ROIT.
THE HONGKONG
Government Gazette.
Poblished by Authority.
No. 5.
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 29TH JANUARY, 1876.
VOL. XXII.
No. 20:
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Order of the Queen in Council, dated 26th day of October, 1875, extending to Dutch Vessels the advantages held out by "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1862," to ships of Foreign Countries adopting the rules for the measurement of Tonnage, which obtain in England, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 25th January, 1876.
AT THE COURT AT BALMORAL. The 26th day of October, 1875. PRESENT,
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.
Whereas by the "Merchant Shipping Act Amendment Act, 1862," it is enacted, that whenever it is made to appear to Her Majesty that the rules concerning the measurement of tonnage of merchant ships, for the time being in force under the principal Act, have been adopted by the Government of any foreign country, and are in force in that country, it shall be lawful for Her Majesty by Order in Council to direct that the ships of such foreign country shall be deemed to be of the tonnage denoted in their certificate of resgistry or other national papers, and thereupon it shall no longer be necessary for such ships to be remeasured in any port or place in Her Majesty's dominions; but such ships shall be deemed to be of the tourage denoted in their certificates of registry or other papers in the same manner, to the same extent, and for the same purposes, in, to, and for which the tonnage denoted in the certificate of registry of British ships is to be deemed the tommage of such ships:
And whereas it has been made to appear to Her Majesty that the rules concerning the measure- ment of tommage of merchant ships now in force under The Merchant Shipping Act, 1854," have been adopted by the Government of His Majesty the King of the Netherlands, with the exception of a difference in the mode in certain steamers of estimating the allowance for engine-room, and such rules are now in force in that country, having come into operation on the 1st day of January, 1876, Her Majesty is hereby pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Commeil, to direct as follows:
1. As regards sailing ships, that merchant sailing ships of the said Kingdom of the Netherlands, the measurement whereof after the said day of January, 1876, has been ascertained and denoted in the registers and other national papers of such sailing ships, testified by the date thereof, shall be deemed to be of the tonnage denoted in such registers and other national papers in the same manner, and to the same extent, and for the same purpose in, to, and for which the tommage 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 the said Kingdom of the Netherlands, which are propelled by steam or any other power requiring engine-room, the measurement whereof, shall, after the said 1st day of January, 1876, have been ascertained and denoted in the registers and other national papers of such steam ships, testified by the dates thereof, shall be deemed to be of the tonnage denoted in such registers or other national papers in the same manner, and to the same extent, and for the same purpose in, to and for which the tommage denoted in the certificate of registry of British ships is deemed to be the tommage of such ships: Provided nevertheless, that if the owner or master of any such Dutch steam ship desires the deduction for engine-room in his ships to be estimated under the rules for engine-room measurement and deduction applicable to British ships, instead of under the Dutch rule, the engine-room shall be measured and the dedution calculated according to the British rules.
EDMUND HARRISON.
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