THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, OCTOBER 23, 1936.
No. 853
939
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
The following Order of His Majesty in Council is published for general information.
23rd October, 1936.
R. A. C. NORTH,
Colonial Secretary.
STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS
1936 No. 764
MERCHANT SHIPPING
Tonnage Measurement
THE FREE CITY OF DANZIG TONNAGE ORDER, 1936.
AT THE COURT AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE,
THE 24TH DAY of July, 1936.
PRESENT,
THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.
Whereas by sub-section (1) of Section 84 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, (57 & 58 Vict. c. 60), it is enacted that whenever it appears to His Majesty The King in Council that the tonnage regulations of the said Act have been adopted by any foreign country and are in force there, His Majesty in Council may order that the ships of that country shall, without being remeasured in His Majesty's dominions, be deemed to be of the tonnage denoted in their certificates of registry or other national papers, in the same manner, to the same extent and for the same purposes as the tonnage denoted in the certificate of registry of a British ship is deemed to be the tonnage of that ship:
And whereas by sub-section (2) of the said Section it is (amongst other things) provided that His Majesty in Council may make the Order subject to such conditions and qualifica- tions (if any) as His Majesty may deem expedient:
And whereas it appears to His Majesty that the tonnage regulations of the said Act, have been adopted by the Free City of Danzig and are now in force there:
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