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THE HONGKONG governmENT GAZETTE, 1st AUGUST, 1891.

No British ves- Bel, without

an Imperial

register, to uso the waters of

the Colony, (Ibid, sec. 3.)

[31 & 32 Fict. c. 129.]

Chinese Crown lessees entitled

to hold Colo-

nial register. (Ibid, sec. 3.)

Declarations necessary for obtaining register. (Ibid, sec. 3 subs. 3.)

Documents

necessary

previous to grant of Colonial

register.

(Ibid, sub-8. *.)

Surveyor's certificate.

(Ibid, new sub-s. 5.)

Name of Colonial registered ship.

(Ibid, sub-s. 6.)

Production of Colonial regis- ter to Harbour Master every six months. (Ibid, sub-s. 7.1

Colonial regis ters, &c. may be proved by production of originals or copies.

(Ibid, sub-s.

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PART I.

REGULATION OF BRITISH AND COLONIAL SHIPS,

3. (1.) No ship owned by a British subject shall be at liberty to trade in or from the waters of this Colony, unless she is provided

(a.) with a certificate of registry in conformity with the Imperial Merchant Shipping Acts 1854 to 1890, or

(b.) with a Colonial register under this part of the

Ordinance, or

(c.) with a terminable certificate of registry in con- formity with the provisions of the Merchant

Shipping (Colonial) Act, 1868, or

(d) with a licence under section 7 of this Ordinance. (2.) The Governor may, at his discretion, grant a Colonial register as hereinafter provided to any Chinese person resi- dent within the Colony applying for the same, provided such applicant be a registered lessee of Crown lands within this Colony, and that he tenders as securities for the due performance by him of all the requirements of this section two other Crown lessees, and that he and such lessees be severally reported by the Registrar General to be each worth two thousand dollars in this Colony, and should such appli- cant be a member of any shop or partnership, that the seal or chop of such shop or partnership be also affixed to the security to be given by him.

(3.) When any person shall be desirous of obtaining a Colonial register, such person shall forward to the Colonial Secretary a declaration in writing stating whether the Co- lonial ship for which such register is sought is intended to be employed solely in trade with China, or on more distant voyages: Provided always, that should such declaration be false, or the Colonial ship to which it relates not be em- ployed in conformity with it, the register thereby obtained shall ipso facto become null and void.

(4.) A Colonial register shall be granted, under the hand of the Governor, on production of the following docu-

ments :-

(a.) The Surveyor's certificate as hereinafter provided

by sub-section 5.

(b.) A declaration of ownership with proof thereof to

the satisfaction of the Colonial Secretary. (c.) A joint and several bond of the owner and two sureties binding each and every of the several obligees under a penal sum of five thousand dollars, to comply with all the provisions of this Ordinance and with all the laws binding on British subjects with regard to trade with China. (5.) The Surveyor's certificate, referred to in sub-section 4 of this section, shall, in case of a steam-ship, be a certi- ficate granted under section 5 of this Ordinance, and in case of a sailing vessel shall be a certificate specifying the proper measurement of the ship requiring a Colonial regis- ter, and that such ship has proper anchors and chains, can- vas sails, if any, her bottom sheathed with metal, and that such ship is in all respects strongly built and properly equip-' ped for the trade for which she is intended.

(6.) It shall not be lawful for the owner of any Colonial ship to give her any name other than that of her registry, and such owner shall, after registry, cause to be painted in white or yellow letters not less than four inches long her name upon some conspicuous part of her stern and on each bow in a distinct and legible manner, both in Roman and Chinese characters, and sball so keep and preserve the same, upon pain, on breach of the provisions of this sub- section, of incurring a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars.

(7.) The register of every Colonial ship shall be pro- duced once at least every six months to the Harbour Master, who shall endorse the date of such production on such re- gister, upon pain, on failure of such production, of the for- feiture of such register, unless satisfactory cause for such non-production be shown to the Colonial Secretary.

(8.) Every register, certificate, endorsement, declaration, or bond authorized or required by this section, may be pro- ved in any Court of Justice, or before any person having by law or by consent of parties authority to receive evidence, either by the production of the original, or by an examined copy thereof, or by a copy thereof purporting to be certi- fied under the hand of the Colonial Secretary, or other person who, for the time being, shall happen to have charge of the original, which certified copy he is hereby required