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quarantine flying until a clean bill of health shall be granted by the Harbour Master and shall afford free access and render every assistance to the Colonial Surgeon or other officer of health who may be directed by His Excellency the Governor to visit such ship, under a penalty not exceeding two hundred dollars for every offence.
XVIII.—A public fairway shall be buoyed off for the passage of river and coast steamers, and no vessel or boat of any description shall be allowed to anchor within such fairway, and the master of any vessel or boat dropping anchor in, or otherwise obstructing such fairway shall be liable, for each offence, to a fine not exceeding fifty dollars in addition to any fine otherwise leviable under this Ordinance in the case of sea going vessels, and in the case of boats registered in the Colony to a like fine in addition to the forfeiture of register or licence if it be so adjudged by the Marine Magistrate.
XIX.-Every master of any vessel of whatsoever description, who shall make or cause to be made fast to any of the public buoys or beacons or their moorings and rope, chain, or other gear, or shall foul or in any way injure the said buoys, beacons, or moorings, shall on conviction thereof be fined a sum not exceeding twenty-five dollars, in addition to the cost of repairing or replacing the same.
XX-Every master of a vessel or hulk in this Harbour shall from sunset to sunrise cause to be exhibited a bright white light from the starboard foreyard arm, or in the case of dismantled vessels or chops, at the place where it can be best seen, and in default shall incur a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars.
XXI.-In case of fire occurring on board any ship or vessel in the Harbour, if at night three lights shall be hoisted in a vertical position at the highest mast head, and a single light at the peak, and guns shall be fired in quick succession until sufficient assistance shall be rendered; if during the day the Ensign Union down, with the signal Marryat's Code 2,104 "I am on fire," shall be hoisted at the highest mast head, and guns fired as above provided for night time.
XXII.-If on board any ship or vessel in the Harbour a disturbance or riot shall occur which the master or his officers are unable to quell by the usual process of bringing the offenders before the Marine Magistrate or a justice of the peace; if by day the Ensign Union down shall be hoisted at the peak, and the signal 3,240 “ Mutiny on board" shall be hoisted at the highest mast head or wherever practicable under the circumstances; guns may also be fired as in section XXI.; if by night three lights shall be hoisted at the peak, and a single light at the mast head, and guns may also be fired as before stated.
XXIII.-The boundaries, limits, and anchorage of Victoria Harbour shall hence- forth be defined and taken to be as follows:-
On the East,-
A line drawn from the northern-most point of the Island of Hongkong to the North-east boundary of British Kowloon.
On the West,—
A line drawn from the western-most point of Hongkong to the western side of Green Island, continued to western point of Stone Cutter's Island, thence to north point of Stone Cutter's Island, continued to north-west boundary of British Kowloon.
The Harbour shall be divided into two anchorages, viz: the Northern and Southern. Northern anchorage shall have for its southern boundary the north extremity of Hongkong shut in with the southern point of the Kowloon peninsular bearing east by south.
Southern anchorage shall have for its northern boundary, Kellet's Island bearing east by south half south.
XXIV. It shall be lawful for the Harbour Master to direct and enforce the anchorage of ships in the northern part of the Harbour from 1st June to 15th October, and in southern part of the Harbour from 16th October to 31st May in each year : and it shall be lawful for the Harbour Master to permit a ship to anchor in the south part of the Harbour during the period first above mentioned for the purpose of dis- charging cargo and for a specified space of time.
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