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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, AUGUST 26, 1938.

REGULATIONS.

AMENDMENT OR RESCISSION.

Table E of the Tables made by virtue of the Mer- chant Shipping Ordinance, 1899. (No. 10 of 1899),– continued.

(8) Regulation 14 is rescinded and the follow-

ing regulation is substituted therefor:

"Scale of

hire for launches and for larger motor

boats.

14. Subject to the provisions of

regulation 17 of these regula- the tions, the following is maximum scale of hire for launches, and for any motor boat in respect of which a licence in Class 2, Class 3 or Class 4 is in force or which is structurally eligible for such licence:-

1. Vessels of 40 tons and upwards

not exceeding 60 tons-

2.

3.

for first hour

$8.50

each subsequent hour.. 6.00

Vessels of 20 tons and upwards

being less than 40 tons--- for first hour

$7.00

each subsequent hour.. 5.00

Vessels of less than 20 tons- for first hour

$5.00

each subsequent hour.. 4.00"

(9) The following new regulations are added after the substituted regulation 14:-

hire for

smaller

motor boats.

"Scale of 15. The following is the maximum scale of hire at all times for any motor boat in respect of which a licence in Class 1 is in force and which is not struc- turally eligible for a licence in Class 2, Class 3 or Class 4:-

Between midnight and

Period.

Between 7 a.m. and midnight.

7 a.m.

$ c.

$ c.

Not

exceeding 30

minutes

1.20

1.40

Exceeding 30 minutes

but not exceeding 45 minutes

1.80

2.10

Exceeding 45 minutes

but not exceeding one hour...

2.20

2.60

Exceeding one hour

but not exceeding one and a half hours,

3.00

3.30

For every subsequent

hour or part of an hour...

2.00

2.20

Waiting time, with

engine shut off-for

every quarter hour

or part thereof

0.30

0.40

The periods, other than waiting time, shall be calculated from the time of starting the engine

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