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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 31ST OCTOBER, 1891.

to be forfeited for the like reasons and in the like manner, it shall be lawful for Her Majesty, by Order in Council :-

1. To declare that the said Certificates shall be of the same force as if they had been granted under

the said Acts;

2. To declare that all or any of the provisions of the said Acts which relate to Certificates of Competency granted under those Acts shall apply to the Certificates referred to in the said Order;

3. To impose such conditions and to make such regulations with respect to the said Certificates, and to the use, issue, delivery, cancellation, and suspension thereof, as to Her Majesty may seem fit, and to impose penalties not exceeding fifty pounds for the breach of such conditions and regulations.

And that upon the publication in the London Gazette of any such Order in Council as last afore- said, the provisions therein contained shall, from a date to be mentioned for the purpose in such Order, take effect as if they had been contained in the Act, and that it shall be lawful for Her Majesty in Council to revoke any Order made as aforesaid :

And whereas by the Merchant Shipping Act, 1876, it is provided that Her Majesty may, by Order in Council, revoke, alter, or add to any Order in Council made by Her under the Merchant Shipping Acts:

And whereas by the Order in Council of the 19th day of August, 1889, Her Majesty tras pleased to declare that, subject to certain exceptions, conditions, and regulations therein contained or set out in the Schedule thereto, the Colonial Certificates granted as follows, viz, --

1. On or after the 19th day of August, 1871, by the Minister of Marine and Fisheries in Canada,

to persons intending to act as Masters or Mates on board British ships;

2. On and after the 12th day of May, 1874, by the head of the Government of the Possession of Malta and its Dependencies, to persons intending to act as Masters, Mates, or Engineers on board British ships, that is to say;-To Masters of the First Class, or Masters of a Foreign- going ship, to Mates of the First Class or First Mate of a Foreign-going ship, to Mates of the Second Class or Second Mate of a Foreign-going ship, to Engineers of the First Class or First Class Engineers, and to Engineers of the Second Class or Second Class Engineers; 3. On and after the 4th day of January, 1870, by the Steam Navigation Board of Victoria, to

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persons intending to act as Masters, Mates, or Engineers of British seard of Victoria, to

4. On and after the 1st day of May, 1872, by the Governor for the time being of the Possession of New Zealand, to persons intending to act as Masters, Mates, or Engineers on board British ships;

5. On and after the 18th day of June, 1872, by the Marine Board of the Possession of New South Wales, to persons intending to act as Masters, First Mates, or Second Mates, or as First Class Engineers, or as Second Class Engineers on board British

itish ships, 6. On and after the 12th day of May, 1874, by the Marine Board of the Possession of South Australia, to persons intending to act as Masters, First Mates, Only Mates, or Second Class Mates, or First Class Engineers, or Second Class Engineers on board British ships;

7. On and after the 1st day of April, 1876, by the Governor of the. Possession of Tasmania, to

persons intending to act as Masters, Mates, or Engineers on board British ships;

8. On and after the 27th day of June, 1876, by the Lieutenant-Governor of the Possession of

Bengal, to persons intending to act as Masters, Mates, or Engineers on board British ships; 9. On and after the 14th day of May, 1877, by the Governor of the Possession of Newfoundland,

to persons intending to act as Masters or Mates on board British ships;

10. On and after the 11th day of July, 1877, by the Governor of the Possession of Bombay to

persons intending to act as Masters, Mates, or Engineers on board British ships;

11. On and after the 1st day of October, 1877, by the Marine Board of the Possession of

Queensland, to persons intending to act as Masters, Mates, or Engineers on board British ships;

12. On and after the 1st day of January, 1884, by the Governor of the Possession of Hong Kong,

to persons intending to act as Masters, Mates, or Engineers on board British ships;

13. On and after the 1st day of January, 1887, by the Minister of Marine and Fisheries in the Possession of Canada, to persons intending to act as First Class Engineers or Second Class Engineers of sea-going British ships;

14. On and after the 1st day of August, 1888, by the Governor of the Possession of the Straits Settlements, to persons intending to act as First Class Engineers and Second Class Engineers of sea-going British ships;

And whereas by the Order in Council of the 1st day of May, 1890, Her Majesty was pleased to declare that, subject to certain exceptions, conditions, and regulations therein contained or set out in the Schedule thereto, the Colonial Certificates granted