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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 1ST AUGUST, 1891.
occasion directing the conduct of any constable who may be stationed on board of any such vessel, and of inspecting and observing the conduct of all other persons who shall be employed on board of any such vessel in or about the lading or unlading thereof, as the case may be, and for the purpose of taking all such measures as may be necessary for providing against fire or other accidents, and preserving peace and good order on board of any such vessel, and for the effectual prevention or detection of any felonies or misdemeanors.
(2.) It shall be lawful for the Captain Superintendent or other Superintendent, or any Inspector, or Sergeant belong- ing to the Police force, having just cause to suspect that any felony has been or is about to be committed in or on board of any ship, boat, or other vessel (except ships of war or vessels having the status of ships of war) lying in the waters of the Colony, to enter at all times, as well by night as by day, into and upon every such ship, boat, or other vessel, and therein to take all necessary measures for the effectual prevention or detection of all felonies which he has just cause to suspect to have been, or about to be committed in or upon the harbour or waters of the Colony, and to take into custody all persons suspected of being concerned in such felonies, and also to take charge of all property so suspected to be stolen.
CHAPTER II.
LIGHTHOUSES, BUOYS, OR BEACONS.
32. (1.) In the construction of this Chapter, the term "lighthouses" shall, in addition to the ordinary meaning of the word, include lightships and all floating and other lights exhibited for the guidance of ships; and the terms “buoys and beacons" shall include all other marks and signs of
the sea.
(2.) It shall be lawful for the Governor to creet and maintain within the Colony such lighthouses, buoys, or beacons as the Governor in Council shall think necessary to be exhibited for the guidance of ships.
(3.) It shall be lawful for the Governor, from time to time, with the assent of the Legislative Council, to raise by way of public loan, upon the security of the general revenues of the Colony, such sums of money as may be necessary for the purposes aforesaid, and every loan so raised shall be a charge upon the said Colonial revenue.
(4.) It shall be lawful for the Governor, in the meanwhile, with such assent as aforesaid, to order the payment, by way of temporary advance, out of any monies for the time being in the Colonial Treasury, of such sums of money arising from the general revenues of the Colony, as may be required for the purposes aforesaid: Provided always that all sums of money so advanced out of the general revenue of the Colony, shall be repaid into the Treasury out of the sums which may be raised by way of loan under the provisions n that behalf herein before contained.
Light Dues.
33. (1.) 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, or beacons as may, from time to time, be fixed by order of the Governor in 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, rescinded or varied the Order in Table P of the schedule to this Ordinance shall apply.
(2.) All British and foreign ships of war shall be exempt from the payment of light dues.
(3.) 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 terins or condi- tions to such exemptions;
(b.) To substitute any other dues, or classes of dues, whether by way of annual payment or other- wise, in respect of any ships, or classes of ships. (4.) Tables of all light dues, and a copy of regulations for the time being in force in respect thereof, shall be posted up at the office of the Harbour Master.
(5.) A receipt for light dues shall be given by the person appointed to collect the same to every person paying in the same, and the Harbour Master shall not grant a clearance to any ship, unless the receipt for the same is produced to him.
Superintend- ent, &c. having just cause to Fuspect felony, may enter on board Vossels and take up suspected
persons.
Interpretation clause. (Ibid. 860 32,
Power to erect light houses, &c.
Power to ruise nencs-ery funds by public fonu.
Power to advance funda
out of the Colonial Treasury.
Light dues.
(Ibid,
800.32)
Exemption of mun-of-war.
Governor to allow certain oxemptions.
Tables of light diles to be exhibited at Harbour Master's office. 05 AL. 8. A. 1801, see, 399.)
Ship not to be cleared with- out production of regript for light days.
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