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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 28TH OCTOBER, 1882.

And whereas by the Merchant Shipping Act, 1876, it is enacted that "When Her Majesty has "power under the Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, or any Act passed or hereafter to be passed amending "the same, to make an Order in Council, it shall be lawful for Her Majesty from time to time, to make such Order in Council, and by Order in Council to revoke, alter, or add to any Order so "made."

And whereas it was made to appear to Her Majesty that the rules concerning the measurement of tonnage of merchant ships now in force under "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1854," had been adopted in Sweden by the Government of His Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway, and came into force in Sweden on the 1st day of April 1875 :

And whereas it was subsequently made to appear to Her Majesty that the said rules concerning the measurement of tonnage of the merchant ships of Sweden had been as regards vessels propelled by steam or any other power requiring engine room, modified by the introduction thereinto of a slight difference in the mode of estimating the allowance for engine room and that the same came into force in Sweden on the 1st day of April 1882 :

And whereas by Order in Council dated the 17th day of March 1875, and the 3rd day of May, 1882, Her Majesty was pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to direct :

1. That the ships of Sweden, the certificates of Swedish nationality and registry of which are dated on and after the first day of April one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, should be deemed to be of the tonnage described in the said certificates of Swedish nationality and registry:

2. That the ships of Sweden which are propelled by steam or any other power requiring engine room the measurement whereof shall after the 1st day of April 1882, have been ascertained and described on the certificates of registry or other national papers of such steam ships testified by the date thereof should be deemed to be of the tonnage described in such certifi- cate of registry or other national papers.

And whereas it has been made to appear to Her Majesty that the said modifications introduced into the said rules for the measurement of Swedish steam ships came into force on the 1st day of April 1881 as regards steam ships measured or remeasured after that date:

And whereas it has been made to appear desirable to Her Majesty that the provisions of the said recited Order in Council of the 3rd May 1882 shall be made applicable to Swedish steam ships regis- tered on or after the said 1st day of April 1881, and that the said recited Orders in Council of the 17th day of March 1875 and the 3rd day of May 1882, should be revoked and a new Order in Council made and substituted in lieu thereof:

NOW, THEREFORE, Her Majesty, in virtue of the powers vested in Her by the said recited Acts, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council is pleased to direct that the said recited Orders in Council of the 17th March 1875 and the 3rd day of May 1882, shall be and the same are hereby revoked and in lien thereof and in substitution therefor 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 belonging to Sweden the measurement whereof, on or after the said 1st day of April 1875, has been ascertained and denoted in the certificates of registry or other national papers of such sailing ships, testified by the date thereof, shall be deemed to be of the tonnage denoted in such certificates of registry 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 certificate of registry of British sailing ships is deemed to be the tonnage of such ships.

2. As regards steam ships: that merchant ships belonging to Sweden which are propelled by steam, or any other power requiring engine room, the measurement whereof on or after the said 1st day of April 1881, has been ascertained and denoted in the certificates of registry or other national papers of such steam ships, testified by the dates thereof, shall be deemed to be of the tonnage denoted in such certificates of registry 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 certificate of registry of British ships is deemed to be the tonnage of such ships; provided nevertheless, that if the owner or master of any such Swedish steam ship desires the deduction for engine room in such ship to be estimated under the rules for engine room measurement and deduction applicable to British ships, instead of under the Swedish rules, the engine room shall be measured and the deduction calculated according to the British rules, and that in the event of the net registered tonnage of such steam ships, estimated under the British rules, being denoted in the said certificates of registry or other national papers, the same shall be deemed to be of the tonnage so denoted therein.

C. L. PEEL.