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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 18TH JULY, 1874.
Governor may order re-pay-
3. It shall be lawful for the Governor, from time to time, to order the re-payment out of any such monies as aforesaid, of all ment of expen- sums which shall have been expended under the provisions of the said Act by the Imperial Government, or by the Government of any adjacent British Colony, or by any British Consul, Vice-Consul, or Consular Agent in any neighbouring foreign country, in and about the relief of such British seamen as aforesaid, and such sums shall be refunded in such manner as the Governor shall think fit, or as Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies for the time being may direct.
ses incurred elsewhere than in the Colony in respect of such relief, out of such monies as aforesaid.
[Ordinance
5 of 1869, sec.
3.]
Governor may
CHAPTER XI.
REGULATIONS.
XXI. It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to make make regula- and publish regulations, and from time to time to vary the same, for the better and more effectual carrying into effect the provisions of part I of this Ordinance.
tions.
Ships to hoist
PART II.
REGULATION AND CONTROL OF THE WATERS OF THE COLONY AND OF VESSELS NAVIGATING THE SAME.
CHAPTER I.
REGULATIONS.
Duties of Master.
XXII. Every master of a merchant ship shall hoist her their numbers. national colours and number on entering the waters of the [Ordinance 1, Colony; and shall keep such number flying until the ship shall
have been reported at the Harbour Master's office.
of 1862,sec.3.]
Ships to be reported
within 24 hours.
2. Every such master shall, within twenty-four hours after arrival within the waters of this Colony, report the arrival of his ship at the Harbour Master's office, and in the case of a British ship, or [Ibid, sec. 4.] of a ship which shall not be represented by a Consul, shall deposit there the ship's articles, list of passengers, ship's register, and true copy of manifest if required. In the case of a foreign ship repre- sented by a Consul, the said papers shall be lodged by the master at the proper consulate. Any master offending against the pro- visions of this paragraph, shall incur a penalty not exceeding two hundred dollars.
Ships to be
Harbour Mas-
3. Every such master arriving in the waters of the Co- moored where lony shall take up the berth pointed out by the Harbour Master, ordered by the or by any person sent on board by him for that purpose, and shall ter, and not re- moor his ship there properly, and shall not remove from it to take up moved there any other berth, without his permission, except in case of necessity, from without to be decided by the Harbour Master, under a penalty not exceeding permission. one hundred dollars; and he shall remove his vessel to any new [Ibid, sec. 9.]
berth when required so to do by the Harbour Master, under a fine not exceeding twenty dollars for every hour that the vessel shall remain in her old berth, after notice to remove under the hand of the Harbour Master, or his deputy, shall have been given on board of her.
All orders by the Harbour Master to be
obeyed. [Ibid,sec. 10.]
4. Every such master shall immediately strike spars, clear hawse, or shift berth, or obey any other order which the Harbour Master may think fit to give, and any master wilfully disobeying or neglecting this regulation, shall incur a penalty not exceeding two hundred dollars.
Blue peter to
5. Every such master about to proceed to sea shall hoist a blue be hoisted and peter twenty-four hours before time of intended departure, and port clearance shall give notice thereof to the Harbour Master, who, if there is to be obtained before depar-
no reasonable objection, will furnish a port clearance, and attest
ture.
the manifest, if necessary; and any master having obtained such [Ibid, sec. 11.] clearance and not sailing within thirty-six hours thereafter shall report to the Harbour Master his reason for not sailing, and shall re-deposit the ship's papers if required. Any master wilfully ne- glecting or disobeying this regulation, shall incur a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars.
Ships arriving
Quarantine.
XXIII. Every commanding officer of any ship-of-war, or having conta- master of a merchant ship of whatsoever nation who may arrive gious diseases
in the waters of the Colony having smallpox or any other disease on board to re- port the same. of a contagious or infectious nature on board, shall fioist the proper (Ibid, sec. 16.) quarantine flag, and shall hold no communication with any other vessel or boat, or with the shore, until permission be given by the Harbour Master; and the boarding officer on nearing such ship shall be informed of the nature of such disease. Any person offending against any of the provisions of this paragraph shall incur a penalty not exceeding two hundred dollars for each
offence.
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