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1132 THE HONGKONG GOVT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, 9гH DEC., 1891.

Expenses by whom payable.

(Ibid, sub-8. 6,

Deaths,

desertions, or

removals of

seamen, &o. Lo

be reported.

(Ibid.

sec. 21 and

Bee 20 of 1885.)

Penalties for forging of doc- uments, and for false de- scriptions and statements. (Ibid.

Bec. 22.)

Relief of sea- men belonging to vessels

registered in

this Colony. (Ibid.

sec. 23.)

Governor may order payment of expenses incurred in

The Colony for relief of such Beamen out of monies form- ing part of general

revenue.

(Ibid, sub-s.2.)

Governor may order re-pay- ment of expen- ses incurred clsowhere than in the Colony in

respect of such relief, out of

such monies as aforesaid. (Ibid. sub-8. 3,)

Ships to hoist their numbers. (Nid. soc. 24.)

Provided that when there is a Consul, Vice-Consuĺ, or Con- sular Agent resident at Hongkong of the nation to which the ship belongs, the Magistrate shall not deal with the case unless thereto requested by such officer in writing.

(6.) All expenses incidental to the apprehension, confine- ment, and removal of any scaman, under this section, shall be paid by the master of the ship to which such seaman may belong, and be recoverable from him at the suit of the Captain Superintendent of Police, as a debt due to the Gov- ernment of this Colony; and the subsistence money for every such seaman confined in gaol shall be paid in advance ot the Superintendent of the gaol, and in default of such payment, the gaoler may release such seaman: Provided that every seaman imprisoned under this chapter may be sent on board his ship prior to her departure from the waters of the Colony by direction of the Committing Magistrate.

Report of Death, Desertion, &c.

21. In the event of the death of any of the passengers, or other persons, occurring on board of any merchant vessel in the waters of the Colony or in the course of a voyage to the Colony or in case of the death, desertion or removal of any of the crew,

the master of such vessel shall forthwith or on the arrival of the vessel in Hongkong, as the case may be, report the same to the Harbour Master, and in default shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty-five dollars for every death, desertion, or removal which he shall neglect to report.

Penalties for Forgery, &c.

22. Any seaman, or other person, who shall give a false description of his services, or show, or make, or procure to be made, any false character, or shall make false statements as to the name of the last ship in which he served, or as to any other information which may be required of him by any person having lawful authority to demand such information, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars.

CHAPTER X.

Distressed Seamen.

23. (1.) All expenses which shall be incurred under the provisions of "The Merchant Shipping Act 1854," in the relief of distressed British seamen who at the time of such relief being granted shall have last served in a British ship registered in this Colony, and all expenses in- curred in the United Kingdom in the relief and returning to this Colony all distressed seamen who last served in such a ship, shall be borne by the revenue of this Colony.

(2.) It shall be lawful for the Governor, from time to time, to order the payment, out of any monies forming part of, or arising from, the general revenue of the Colony, of all expenses which may be incurred in the Colony for the relief of such British seamen as aforesaid, under the provi- sions of the said Act or of any regulations in that behalf which may be made, from time to time, by the Governor in Council.

(3.) It shall be lawful for the Governor, from time to time, to order the re-payment out of any such monics as aforesaid, of all sums which shall have been expended under the provisions of the said Act by the Imperial Government, or by the "Shipwrecked Mariners' Society" or by the Gov- erment of any adjacent British Colony, or by any British Consul, Vice-Consul, or Consular Agent in any neighbour- ing foreign country, in and about the relief of such British scamen as aforesaid, and such sums shall be refunded in such manner as the Governor shall think fit, or as Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies for the time being may direct.

PART II.

REGULATION ANd Control of THE WATERS OF THE COLONY AND OF VESSELS NAVIGATING THE SAME.

CHAPTER 1.

REGULATIONS.

Duties of Master.

24. (1.) Every master of a merchant ship shall hoist her national colours and number on entering the waters of the Colony; and shall keep such number flying until the ship shall have been reported at the Harbour Master's office.