41182-1915-Forms-of-Licence-and-Permit-issued-under-the-Wireless-Telegraphy-Ordinance-1913 — Page 5

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Provisions

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, AUGUST 6, 1915.

13. The Licensee shall not divulge to any person (other than properly as to secrecy, authorised officials of His Majesty's Government or a competent legal tribunal) or make any use whatever of any message coming to the knowledge of the Licensee and not intended for receipt by means of the licensed apparatus. The Licensee shall exhibit at each of the ship stations specified in the Schedule hereto a copy of Section 11 of the Post Office (Protection) Act, 1884, and any contravention of that section by any person in the employment of the Licensee shall be deemed to be a breach of the provisions of this Licence entitling the Governor under clause 22 hereof to revoke and determine this Licence,

Registers of messages to

be kept.

Accounts.

Power to Governor to inspect apparatus.

Licence and other docu-

carried by

ships.

14. The Licensee shall keep full accounts records and registers of all messages transmitted by means of the licensed apparatus and in such registers each of such messages shall be accompanied by its identifying number and date and full particulars of its place of orgin and of ultimate destination and such further particulars as the Governor shall from time to time reasonably require to be shown; messages on His Majesty's service being in such registers distinguished from other messages. The Licensee shall preserve all used message forms written and printed and transcripts of messages and all other papers for a period of at least fifteen mouths counting from the month following that in which the radiotelegrams were handed in as prescribed by the Radiotelegraphic Convention, 1912, and such registers and message papers shall be open to the inspection of the Governor or his officers thereto authorised at the Office of the Licensee in Hongkong or at such other place as may be agreed between the hours of 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. on every day except Sunday or a general or public holiday.

15. The Licensee shall render to the Governor such accounts as the Governor shall direct in respect of all charges, if any, due or payable under the Radiotelegraphic Convention, 1912, in respect of messages exchanged between the ship stations hereby licensed and coast stations and shall pay to the Colonial Treasurer at such times and in such manner as the Governor shall direct all sums which shall be due from the Licensee under such accounts.

16. The Governor and any agent authorised in that behalf in writing by him may at all reasonable times enter upon all or any of the ship stations hereby licensed for the purpose of inspecting and may inspect any apparatus fixed or being in such stations respectively for the purpose of sending and receiving messages by wireless telegraphy and all other telegraphic instruments and apparatus fixed or being in such stations respectively and the working and user of such apparatus and telegraphic instrument respectively.

17. The Licensee shall carry on every ship on which a ship station is ments to be established under this Licence a print or copy of the Licence certified under the hand of the Colonial Secretary of the Colony of Hongkong or appropriate officer of the Postmaster General of the United Kingdom or of the Government of any self-governing Dominion to be a true copy and shall produce such print or copy for inspection if required to do so by the competent authorities of the countries where the ship calls. The Licensee shall also carry on every such ship such documents as may be prescribed by the Governor for the purpose of enabling the Licensee to communicate with coast stations and ship stations in accordance with the Radiotelegraphic Convention, 1912.

Royalties.

Licence not to be assigned,

18.(1.) The Licensee shall pay to the Colonial Treasurer for and in respect of the Licence hereby granted a royalty of $2.50 per annum in respect of each ship station at which the licensed apparatus is installed.

(2) The said royalty shall be payable on the 1st of December in each year during which the Licence remains valid.

19. Except with the consent in writing of the Governor the Licensee shall not assign underlet or otherwise dispose of or admit any other person or body to participate in the benefit of the licences, powers or authorities hereby granted or any of such licences, powers or authorities.

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