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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JULY 8, 1932.

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.

No. 445.

Hong Kong.

ORDINANCE No. 10 of 1899. (MERCHANT SHIPPING).

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 37 of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899, the Governor in Council makes the undermentioned further additions to and amend- ment of Table E in the Schedule to the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899 :-

Additions.

Add to the regulations in Table E:--

42. No motor boat shall, except with the permission in writing of the Harbour Master, ply for hire at or receive any passenger from any public pier or wharf, or lie or moor or anchor within a distance of one hundred yards from any public pier or wharf : Provided that nothing in this regulation shall operate to prohibit the landing of any passenger at a public wharf or pier or the mooring of any motor boat alongside any private pier or wharf which may be at a distance of less than one hundred yards from any public pier or wharf: And Provided also that this regulation shall not apply to any motor boat on an occasion when it has been hired beforehand solely for picnic or like pleasure purposes or to any motor boat which has been licensed by the Governor to use public piers or wharves or any of them and which is using or about to use the same in accordance with such licence.

43. Notwithstanding anything contained in regulation 24 of these regulations there shall be payable to the Harbour Master by the holder of every permit granted under the preceding regulation a fee of Five dollars for every month or part of a month for which such permit shall be issued.

Every permit shall at all times, except when otherwise provided by law, be kept on board the motor boat for which it is issued, and shall be produced on demand to any harbour, police or revenue officer.

Every permit shall be subject to cancellation at the discretion of the Harbour Master.

44. The following is the maximum scale of hire for motor boats within Harbour limits irrespective of the num- her of passengers carried :—

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