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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 26TH NOVEMBER, 1879.

Harbour

Master may

prohibit false lights.

(M. S. A.

1854, sec. 415.)

If not obeyed, he may abate such lighta. . (M. S. A. 1854, sec. 416.)

Vessels and buildings

to be provided for storage of gunpowder. (Ordinance

4 of 1867,

sec. 4.)

To be termed Government depôt for the storage of gunpowder. (Ibid, sec. 5.)

Master of ves- zel having up- wards of two hundred lbs.

of powder on board to fur- nish Harbour Master with

particulars Immediately. (Ibid, sec. 6.)

Master of such vessel to take same to speci- fied place and there remai until he have permission to leare.

(Ibid, sec. 7.)

Mode of pro- ceeding when gunpowder is to be exported. (Ibid, sec. 8.)

He shall, in addition to the expenses of making good any damage so occasioned, be liable to a penalty not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars.

Prevention of False Lights.

XXXVI. Whenever any fire or light is burnt or exhibited at such place, or in such manner, as to be liable to be mis- taken for a light proceeding from a lighthouse, it shall be lawful for the Harbour Master to serve a notice upon the owner of the place where the fire or light is burnt or ex- hibited, or on the person having charge of such fire or light, either personally, or by delivery at the place of abode of such owner or person, or by affixing the same in some cons- picuous spot near to such fire or light, and by such notice to direct such owner or person, within a reasonable time to be therein specified, to take effectual means for the ex- tinguishing or effectually screening such existing light; and for the preventing for the future any similar fire or light, and any owner or person disobeying such notice, shall be deemed guilty of a common nuisance, and in addition to any other penalties or liabilities of any kind thereby incur- red, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars or 6 months' imprisonment with or without hard labour.

2. If any owner or person served with such notice, as aforesaid, neglects for a period of twenty-four hours to ex- tinguish or effectually screen, the light or fire therein men- tioned, it shall be lawful for the Harbour Master, by his servants or workmen, to enter into the place wherein the same may be, and forthwith to extinguish such fire or light doing no unnecessary damage; and all expenses incurred by the Harbour Master in such extinction, may be recovered from such person or owner as aforesaid in the same way as penalties are hereby declared to be recoverable.

CHAPTER III.

IMPORTATION AND STORAGE OF GUNPOWDER,

[See also "the Dangerous goods Ordinance 1873, and regulations.]

XXXVII. The Governor is hereby empowered to pro- vide, at the expense of the Colony, all necessary vessels and buildings for the storage of gunpowder, and no gunpowder arriving in this Colony shall be stored in any other building or vessel except as provided by paragraph 10 and subject to the observance of the rules and regulations to be made under paragraph 12 of this section.

2. Such vessels or buildings shall, for the purposes of this chapter, be termed a Government Depôt or Govern- ment Depôts for the storage of gunpowder, and shall be under the control and management of the Harbour Master, subject to such orders as may, from time to time, be re- ceived from the Governor; and such vessels or buildings shall be fitted and manned in such manner as the Harbour Master, with the approval of the Governor, shall deem expedient.

3. The master of every vessel arriving in this Colony having on board thereof any quantity of gunpowder ex- ceeding two hundred tbs. shall, immediately upon the arrival thereof, and before the discharge from the ship of any of such gunpowder, furnish the Harbour Master with a copy of the manifest of such gunpowder, the marks of all the packages wherein such gunpowder shall be contained, and the names of the consignees of such gunpowder, if he shall know the same.

4. The master of every such vessel as in the last preced- ing section mentioned shall as soon as possible take the same to the place which shall be pointed out to him by the Harbour Master, or his deputy, and the said vessel shall not be removed therefrom without the permission in writing of the Harbour Master.

5. When any quantity of gunpowder exceeding two hundred tbs. is about to be conveyed out of the Colony, the master of the vessel about to convey the same shall, on producing the written authority of the owners thereof, or their agents receive from the Harbour Master a permit to take on board the packages mentioned in such authority and the master of such vessel shall thereupon move the same into such anchorage as the Harbour Master may deem expedient, and from such anchorage the master of such vessel shall not remove the same except for the purpose of proceeding on his voyage or for some other sufficient cause to be approved by the Harbour Master.