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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, NOVEMBER 21, 1930. 591

Hong Kong.

No. 695.

Regulations made by the Governor in Council under section 5 of the Ferries Ordinance, 1917, Ordinance No. 28 of 1917, on the 20th day of November, 1930.

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The regulations set forth on pages 744-757 of the Regulations of Hong Kong, 1844-1925, under the heading "FERRIES", amended as appears in Government Notifien- tions Nos. 309 of 1926, 633 and 720 of 1927, 584 and 585 of 1928 and 651 of 1929, are hereby rescinded and the following regulations are substituted therefor :-

FERRIES.

1.- (1) Section 3 of the Ferries Ordinance, 1917, is hereby declared to apply to the waters of the Colony.

(2) This declaration shall not have the effect of prohibiting the maintenance of any ferry between any single point in the waters of the Colony and any point or points out- side the Colony.

(3) Any ferry point may be a point of radiation common to or used by more than one ferry.

2. These regulations shall apply to every ferry or group of ferries, and to every licence under the Ferries Ordinance, 1917, for the exclusive maintenance of any ferry or group of ferries.

LICENSING OF FERRIES.

3. Unless otherwise ordered by the Governor in Council, in any particular case, no such licence shall be granted unless it has been put up to public tender.

4. Subject to these regulations, the term for which any such licence shall be granted shall be three years or such longer period not exceeding fifteen years as shall be stated in the notice inviting tenders:

Provided that the Governor in Council may, for such reasons as he shall consider sufficient, at any time during the subsistence of any licence extend such licence for a period not exceeding twelve months at any one time: Provided further that such exten- sions together with the period for which the licence was granted shall not in any case exceed in the whole a period of eighteen years.

5. Every licence as aforesaid shall be for a ferry or group of ferries from and to particular points or piers. within partienlar localities or frontages. Such points or piers. and localities or frontages shall be specified in the respective licences.

6. In every case of tender the notice inviting tenders, which shall be published

in the Gazette, shall state---

(a) the date on which the term is to commence;

(b) the points or piers, and the localities or frontages within which such points

or piers are;

(c) the service to be provided;

(d) the passenger fares and other charges which may be demanded and taken;

(e) the security to be furnished by the successful tenderer;

(f) whether a monthly rent, or a rent and/or royalty is to be offered; and (g) whether the tenders shall be sealed or open.