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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 14TH JANUARY, 1880.
So Fritish ver- sel, without
an inperial regisch, to SA the waters of the Colony. [Sce Ordinance No. 4 of 1855, Bec. 1.]
Chinese Crown loses entitled to hold Colo nial registar", [Ibid, sec. 6.)
Declarations necessary for oinsining register. [Ibid, sep. 2.}
Pocuments ne
cessary pre- vions to grant of colonial
1per.
[bid, sec. 3.]
Sur revor's
certificate. [luid, sec. 7.]
Nams of Colo- nial registered ship. [Ibic, still 4.]
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River Steamer' shall mean any steam-ship carrying joore than 12 passengers and regularly plying between the waters of Hongkong and any port or place on the Csaton River, or Macao.
"Tons," "Tonnage" shall mean tous and tonnage, calculated according to British measurement of registered- tonnage.
The teria "Waters of the Colony” shall (except as berein- after provided) be, for the purposes of Gls Or linance, decu: l to comprise the waters siteate within a radius of one marine longue from the shores of the Colony: Provided always thot rbis interpretation shall not be construed to affect wafers within such radius in any case where such waters are situate within the territorial limits or jurisdiction of the empire oi Chinn.
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Passenger"
” shall mean aud include any person carriol in any vessel other than the master, seamen, and appreaticos duly indentured and registered.
PART I.
MERCHANT SHIPPING AND SEAMEN.
CHAPTER I.
REGULATION OF BRITISH AND COLONIAL SITES.
III. No ship owned by a British subject shall be at li- berty to trade in or from the waters of this Colony, unless she is provided with a certificate of registry in conformity with the Imperial Acts of Parliament in that behalf.
2. The Governor may, at his discretion, grant a Colonini register as hereinafter provided to any Chinese person rc-ident within the Colony applying for flo same, prèvided such applicant be a registered lessee of Crown lands within this Colony, and that he tenders as securities for the due performance by him of all the requirements of this section two other Crown lessres, and that he and such lesaces be severally reported by the Registrar General to be such worth two thousand dollars in this Colony, and shodd such appli- cant be a member of any shop or partnership, that the seal of such shop or partnership be also affixed to the searity to be given by him.
3. When any person shall be desirous of obtaining a Co- louial register, such person shall forward to the Colonial Secretary a declaration in writing stating whether the Colonial ship for which such register is sought is intended to be employed solely ju trade with China, or on my re distent voyages: Provided always, that should such deckarn- tion be false, or the Colonial ship to which it relates rot bo employed in conformity with it, the register therchy obtained shall ipso facto be como null and void.
4. A Colonial register shall be given, under the hand of the Governor, on production of the following documents (---- (a.) The Surveyor's certificate as bereinafter provided
by subsection 5.
(b.) A declaration of ownership with proof therent in
the satisfaction of the Colonial Secretary. (c) A joint and several bond of the owner and tro sureties binding each and every of the sexcond obligees under a penal sum of fivo dà usand deltas,. to comply with all the provisions of this Ordi nance and with all the laws binding on British subjects with regard to trade with China.
5. The Surveyor's certineate, referred to in subsection 4 of this section, shall, in case of a steam-ship, Le a certificate granted under Section V. of this Orthomes, and in ense of sailing vessel shall be a certificate specifying the proper measurement of the ship requiring a Colonial register, and that such ship has proper anchors and chalis, muves sails, if any, her bottom sheathed with metal, and that such ship is in all respects strongly built and properly equipped for the trade for which she is intended.
6. It shall not be lawful for the owner of any Colonial ship to give her any name other than that of her regialny, and such owner shail, after registry, cause to be painted in white or yellow letters not less than four inches long her name upon soine conspicuous part of her stern and on each bow in a distinct and legillo manner, both in Ro- man and Chinese characters, and shall
keep and preserve the same, upon paiu, on breach of the provisions of this subsection, of paying a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars.
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