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No. 10 of 1899.

MERCHANT SHIPPING.

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MERCHANT SHIPPING.

No. 10 of 1899.

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Interpreta-

tion.

[cf. 57 & 58

Vict. c. 60,

s. 742.]

2. In this Ordinance,

(4)

"The Harbour Master

includes any person deputed

or authorized by the Harbour Master to execute any power or perform any duty vested in or imposed upon him by this Ordinance;

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(aa)* Governor " includes, in relation to any purpose of this Ordinance, any person authorized by the Governor for that purpose;

(b) International Collision Regulations means the Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea made under the Merchant Shipping Acts;

(c) "Junk includes torcha and

any sea-going sailing- vessel of Chinese or other Asiatic build, construction, and rig;

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(d) "Local trade limits means the waters surrounding the Island of Hong Kong within the following boundaries :-

On the east-a north and south line drawn through the Fo tau mun Pass (Fat T'au Mun);

On the west-a north and south line drawn through the Kap shui mun Pass; and

On the south an east and west line drawn through the centre of Lo Chou or Beaufort Island, and continued until it meets the east and west boundaries;

(e) "Lorcha includes any sca-going sailing-vessel of other European build and construction, but of Chinese or Asiatic rig, or of Chinese or other Asiatic build and construction, but of European rig;

[cf. No. 41

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Magistrate

"includes a marine magistrate;

of 1932, s.

6.]

(g)

"Master

includes every person (except a pilot) having command or charge of any ship;

As amended by No. 23 of 1932 [10.12.32] and No. 28 of 1935 [1.7.35.] But see No. 22 of 1937 [Merchant Shipping Amendment], s. 3 (not yet

in force on 1.1.1938).

(h)*

"The Merchant Shipping Acts" means the Merchant 57 & 58 Vict. Shipping Act, 1894, and all Acts amending the same, and all c. 60. regulations made thereunder;

(i) "Motor boat

means any vessel not exceeding sixty tons propelled by any mechanical power however applied, except steam, cars, or sails;

() Passenger' includes any person carried in a ship other than the master and crew, and the owner, his family and servants and persons on board the ship either in pursuance of the obligation laid upon the master to carry shipwrecked, dis- tressed or other persons or by reason of any circumstance which neither the master nor the owner nor the charterer (if any) could have prevented or forestalled;

(k)

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** and

Port of the Colony

port", where by the context a port out of the Colony is not indicated, mean such place in the waters of the Colony as the Governor may declare by notification to be a port;

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57 & 58 Vict. 60, s. 267. 22 Geo. 5, c. 9, s. 33.

(1) River steamer means any steamship regularly plying [ No. 6 of hetween the Colony and any place on the Canton River or the 1895, s. 2.1 West River or any river in the province of Kwong Tung or the province of Kwong Sai, or between the Colony and Macao;

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(m) "Seaman includes every person (except masters, pilots, and apprentices duly indentured and registered) employed or engaged in any capacity on board any ship;

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(n) Ship includes any description of vessel used in navigation not propelled by oars, except junks or lorchas not propelled by steam;

(0)

"Steamer or steamship pelled by steam;

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(p) "Tons and tonnage calculated according to

tonnage;

""

British

means any vessel pro-

mean tons and tonnage as measurement of registered

"Vessel includes any ship (q) description of vessel used in navigation.

or boat

or any other

* But see No. 25 of 1934 [Merchant Shipping (No. 2) Amendment], s. 2

(not yet in force on 1.1.1938).

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