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PORT, CONSULAR, CU-TOMS, AND HARBOUR REGULATIONS, &c. 311
of one fifth the breadth of the Jack) the master or owner shall be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars.
VL-Should any vessel the property of a British subject, but not provided with a certificate of registry, hoist the British Ensign within the anchorage, or should she exhibit within such limits any flag so smilar to. the British Ensign as not to be distinguishable from it, the master of such vessel will be liable for every such offence to a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars.
VII.-Serious riots having been frequently created at this place on Sundays in con- sequence of large parties of seamen from various vessels landing and congregating together; from this date, no seamen belonging to British vessels will be allowed to land on Sunday unless in charge of one of the ship's officers, captain or mate. Penalty for breach of this regulation $50. The master shall besides be called on to make good any damage committed by his men who are on leave in contravention of this regulation.
VIII.-Masters of vessels will be held accountable for the conduct of their crews on shore. Should any seaman absent himself without permission the master shall forthwith report the same at the Vice-Consulate, and take efficient measures for the recovery of the absentee.
IX. The discharge of guns and other fire-arms from vessels in harbour is strictly prohibited under a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars.
X.-Masters of vessels when reporting their arrival at the port shall notify in writting the names of all passengers and persons not forming part of the registered crew on board, and due notice must likewise be given of the numbers and names of persons not forming part of the registered crew intending to leave the port on board of any vessel. Penalty for breach of this regulation fifty dollars.
XI.-All cases of death occurring on board British vessels in harbour, or in the residence of British subjects on shore must be immediately reported to the Vice-Consul. It is strictly prohibited to throw overboard the bodies of seamen or other persons dying on board a vessel in harbour.
XII.-Stones, ballast, or cinders shall not be thrown overboard in the harbour of Chefoo, or discharged into boats from which it is afterwards thrown overboard, under a penalty of fifty dollars. The Custom House authorities will, on application through the Vice-Consul, point out the proper place where ballast may be thrown.
XIII.—All cases of loss of property by theft or fraud on board ship as well as of assault or felony requiring redress or eudangering the public peace must be immediately reported to the Vice-Consul. Any Chinese guilty of a misdemeanor on shore or afloat may be detained on detection, but information in such a case must be given forthwith at the Vice-Consulate office, and in no instance shall British subjects be permitted to use violence towards Chinese offenders.
XIV. Any vessel laden with gunpowder or any combustible is prohibited from entering the anchorage or remaining within a distance of one mile therefrom.
XV.-No seaman or other person belonging to a British ship may be discharged or left behind at this port without the express sanction of the Vice-Consul. If any British subject left at this port by a British vessel be found requiring public relief prior to the departure of such vessel from the dominions of the Emperor of China, the vessel will be held responsible for the maintenance and removal of such British subject.
XVI.-When a vessel is ready to leave this port, the master shall give notice thereof to the Vice-Consul, and shall hoist a blue peter at least 24 hours before the time appointed for her departure.
XVII: No British subject may establish either a boarding or eating-house at this port without the sanction of the Vice-Consul. Every licensed boarding-house or eating-house keeper will be held accountable for the good conduct of all inmates and frequenters of his house.
XVIII.-Every British subject residing at this port who shall not have been already enrolled in the Consular's register shall apply to the Vice-Consul to be enrolled within ten days after the promulgation of these regulations. No British subject will be entitled to
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