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THE HONGKONG

Government Gazette.

No. 58.

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Published by Authority.

VICTORIA, FRIDAY, 31ST DECEMBER, 1897,

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VOL. XLIII.

號八十五第 日八初月二十年酉丁日一十三月二十年七十九百八千一 薄三十四第

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. -No. 576.

The following Order, made by His Excellency the Governor in Council, is published.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 29th December, 1897.

ORDER

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,

Colonial Secretary.

As to Light and other Dues made by the Governor in Council, this 28th day of December, 1897.

Whereas, by sub-section (1) of section 33 of The Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1891, (No. 26 of 1891), it is enacted as follows:-

"The owner or master of every ship which enters the waters of the Colony, shall pay such dues in respect of the said lighthouses, buoys, beacons, cables, wires and other apparatus, as may, from time to time, be fixed by Order of the Governor, pursuant to resolution of the Legislative Council, to such officers, as the Governor shall, from time to time, appoint to collect the same, and the same shall be paid by such officers into the Colonial Treasury.

Provided that, unless and until such Order is made, the Dues in Table P to this Ordi- nance shall be payable."

And whereas, by sub-section (3) of the said section 33, it is further enacted, as follows:-

It shall be lawful for the Governor, by Order in Council :-

(a) To exempt any ships, or classes of ships, from such payment, and to annex any

terms or conditions to such exemptions ;

(b) To substitute any other dues, or classes of dues, whether by way of annual payment,

or otherwise, in respect of any ships or classes of ships.

And whereas, it was, on the 20th day of December, 1897, resolved by the Legislative Council that it was desirable that:·

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In lieu of the Dues mentioned in Table P, in the Schedule to Ordinance No. 26 of 1891, the Dues in the Order hereinafter mentioned should be fixed and made payable by order of the Governor, on and after the 1st January, 1898.

Now, therefore, the Governor in Council doth hereby, in pursuance of such resolution, order as follows:

Light and other Dues, under section 33 of the Merchant Shipping Consolidation Ordinance, 1891, to be paid from and after the 1st day of January, 1898, till further order.

1. All ships which enter the waters of the Colony, except British and Foreign ships of war,

and except such other ships as are hereby exempted, in whole or in part, shall the following Dues, viz. :-

pay

One cent per

ton.