CO129-559-16 Amendments to regulations made under Merchant Shipping Ordinance- 1899 30-9-1936 - 30-9-1936 — Page 6

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MERCHANT SHIPPING

No. 10 of 1899

coasting voyage means an international voyage in the course of which a ship does not go more than twenty miles from land, so however that for the purpose of this provision-

(i) no account shall be taken of any deviation by a ship from her intended voyage due solely to stress of weather or any other circumstances which neither the master nor the owner nor the charterer (if any) of the ship could have pre- vented or forestalled-and-

(ii) every colony, overseas territory, protectorate or territory under suzerainty, and every territory in respect of which a mandate has been accepted on behalf of the League of Nations, shall be deemed to be a separate country.

**Life raft ** means a life raft which complies with the requirements prescribed for life rafts by the Instructions.

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Motor boat and Motor Lifeboat mean the standard type of motor boat prescribed by the Instructions.

New ship in relation to ships of Classes 3 to 10 in Group I means a ship the keel of which was laid after the 1st January, 1933, or a ship which has not been certified to carry unberthed passengers in the trades to which these regulations apply during a period of two years prior to that date, all other ships of such Classes being described as existing ships.

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"Passenger ship or passenger steamer means a ship or steamer, as the case may be, carrying more than twelve passengers.

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Pilgrim ship means a ship conveying or about to convey, unberthed, to or from any port in the Red Sea Mohammedan pilgrims going to or returning from the Hedjas. Pilgrim trade means the conveyance of Moham- medan pilgrims to or from the countries of Ceylon, Hong Kong, India, the Netherlands East Indies and the Straits Settlements, from or to ports in the Red Sea.

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"River Trade Limits means the waters in the vicinity of the Colony within the following boundaries, namely on the East, Meridian 114° 30′ East; on the South, Parallel 22° 9′ North; on the West, Meridian 113° 31′ East; and all inland waterways in the province of Kwong Tung and the province. of Kwong Sai to which access can be obtained from the area defined above.

No. 10 of 1899

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MERCHANT SHIPPING

Safety Convention means the International Conven- tion for the Safety of Life at Sea signed at London on the 31st day of May, 1929.

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Search-light

means a searchlight of the type and with the equipment required by the Instructions for search- lights carried on motor boats.

"Wireless-installation means an installation which complies with the requirements of the Instructions for wireless installations on motor boats.

PART II.

Ships engaged in the carriage of unberthed. passengers in trades other than the pilgrim trade.

GROUP I. CLÁSS 3.

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3. The requirements as to life saving appliances specified under the heading Group I. Class 3 shall be complied with by ships engaged in the carriage of unberthed passengers on international voyages to or from the countries of Ceylon, Hong Kong, India, the Netherlands East Indies and the Straits Settlements.

4. DAVITS-A ship of this class shall be provided with sets of davits in accordance with its length as specified in Column (A) of Table No. 1.

When in the opinion of the Government Marine Surveyor, it is neither practicable nor reasonable to place on a ship the number of sets of davits required by Column (A) of Table No. 1, the Government Marine Surveyor may authorise, under exceptional conditions, a smaller number of sets of davits, provided always that this number shall never be less than