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VICTORIA HARBOUR REGULATIONS.

VICTORIA HARBOUR REGULATIONS ORDINANCE. An Ordinance for the Regulation and control of the Harbour of Victoria, Hongkong.

[22nd January, 1862.]

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Whereas it is expedient to revise and amend the Regula- | Preamble. tions hitherto existing for the maintenance of order within the Harbour of Victoria, Hongkong:-Be it enacted and ordained :-

I. Ordinance No. 11 of 1845 is hereby repealed, except so far as the same repeals No. 19 of 1844.

II. The Harbour Regulations issued on the 30th day of April 1841, under the hand of Charles Elliot, Her Majesty's Plenipotentiary, are hereby revoked.

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Ordinance No. 11 of 1845 repealed.

Regulations of April- 1841, revoked.

Vessels to hoist their Numbers.

III. Every Master of a Merchant Vessel shall hoist the Ship's Number on entering the Harbour of Victoria, and shall keep such Number flying until the Ship shall have been reported at the Harbour Master's Office.

Vessels to be report-

IV. Every Master shall, within Twenty-four Hours after arrival within the limits of this Harbour, report the arrival of his ed within 24 Hours. Ship at the Harbour Master's Office, and in the case of a British Vessel, or of a Vessel which shall not be represented by a Consul, shall deposit there the Ship's Articles, List of Passengers, Ship's Register, and true Copy of Manifest if required. In the case of a Foreign Vessellrepresented by a Consul, the said Papers shall be lodged by the Master at the proper Consulate, under a Penalty not exceeding Two Hundred Dollars on refusal or neglect of the Master so to do.

V. The Name of a Master or First or only Mate shall not Master and Mater be attached by the Harbour Master to a British Ship's Register to passes: Certificates or Articles, unless such Master or Mate shall possess a Certificate of Service or Com- petency.

VI. No Officer, Seaman, or other Person shall be shipped in this Harbour to do duty on board any Merchant Vessel, ex- cept at the Shipping Office of the Harbour Master, under a Pen- alty not exceeding Twenty Dollars for every offence..

Seaman shall be shipped at the Ship- ping Office only.

Deaths, Desertions, or Removals to be re-

VII. In the event of the Death of any of the Crew, Passen- gers, or other Persons, occurring on board any Merchant Vessel whilst in the Harbour, or in case of the Desertion or Removal | ported.

of

Seamen to be dis-

charged only by Per- mission of Harbour

Master.

any of the Crew, the Master of such Vessel shall forthwith report the same in writ- ing to the Harbour Master, under a Penalty not exceeding Twenty-five Dollars for every Death, Desertion, or Removal which he shall neglect to report. VIII. No Master of any Ship shall discharge, or force there- from, or wilfully or negligently leave behind him, in this Colony, any Seaman shipped on board thereof unless on a Certificate from the Harbour Master or other Persop appointed to grant the same; and who shall have power to withhold or grant the same as he shall see fit under a Penalty not exceeding Twenty-five Dollars: and if any Seaman shall wilfully or negligently remain in the Colony, after the Departure of the Vessel in which he shall have shipped, without such Certificate, such Seaman shall on conviction before the Marine Magistrate forfeit and pay a Sum not exceeding Twenty-five Dollars or be imprisoned for a term not exceeding One Month.

IX. Every Master of a Merchant Vessel arriving in the Harbour shall take up the Berth pointed out by the Harbour Master, or by any Person sent on board by him for that and shall moor his Ship there properly, and shall not remove

purpose,

Ships to be moored where ordered by the Harbour Master, and not remove therefrom