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HONGKONG PORT REGULATIONS

Quarantine

XXV.-Governor in Council may make Quarantine Regulations.

Steamers' Fairway

XXVI. No vessel or boat of any description shall be allowed to anchor within any fairway which shall be set apart by the Harbour Master for the passage of vessels, and the master or other person in charge of any vessel or boat dropping anchor in or otherwise obstructing such fairway shall for each offence incur a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars, and in default thereof imprisonment with or without hard labour not exceeding three months.

Enactments concerning the Safety of Ships and Prevention of Accidents

XXVII.-Every master of a ship, hulk, or other vessel, not being a boat propelled by oars, being at anchor in the waters of this Colony, shall, from sunset to sunrise, cause to be exhibited a bright white light at the place where it can be best seen, but at a height not exceeding twenty feet above the hull, and in default, shall incur a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars.

3. In case of fire occurring on board any ship or vessel in the waters of the Colony: if at night, three lights shall be hoisted in a vertical position at the highest masthead 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 NM, "I am on fire," shall be hoisted at the highest masthead and guns fired as above provided for night time.

4. If on board any ship or vessel in the waters of the Colony a disturbance or riot shall occur which the master or his officers are unable to quell: if by day, the ensign Union down shall be hoisted at the peak and the Signal PC. "want assistance; mutiny" shall be hoisted at the highest masthead or wherever practicable under the circumstances; guns may also be fired as in Sub-section 2; if by night, three lights shall be hoisted at the peak and a single light at the masthead, and guns may also be fired as before stated. Offences in the Waters of the Colony

[See also "The Dangerous Goods Ordinance, 1873," and Regulations] XXVIII. Every person who within the Colony or the waters thereof shall commit any of the following offences shall incur a penalty of not more than fifty dollars, or imprisonment for any term not exceeding three months, with or without hard labour; namely:

Damaging furniture of ship. Throwing into water goods unlawfully obtained. Mooring boats so as to prevent access to wharves. Obstruction of harbour by rubbish Boarding ship without permission. Making fast to ship under weigh.

2. Except as is herein before directed by Sub-sections 3 and 4 of Section XXVII., or with the sanction of the Harbour Master, no cannon, gun, or fire-arm, or firework of any description shall be discharged within such portions of the waters of the Colony as the Governor may from time to time by regulations prescribe from any merchant vessel or boat, under penalty not exceeding two hundred dollars.

Removal of Obstructions

XXIX.-The Harbour Master may, by written notice, require any person to remove within a reasonable time, to be specified in such notice, any obstruction in the waters of the Colony caused by such person or belonging to him or in his charge or keeping; and if such person fail to remove the obstruction within the specified time, the Harbour Master shall cause the obstruction to be removed, and may recover the expenses of removal from the person named in the notice.

Moorings and Buoys

1. It shall be lawful for the Harbour Master to place in the waters of the Colony such Government moorings and buoys as may be approved by the Governor