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(iv.) The licensee shall provide such an additional number of ferry vessels of approved dimensions and design as shall be specified in either of the said notices. Such additional ferry vessels shall be maintained as a reserve for the due maintenance, but not for the increase, of the ferry service. (v.) The licensee shall provide for each ferry vessel other than a ferry vessel in reserve not less than two coxswains, two engineers, two stokers, and two

seamen.

(vi.) The licensee shall publish a schedule, subject to the approval of the Harbour

Master, stating the intended times of departure from every ferry pier. (vii.) The licensee shall forfeit to the Crown a sum of $25 for each occasion that a ferry vessel is more than 15 minutes later than the schedule time in departing from any pier, and an additional sum of $25 for each additional period of 15 minutes after the first: provided that the delay or omission to run the ferry vessel is not due to accident or weather; and provided that, unless in the opinion of the Harbour Master such delay or omission to run is wilful, the total penalty for each default, shall not exceed $250. (viii.) The licensee shall forfeit to the Crown a sum of $25 for each occasion that a ferry vessel departs before the schedule time: provided that the early departure is not due to accident or weather.

(ix.) The service provided by the said schedule shall provide for not less than

the following departures daily from each of the ferry piers :—

(a) to and from Victoria and Yaumati every 30 minutes between

5 a.m. and 11 p.m.;

(b) to and from Victoria and Mong Kok Tsui every 30 minutes be-

tween 5 a.m. and 11 p.m.;

(c) to and from Victoria and Sham Shui Po every 30 minutes be-

tween 5 a.m. and 10 p.m.

(x.) The licensee shall make use of, for the purposes of the ferry, the following

piers

In Victoria :-

Jubilee Street Pier.

Western Market Pier.

Eastern Street Pier.

On the Kowloon side:—

Public Square Street Pier. Mong Kok Tsui Pier.

Sham Shui Po Pier.

(xi.) Should the Governor in Council decide at any time during the term of the licence, whether at the request of the licensee or of his own motion, to assign other piers for the use of a ferry in addition to or substitution for those hereinbefore specified the licensee shall be bound to include such piers in his service, on terms to be agreed upon or failing agreement to be determined by arbitration under the Ferries Regulations.

(xii.) The licensee shall not assign or transfer his license without the permission

of the Governor in Council.

(xiii.) The licensee may temporarily suspend his service or any part thereof while the black typhoon signals remain hoisted or when the weather con- ditions are such as to render its continuance unsafe.

Provided that in the case of any licence covering a ferry or group of ferries to which conditions (ix) and (x) are inapplicable appropriate conditions of a similar nature approved by the Governor in Council shall be substituted and shall be notified in the notice inviting terders.

FARES AND Charges.

14. The licensee of the aforesaid ferry or group of ferries may demand and take for every passenger fares not exceeding the following rates :

Between Victoria and Yaumati :-

1st Class,

2nd Class (where third class accommodation is also provided),... 2nd Class (where no 3rd class accommodation is provided) and

3rd Class :-

before sunset,.............

after sunset,

.10 cents 5 cents

3 cents

4 cents