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COLONY OF HONGKONG

to the Superintendent of the Gaol, and in default of such payment, the gaoler mu such seaman: Provided that every seaman imprisoned under this chapter sent on board his ship prior to her departure from the waters of the C direction of the committing magistrate.

XXI.-In the event of the death of any of the passengers, or other occurring on board of any merchant vessel in the waters of the Colony, or on the Colony, or in case of the death, desertion, or removal of any of the master of such vessel shall forthwith report the same to the Harbour Master penalty not exceeding twenty-five dollars for every death, desertion, or remo he shall neglect to report.

XXII-Any seaman, or other person, who shall give a false descriptio services, or show, make, or procure to be made, any false character, or sh false statements as to the name of the last ship in which he served, or as to : information which may be required of him by any person having lawful aut demand such information, shall incur a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars.

REGULATION AND CONTROL OF THE WATERS OF THE COLONY AND

VESSELS NAVIGATING THE SAME

REGULATIONS

Duties of Master

XXIV. Every master of a merchant ship shall hoist her national col number on entering the waters of the Colony; and shall keep such numb until the ship shall have been reported at the Harbour Master's Office.

2. Harbour Master and Health Officer to be allowed on board at once. 3. Every such master shall, within twenty-four hours after arrival w waters of this Colony, report the arrival of his ship at the Harbour Maste and in the case of a British ship, or of a ship which shall not be represen Consul, shall deposit there the ship's articles, list of passengers, ship's regi true copy of manifest if required. In the case of a foreign ship represen Consul, the said papers shall be lodged by the master at the proper consula master offending against the provisions of this sub-section shall incur a pe exceeding two hundred dollars.

4. Subject to the provision of Section 30 every such master arrivin waters of the Colony shall take up the berth pointed out by the Harbou or by any person sent on board by him for that purpose, and shall moor there properly, and shall not remove from it to take up any other berth, wi permission, except in case of necessity, to be decided by the Harbour Mast a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars; and he shall remove his vesse new berth when required so to do by the Harbour Master, under a fine not twenty dollars for every hour that the vessel shall remain in her old berth af to remove under the hand of the Harbour Master, or his deputy, shall h given on board of her.

5. Every such master shall immediately strike spars, clear hawse, or sh or obey any other order which the Harbour Master may think fit to give, master wilfully disobeying or neglecting this regulation shall incur a pe exceeding two hundred dollars.

6. Every such master about to proceed to sea shall where practicable ho Peter twenty-four hours before time of intended departure, and shall gi thereof to the Harbour Master, who, if there is no reasonable objection, wil port clearance, and attest the manifest, if necessary; and any maste obtained such clearance and not sailing within thirty-six hours thereafter sh to the Harbour Master his reason for not sailing, and shall re-deposit the shif Any master wilfully neglecting or disobeying this regulation, or going to se having obtained a port clearance, shall incur a penalty not exceeding fifty d