THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 26TH SEPTEMBER, 1885. 819
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 369.
The following Rules and Regulations made by Messrs. JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., Assignees of FRANCIS BULKELEY JOHNSON, Esquire, pursuant to Sections 9 and 10 of Ordinance 18 of 1884, and approved by the Governor in Council, are published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 24th September, 1885.
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
RULES AND REGULATIONS
Made by Messrs, Jardine, Matheson & Co., the Assignees of Francis Bulkeley Johnson, Esquire, pursuant to Sections 9 and 10 of Ordinance 18 of 1884.
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co.'s PIER.
1. Vessels will be allotted berths at the Pier in the order in which application therefor may have ⚫been made at the Office of the General Agents.
2. The proprietors undertake no responsibility for any damage that may be sustained by a vessel while coming alongside the pier or leaving it; but they will provide every assistance in their power to the Master, and have men in attendance to run out and let go lines, shove off, &c., and a boat will always be available for running lines to the buoys.
3. Every vessel that shall come into collision with the pier, or otherwise injure it, whether in consequence of the incompetence or carelessness of the Pilot, Master, or Officers, or from any other cause, shall be responsible for the repair of the damage.
4. Masters or Commanding Officers shall rig in the jib and spanker booms of their vessels, while alongside the pier, on being required to do so by the Wharfinger.
5. No sails may be left loose at night on board any vessel, while she is alongside the pier, and. any should be loose during daylight, the Master or Commanding Officer shall store them on being required to do so by the Wharfinger.
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6. The Master or Commanding Officer of any vessel alongside the pier, shall shift his berth. immediately on being required to do so by the Wharfinger.
7. The discharge of every vessel shall commence immediately on her arrival at the pier, and be continued, with all possible despatch, daily from sun rise to sun set, until it shall have been completed. Any delay that may arise in proceeding with the discharge, from want of ballast, labour, or from any other cause, for which the Master, Owners, or Agents may be responsible, shall subject the vessel to an additional charge, over and above the tariff rate for wharfage, of Dollars Twenty-five ($25.) for the first day, and Dollars Twenty-five ($25.) per day for each subsequent day she may be detained.
8. On the completion of the discharge of cargo, the Master or Commanding Officer of every vessel must remove her froin the pier immediately. If there should be any delay, an additional rate will be levied, over and above the tariff rate, of Dollars Twenty-five ($25.) for the first day, and Dollars. Twenty-five ($25.) per day for cach subsequent day she may be permitted to remain.
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9. No ashes, dirt or other refuse shall be thrown overboard from any vessel while she be alongside the Pier.
10. No persons not in the employment of the proprietors, nor belonging to vessels alongside the pier, shall be allowed to walk or be on the pier, without the licence of the Wharfinger.
11. No waggons, carriages, carts, trucks or other conveyances shall be taken on to the pier without the licence of the Wharfinger.
12. No nuisance shall be committed on or about the pier.
13. Masters or Commanding Officers shall be held responsible for the crews and workmen employed on board their respective vessels and for any infringement by them of the foregoing rules and regulations. 14. Every person who shall commit a breach of any of the foregoing rules and regulations shall. On summary conviction before a Magistrate, be liable to a fine of not exceeding Dollars Fifty ($50.).
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., General Agents, Assignees of Francis Bulkeley Johnson.
Approved by the Governor in Council, this 24th day of September, 1885.
ARATHOON SETHI, Clerk of Councils,
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