THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 1ST AUGUST, 1891.
A BILL
ENTITLED
An Ordinance to consolidate and amend the laws relating to merchant shipping, the duties of the Harbour Master, the control and manage- ment of the waters of the Colony, and the regulation of vessels navigating
the same.
HEREAS it is expedient to consolidate and amend the laws relating to merchant shipping, the duties of the Harbour Master, the control and management of the waters of the Colony, and the regulation of all vessels navigating the same; and whereas doubts have arisen as to the applicability of certain sections of The Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, and the Acts amending the same: Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
PRELIMINARY.
1. This Ordinance may he cited for all purposes as The Merchant Shipping Consolidation Ordinance, 1891.
2. In the construction and for the purposes of this Ordi- nance (if not inconsistent with the context or subject mat- ter) the following terms shall have the respective meanings hereinafter assigned to them, that is to say -
"Stipendiary Magistrate "shall mean and include the Police Magistrates of the Colony, and the Marine Magis-
trate:
"Master" shall include every person (except a pilot) having command or charge of any ship;
"Seaman" shall include any person (except masters, pi- lots and apprentices duly indentured and registered) em- ployed or engaged in any capacity on board any ship;
"Ship" shall include any description of vessel used in navigation not propelled by oars, except Chinese junks or lorehas not propelled by steam;
"Steam-ship" shall mean any vessel propelled by steam; "Colonial Ship" sball mean and include every ship reg- istered under section 3, sub-sec. (2) part I of this Ordinance; "River Steamer" shall mean any steam-ship carrying more than 12 passengers and regularly plying between the Colony and any port or place on the Canton River, or Macao;
"Tons," "Tonnage" shall mean tons and tonnage, as calculated according to British measurement of registered tonnage:
th
The term "Waters of the Colony" shall (except as here- inafter provided) be, for the purposes of this Ordinance, deemed to comprise the waters situate within a radius of one marine league from the shores of the Colony: Provided always that this interpretation shall not be construed to affect waters within such radius in any case where such waters are situate within the territorial limits or jurisdiction of the Empire of China.
“Local Trade Limits" shall mean the water surround- ing the Island of Hongkong, outside of the waters of the Colony, within the following boundaries, viz.:~
To the East. A North and South line drawn through
the Fowtomoon Pass.
To the West.-A North and South line drawn through
the Capsingmoon Pass.
To the South-An East and West line drawn through
the centre of Lochau or Beaufort Island. The Harbour Limits" shall mean the waters of the Colony within the following boundaries:--
On the East.-A line drawn from the Northernmost point of the Island of Hongkong to the N.E. boundary of British Kowloon.
On the West.-A line drawn from the Westernmost point of Hongkong to the Western side of Green Island continue to Western point of Stonecutters' Island thence to North point of Stonecutters' Island continue to N.W. boundary of British Kowloon,
“Harbour Master” shall include any person deputed or authorized by the Harbour Master to execute any power or perform any duty vested in or imposed upon him by this Ordinance.
56
Passenger" shall mean and include any person carried in any vessel other than the master, seamen, and apprentices duly indentured and registered.
Title.
Preamble.
Short title.
Interpretation clause.
Qrd. No. 8 of 1879, s. 2.
"Local Trađe Limits."
Harbour Limbs," (Ord. No. 1 of 1982.)
'Passenger."
655
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.