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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 29TH DECEMBER, 1883.
said FRANCIS BULKELEY JOHNSON his executors, admi- nistrators or assigns, limiting a time for the performance of his or their duty in that behalf, and if such duty is not performed by the time limited by the order, the Governor in Council shall appoint some person or persons to perform the same, and shall by order direct that the expenses of performing the same, together with a reasonable remuneration to the person or persons appointed for superintending such performance, and amounting to a sum to be specified in the order, together with the costs of proceedings (if any), shall be paid by the said FRANCIS BULKELEY JOHNSON his executors, administrators or assigns, and any order made for the payment of such expenses and costs may be removed into the Supreme Court, and may be enforced in the same manner as if the same were an order of such Court.
8. All vessels belonging to, or engaged in the service of Her Majesty's Government shall have priority of use of the wharves and piers at the ordinary current rates for mercantile vessels, without prejudice to the rights of other vessels actually using the wharves or piers.
9. It shall be lawful for the said FRANCIS BULKELEY JOHNSON his executors, administrators or assigns, from time to time to make such rules and regulations as may be necessary for the general management of his and their business. Provided always that no such rules and regula- tions, nor any repeal or variation thereof, shall come into force until the same shall have been approved by the Governor in Council, and shall have been published in the Gazette.
10. Every person who shall commit a breach of any of the rules and regulations made in pursuance of this Ordinance, shall, on summary conviction thereof before a Magistrate, be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty dollars.
11. In all proceedings before any Court, the rules and regulations in force for the time being under this Ordi- nance, shall be sufficiently proved by the production of a copy of the Gazette in which the same shall be published and contained.
12. If the said FRANCIS BULKELEY JOHNSON his exe- cutors, administrators or assigns shall fail to make or vary such rules and regulations, as in the opinion of the Governor in Council are requisite for the protection of the rights of the inhabitants of the Colony, and for the preven- tion of injury to navigation, the Governor in Council shall make an order to be served upon the said FRANCIS BULKELEY JOHNSON, his executors, administrators, or assigns, limiting a time for the making or varying of such rules and regulations, and if such rules and regulations are not made or varied by the time prescribed in such order, the Governor in Council may make or vary such rules and regulations, which when made, or varied, and published in the Gazette, shall have the same force and effect as if they were specially enacted herein.
13. The said FRANCIS BULKELEY JOHNSON his exe- cutors, administrators or assigns shall, from time to time, cause to be painted on boards, or to be printed and attached in large and legible characters in English and Chinese, a statement of the rules and regulations in force, and shall cause such boards containing such statement to be fixed on some conspicuous part of the wharves or piers.
14. If at any time before the completion of the works, the said FRANCIS BULKELEY JOHNSON his executors, ad- ministrators or assigns shall fail to proceed therewith for a period of six months, or after the completion thereof shall disuse the same, or any part thereof for six months, without affording to the Governor in Conncil some satisfactory reason for the discontinuance or disuse of the said works, (as the case may be), it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to abate and remove the same, and restore the site thereof to its former condition at the costs of the said FRANCIS BULKELEY JOHNSON his executors, administrators or assigns, and the amount of such costs shall be a debt due to the Government, and recoverable against the said FRANCIS BULKELEY JOHNSON his executors, administrators or assigns accordingly.
15. Subject to the approval of the Governor in Council being first obtained (but not otherwise), the said FRANCIS BULKELEY JOHNSON his executors, administrators or assigns,
Priority of tose to Queen's ships.
Powers to make rules
nd regula→ tions.
Penalty for breach of rules and regulations.
Proof of rules and regula- tions.
Governor in Conneil.may Inako rules and regula- tions in cer- tain event.
Rules and regulations to be painted and exhibited.
Power to Governor in Conncil to abate and remove works in certain Gvents.
Power to sell.
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