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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JANUARY 13, 1911.

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And whereas by Section 734 of the said Act it is provided that where it has been made to appear to His Majesty that the Government of any foreign country is desirous that any of the provisions of that Act which do not apply to the ships of that country, should so apply, and there are no special provisions in the Act for that application, His Majesty in Council may order that such of those provisions as are in the Order specified shall (subject to the limitations, if any, contained therein) apply to the ships of that country, and to the owners, masters, seamen, and apprentices of those ships, when not locally within the jurisdiction of the government of that country, in the same manner in all respects as if those ships were British ships:

And whereas by Section 738 of the said Act it is provided that where His Majesty has power under that Act or any Act ainending the same, to make an Order in Council His Majesty may from time to time make that Order in Council and by Order in Council revoke, alter or add to any Order so made :

And whereas by the said last-mentioned Section it is further provided that subject to any-special provisions of that Act upon the publication of any such Order the Order shall as from the date of its publication or any later date mentioned in the Order take effect as if it were enacted by Parliament :

And whereas by an Order in Council dated the 27th day of November, 1896, regula- tions for preventing collisions at sea and as to distress signals were made as regards British ships and boats, and by a subsequent Order dated the 7th day of July, 1897, these regula- tions were extended, subject to the limitations stated in the Order, to the ships of the several countries specified in Schedule III. to the last mentioned Order:

And whereas by Orders in Conncil dated respectively the 18th day of August, 1892, the 7th day of July, 1897, and the 4th day of April, 1906, other regulations for the preven tion of collisions were made as regards British ships:

And whereas it is expedient to consolidate the regulations which have been made as regards British ships:

And whereas it has been made to appear to His Majesty that the Governments of the several countries mentioned in Schedule II. hereto annexed are willing that the regulations and rules contained in Schedule 1. should, subject to the qualifications mentioned in the aforesaid Schedule 1. and to the proviso in the case of Chinese ships that the application of the regulations and rules shall be limited to ships of foreign type, apply to the ships of those countries when beyond the limits of British jurisdiction:

And whereas the provisions of Section one of the Rules Publication Act, 1893, have been complied with:

Now therefore His Majesty, by virtue of the powers conferred on Him by the aforesaid Act, and on the joint recommendation of the Admiralty and the Board of Trade, and by and with the advice of His Privy Council, is pleased to direct that the collision regulations and the rules as to signals of distress contained in Schedule I to this Order shall apply to all British ships:

And His Majesty is also pleased to direct that the said regulations and rules shall, subject to the aforesaid qualifications and to the proviso in the case of Chinese ships that the regulations and rules will be applicable only to ships of foreign type, apply to the ships of the countries nuned in Schedule II. to this Order whether they are within British jurisdiction or not, and that such ships shall for the purpose of such regulations and rules be treated as if they were British ships:

And His Majesty is further pleasel to direct that this Order shall come into operation on and after the 13th day of October, 1910, and that as and from the coming into opera- tion of this Order the Orders in Council specified in Schedule III. to this Order shall be revoked and the same shall be revoked accordingly.

ALMERIC FITZROY.