rate of 10 superficial feet of the upper or weather deck and of the deck immedi- ately below the upper deck for each passenger and member of the crew; and
(iii) for vessels plying to places outside the "Local Trade Limits at the rate of 2 passengers for every 3 tons of the vessel's tonnage.
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(c) That the master possesses a certificate of qualification recognised by the Board of Trade, or a certificate of competency from the Harbour Master.
(d) That there is provision on board for the shelter of deck passen- gers, and that there are not less than 2 approved life-buoys on board.
* As amended by G. N. 189 of 1908, No. 80 of 1911, No. 16 of 1912,
No. 17 of 1912, No. 21 of 1912 and No. 49 of 1912,
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