THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 23RD DECEMBER, 1876.
HONGKONG.
ANNO QUADRAGESIMO
VICTORIA REGINE.
SIR ARTHUR EDWARD KENNEDY, -K.C. M.G., C.B., Governor and Commander-in-Chief,
No. 11 of 1876.
An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, Title.
with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, to regulate the Number of Passengers carried by Steam-vessels plying between Hongkong and Macao, and between Hongkong and Places on the Canton River.
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[18th December, 1876.]
HEREAS it is expedient to regulate the number of Preamble,
passengers to be carried by steamers plying between Hongkong, Canton, and Macao, and to guard against accidents arising from overcrowding and other probable dangers: Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. This Ordinance may be cited as "The River Steamers' Short title. Ordinance, 1876.”
ton only allow-
II. Three days after the passing of this Ordinance, if any steam- Steamers leav~ ship shall leave the waters of the Colony of Hongkong for Canton, ingdongkong, or for any place on the Canton river, or for Macao, having on Macao, or Can- board a greater number of passengers than in the proportioned to carry a of two passengers for every three tons of the registered not tonnage limited nutn- of such steam-shin, the owner or master thereof, shall be liable to ber of passen- a pénalty not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars, in addition gers. to a penalty of five dollars for every passenger on board in excess of the proportion of two passengers for every registered three tous (net) of the said steam-ship.
III. Three days after the passing of this Ordinance, if any steam- Steamers from ship shall enter the waters of the Colony of Hongkong, having Canton and passengers on board, from Canton or from places on the Canton Macao allowed to fetch only a river, or from Macao, in excess of the proportion of two passengers limited num- for every three tons of the registered net tonnage of such steam- ber of passen- ship, the owner or master thereof, shall be liable to a penalty not gers to Hong- exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars, in addition to a penalty kong. of five dollars for every passenger on board, in excess of the proportion of two passengers for every registered three tons (net) of the said steam-ship.
IV. All penalties for offences against this Ordinance, may be Penalties how recovered in a summary way before a Stipendiary Magistrate.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 18th day of December, 1876.
levied.
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H. E. WODEHOUSE, Clerk of Councils.
No. 227.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Tenders will be received at this Office, until Noon of the 2nd of January, 1877, for the repairs of Queen's Road West.
The Specification can be seen on application at the Surveyor General's Office, where also a proper Form of Tender may be obtained.
The Government will not bind itself to accept the lowest or any Tender.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 23rd December, 1876.
No. 228.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
It is hereby notified that PUN-A-Ko, Police Constable No. 256, has been dismissed from the Police Force for misconduct.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 23rd December, 1876.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN,
Colonial Secretary.
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