THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MAY 21, 1909.
Provided always that sub-sections (1) to (6) of this Provisos. section and all rules made thereunder shall, after a day to be hereafter notified by the Colonial Secretary in the Government Gazette, apply to all foreign ships while with- in the waters of the Colony to the same extent as they apply to British ships: Provided also that the said pro- visions shall not apply to any ship of a foreign country with regard to which His Majesty has by Order in Council directed that the provisions in force in that country relating to life-saving appliances appear to His Majesty to be as effective as the provisions of Part V of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894 on proof that such provisions are com- plied with in the case of that ship.
7. Section 14 of the Principal Ordinance is hereby Extension of amended-
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(a.) by the substitution of the words "All ships in provisions to the waters of the Colony" for the words All foreign ships. British or Colonial ships registered in the Colony in the first line of sub-section (1) thereof.
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(b.) by the insertion of the words "not carrying
cargo" after the words "twenty-five tous the second line of sub-section (1) thereof; (c.) by the substitution of the words "every ship in the waters of the Colony" for the words "every British or Colonial ship registered in the Colony in the first and second lines of sub-scetion (2) thereof.
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(d) by the insertion of the words “not carrying
cargo" after the words "twenty-five tous the second line of sub section (2) thereof; (e.) by the omission of the words "British OF Colonial in the first line of sub-section (3) thereof.
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(f) by the insertion of the words "not carrying
cargo" after the words twenty-five tons the second line of sub-section (3) thereof; (g.) by the omission of the words "British Or Colonial” in the first line of sub-section (6) thereof.
(4.) and by the addition of the following words at the end of the section : “Provided that this section shall not apply to any ship of a foreign country before a day to be hereafter notified by the Colonial Secretary in the Government Gázette, without prejudice, however, to the power of His Majesty previously to apply the provisions of the Imperial Merchant Shipping Act relat- ing to deck and loud-lines to ships of any foreign country if the Government of that country so desire under section 734 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894, in which event this section shall apply forthwith to ships of such country.
• Provided also that this section shall not apply to any ship of a foreign country with regard to which is Majesty in Council has under section 445 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894 directed that ships of that country shall not be liable to detention fine or penalty off proof that such ship has complied with the laws and regulations of that country.”
8. Section 16 of the Principal Ordinance is hereby repealed and the following shall be substituted for and
read in lieu thereof :-
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(1.) For the purposes of this section-
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The expression “grain means any corn, rive,
paddy, pulse, seeds, nuts, or mut kernels.
The expression "ship laden with a grain Grain Cargo, cargo means a ship carrying a cargo of which
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the portion consisting of grain is more than one third of the registered tonnage of the ship, and that third shall be computed, where the grain is reckoned in measures of capacity, at the rate of one hundred cubic feet for each ton of registered tonnage, and where the grain is reckoned in measures of weight, at the rate of two tons weight for each ton of registered tonnage.
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