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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 14TH JANUARY, 1880.

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ment, or repeal of the said table i shall be pub- lished in the Gazette, and after such publication, shall be as valid to all intents and purposes as if such new or amended table had been originally inserted, instead of tablo A in the schedule to this Ordinance.

(b.) No such ship carrying more than twelve passengers shall proceed to sea from any place in the Colony, unless, in addition to the boats hereinbefore re- quired, she is also provided with a life boat fur- nished with all requisites for use, or unless one of her boats hereinbefore required is rendered buoyant, after the manner of a life boat.

(e) No such ship as last aforesaid shall proceed to scu, unless she is also provided with not less than two

approved life buoys ;-

And such boats and life buoys shall be kept so as to be at all times fit and ready for use: Provided, that the enactments with respect to boats and life buoys herciu contained shall not apply in any case in which a certificate has been duly obtained under the fourth section of "The Chinese Passengers Act, 1955,"

2. In any of the following cases, that is to say:--

(a.) If any ship hereinbefore required to be provided with boats, rafts or life buoys proceeds to sea without being so provided therewith, or if any such boats, rafts, life buoys, or other appliances for saving life are lost or rendered unfit for service in the course of the voyage through the wilful fault or negligence of the owner or master; or, (b.) If in case of any of such boats, rafts, life buoys, or other appliances for saving life being accident- ally lost or injured in the course of the voyage, the master wilfully neglects to replace or repair the same on the rst opportunity; or,

(c.) If such boats, rafts, life buoys, and other appli- ances for saving life are not kept so as to be at all tinues fit and ready for use;

Then if the owner appears to be in fault he shall incur a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars, and if the mas- ter appears to be in fault he shall incur a penalty not ex- eceding two hundred and fifty dollars.

3. The Harbour Master shall not grant a clearance for any ship hereinbefore required to be provided with boats, rafts, life buoys, or other appliances for saving life unless the same is duly so provided; and if any such ship attempts to go to sea without such clearance, the Harbour Master may detain her until she is so provided.

Survey of Steam-ships of 50 tons and upwards. V. This section shall apply

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(a.) To all British steam-ships of 50 tons and upwarda. carrying more than twelve passengers and being within the waters of the Colony which have not been surveye! in the United Kingdom or in any British possession within the proeeding twelvo months under the provisions of "The Merchant Shipping Acts, 1851 to 1876," or any legislative enactment for the time being in force in Great Britain and Ireland or in any British possession. (b.) To all Foreign steam-ships of 50 tons and upwards being within the waters of the Colony and carrying more than twelve passengers from the Colony and which have not, from their own country, or the country from whose fag they may have beon transferred, or fror any British port, survey and other certificates equivalent to those required in the case of British steam-ships: Provided that in the event of any question arising as to the sufli- ciency of any foreign certificate to protect the steam-ship holding the same from survey under this section, such question shall be referred for settlement to the Governor in Council whose de- cision thereon shall be final,

(c.) To all steam-ships of 50 tons and upwards pro- pelled by steam plying within the waters of the Colony, and carrying more than twelve passengers. (d.) To all steam-ships registered in this Colony of 50. tons and upwards, and currying more than twelve passengers. (To river steamers.