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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 18т¤ JUNE, 1892.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 282.
The following Rules and Regulations made by the Governor in Council, are published.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 14th June, 1892.
"DANGEROUS GOODS ORDINANCE, 1873."
G. T. M. O'BRIEN, Colonial Secretary.
Rules and Regulations made by the Governor in Council, on the 14th day of June, 1892, under Section 8 of The Dangerous Goods Ordinance, 1873, as amended by Ordinance No. 8 of 1892 in lieu of the Bye-Laws under Section 8 hitherto in force which are hereby revoked.
1. Any Ship or Vessel arriving at this Port having on board any Dangerous Goods within the meaning of the above mentioned Ordinance or to which such Ordinance applies,-and any Ship or Vessel about to take on board any such Goods for exportation, shall hoist a Red Flag at the Fore-top- gallant Mast-head, and shall keep it flying until such Goods are removed from or received into such Ship or Vessel.
2. Every Ship, Vessel, Lighter or Boat of any description whatever, having on board any Dan- gerous Goods as aforesaid, shall, whilst in the waters of the Colony, hoist a Red Flag at the Fore-top- gallant Mast-head, or, where there is only one mast, at that Mast-head, or, where there is no mast, on a pole at her bows.
3. Every Ship, Vessel, Lighter or Boat as aforesaid having on board or being about to take on board any Dangerous Goods as aforesaid, shall anchor at the Dangerous Goods Anchorage, or at such place in the Harbour as shall be pointed out by the Harbour Master, or his Deputy; and the said Vessel shall not be removed therefrom without the permission of the Harbour Master.
4. The transhipment of any Dangerous Goods as aforesaid shall not take place between the hours of 6 P.M. and 6 A.M., from October to March both inclusive, nor between the hours of 7 P.M. and 5 A.M., from April to September both inclusive, without the written permission of the Harbour Master.
5. Dangerous Goods as aforesaid shall not be landed from the importing Ship or Vessel elsewhere than at a Government Gunpowder Depôt excepting such as may be kept in pursuance of a Licence by the Governor as provided in Section 11 of the above named Ordinance.
6. When any Dangerous Goods as aforesaid are being transhipped, shipped, landed or moved from one place to another by water they shall be conveyed in a covered Boat, Lighter or Vessel, on board of which there shall be no lights or fires and the Boat, Lighter or Vessel carrying such Goods shall display a Red Flag, and shall proceed without delay or interruption and shall not anchor or stop at any place except for the immediate purpose of landing such Goods.
7. The Dangerous Goods on board every such Vessel, Lighter or Boat as aforesaid shall, on her arrival at their destination, be immediately discharged by the Owners or Consignees of such cargo and shall be then delivered and if the Owner or Consignee of such cargo shall fail in so doing, it shall be lawful for the Harbour Master or his Deputy to have the same discharged at the expense of the said Owner or Consignee.
8. When any Dangerous Goods as aforesaid are about to be received into or discharged out of the Government Depôt the Owner or Consignee of the same shall attend at the Depôt, or shall send a responsible representative instead, and any question which may arise as to the number or weight of Cases received at or delivered out of the Depôt shall be decided at the time by such Owner or his representative and the Officer in charge of the Depôt, who shall, if necessary, refer the same to the Harbour Master.
9. The "Dangerous Goods Anchorage" shall (unless and until the Governor shall by notification in the Government Gazette appoint some other anchorage in addition to or in lieu of such anchorage) mean that portion of the Harbour Waters being within the following limits :-
Eastward of a North and South line drawn through Kellett's Island.
South of a line drawn from the chequered buoy marking the West edge of the Men-of-War
Anchorage to North Point of Hongkong.
Bounded on the East by the Western edge of the Telegraph Cable Ground.
COUNCIL CHAMBER, HONGKONG.
A. M. THOMSON, Acting Clerk of Councils.
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