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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 9TH JUNE, 1883.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.No. 205.

The following Copy of an Order in Council, dated 19th day of March, 1883. exempting from remeasurement Sailing and Steam Ships belonging to the United States of America, is published for general information.

By Command.

Colonial Secretary's Office. Hongkong, 9th June, 1883.

W. H. MARSH,

Colonial Secretary,

AT THE COURT AT WINDSOR,

The 19th day of March 1888.

PRESENT,

THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the "Merchant Shipping Act Amendment Act, 1862,” it is enacted that, whenever it is made to appear to Her Majesty that the rules concerning the measurement of tonnage of merchant ships, for the time being in force under the principal Act; have been adopted by the Government of any foreign country, and are in force in that country, it shall be lawful for Her Majesty, by Order in Council, to direct that the ships of such foreign country shall be deemed to be of the tonnage denoted ' in their certificates of registry, or other national papers; and, thereupon, it shall no longer be necessary for such ships to be remeasured in any port or place in Her Majesty's dominions, but such ships shall be deemed to be of the tonnage denoted in their certificates of registry, or other papers, in the same manner, to the same extent, and for the same purposes in, to, and for which the tonnage, denoted in the certificates of registry of British Ships, is to be deemed the tonnage of such ships.

And whereas it was made to appear to Her Majesty that the rules concerning the measurement of tonnage of Merchant Ships, for the time being in force under the principal Act had been, with certain exceptions, adopted by the Government of the United States of America, and Her Majesty by Order in Council dated the 30th day of July, 1868, was pleased to direct that the Merchant Ships of the said United States of America the measurement whereof should, after the 1st of January, 1865, have been ascertained and denoted on the registers, and other national papers of such ships, testified by the dates thereof, should be deemed to be of the tonnage denoted in such registers or other national papers, in the same manner, and to the same extent, and for the same purpose, in, to, and for which the tonnage denoted in the Certificates of registry of British Ships is deemed to be the tonnage of such ships, after making therefrom the same deductions, in respect of crew space and engine room, as would, if such ships were British, be made from their gross tonnage, under the laws relating to British Ships:

And whereas the Government of the said United States of America have provided that, on and after the 5th day of August, 1882, a deduction from the gross tonnage of every vessel of the United States, shall, on measurement or remeasurement thereof, be made for crew space in sailing ships, and for crew and engine space in Steamships:

And whereas it has been made to appear to Her Majesty that, in consequence of such last recited provision, the rules concerning the measurement of tonnage of Merchant Ships, now in force under "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1854," have been adopted by the Government of the United States of America, with the exception of a difference in the mode in certain steamers, of estimating the allow- ance for engine room, and such rules are now in force in that country, having come into operation on the 5th day of August, 1882, and that it is desirable that the ships of the said United States, measured or remeasured as aforesaid, on or after the said 5th day of August, 1882, shall, instead of requiring remeasurement in the United Kingdom for crew space in sailing ships, or for crew and engine space in steam ships, be deemed to be of the tonnage denoted in their certificates of registry or other national papers:

NOW THEREFORE, Her Majesty is hereby pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to direct as follows:-

1. As regards sailing ships; that Merchant Sailing ships of the said United States of America, the measurement whereof after the said 5th day of August, 1882, has been ascertained and denoted in the registers and other national papers of such sailing ships, testified by the date thereof, shall be deemed to be of the tonnage denoted in such registers, and other national papers, in the same manner, and to the same extent, and for the same purpose in, to, and for which the tonnage denoted in the certificate of registry of British sailing ships, is deemed to be the tonnage of such ships.