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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, SEPT. 7, 1906.

Receipt. Form B.

Flag to be hoisted be- fore depar- ture. Clearance.

→Special Termit."

Junks not to

again be opened for business, and shall if licensed deposit the Licence, and if not licensed deposit the Certificate and furnish the particulars hereinafter mentioned, which shall be entered in a register kept for the purpose, that is to say :-

(a.) Namo and capacity of the junk (in piculs). (b.) The name, address and description of the owner

or owners and of the master.

(r.) The name, address aud description of every consignee or agent if any of the junk and cargo in the Colony.

(d.) The description of the cargo on board and

number of the crew and passengers.

(c.) The place from which the junk sailed on her voyage to the Colony and the date of the departure from such place and of her arrival in the Colony.

(.) Whether carrying any and what guns, arms and

ammunition.

(8.) Upon compliance with the provisions of the last preceding sub-section and after payment of the fees prescribed in Form A. the master of an unlicensed junk shall receive a receipt (Form B. in Table T.)

(9.) The master of every junk whether licensed or not about to leave her anchorage at any Port of the Colony shall eighteen hours before the time of the intended depar- ture of such junk hoist at the highest mast-head such flag or signal as shall, from time to time, be specified by the Harbour Master, and also shall give notice of such intend- ing departure and the nature of the proposed voyage, together with the general character of cargo and particulars of any arms, ammunition and other such articles on board, at the Harbour Master's Office or Station, as the case may be, at which the Licence or Certificate of such junk has been deposited and he will thereupon, if there is no reason- able objection, have the Licence or Certificate returned to him and in the case of an unlicensed junk be furnished with a clearance (endorsed on Form B.) stating his destination, description of his cargo, passengers and the date of depar- ture. Provided always that in case such junk shall not leave her anchorage within twenty-four hours thereafter, the master shall report the same at the Harbour Master's Office or Station, as the case may be, and the reason thereof and shall if so required to do releposit the said Licence in the case of a licensed junk and the Certificate in the case of an unlicensed junk.

(10.) The Harbour Master or the Officer for the time being in charge of any Harbour Master's Station may, from time to time, upon payment of the prescribed fec, grant to any master of a licensed junk a permit to be called a Special Permit," which shall be a sufficient warrant or authority for the doing of any act mentioned in such. permit.

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(11.) No junk shall leave any port in the Colony with- leave without out a special permit or clearance, unless the safety of the special

vessel (through stress of weather) shall render it necessary permit or clearance.

and in such case, she shall return to her former anchorage or place in port when such necessity for leaving it shall have ceased.

No junk to leave at night.

Penalty for unlawfully nsing a certificate

&c.

(12.) No junk or other Chinese eraft, whether licensed or not shall leave her anchorage or leave or attempt to leave any port of the Colony between the hours of 6 `v. m. and 6 a. M. from October to March inclusive nor between the hours of 7 P. M. and 5 A. M. from April to September inclusive, except in the case of a licensed fishing junk which has obtained a special permit from the Harbour Master.

(13.) No licence, certificate, recript, or special permit shall be used in respect of any junk other than the junk therein specified, or for any purpose or for any period of time other than the one therein mentioned, and every mas- ter of a junk who shall knowingly use or attempt to use any licence, certificate, receipt, or special permit which shall not have been lawfully obtained, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding three hundred dollars or imprison- ment with or without hard labour for any period not exceeding twelve calendar months and every junk in res-

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