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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 31ST MAY, 1873.

Dangerous Goods.

(1.) The Quantity of any Substance to which this Ordinance

is directed by Order of the Governor in Council to apply, which may be kept without a License, shall be such Quantity only as is specified in that Behalf in such Order, or if no such Quantity is specified no Quantity may be kept without a License;

(2.) The Label on the Vessel or Package containing such Substance shall be such as may be specified in that Behalf

in the Order:

Provided always that no such Order of the Governor in Council, nor any Revocation or Variation thereof, shall come into Force until the same shall have been published in the Gazette.

Bye-Laws as to VIII. It shall be lawful for the Governor make, revoke and vary Ship carrying Bye-Laws for regulating the Place or Places at which Ships carrying Dangerous Goods are to be moored in any of the Harbors [34 & 35 Vie., of the Colony, and are to land their Cargo and for regulating the 3. 105, s. 4.] Time and Mode of, and the Precautions to be taken on such Landing; Provided always that no such Bye-Law or any Revocation or Variation thereof shall come into force until the same shall have been published in the Gazette.

Notice by

Master of Ship

Where any Ship or Cargo is moored, landed or otherwise dealt with in Contravention of any Byc-Law for the Time being in Force, the Owner and Master of such Ship, or the Owner of such Cargo, as the Case may be, shall each incur a Penalty not exceeding Two bundred and Fifty Dollars for each Day during which such Contra- vention continues, and it shall be lawful for the Harbor Master or any other Person acting under the Orders of the Harbor Master to cause such Ship or Cargo to be removed at the Expense of the Owner thereof to such Place as may be in conformity with the said Bye-Law, and all Expenses incurred in such Removal may be recovered in the same Manner in which Penalties are by this Ordinance made recoverable.

IX. The Owner or Master of every Ship carrying a cargo any Owner or Part of which consists of Dangerous Goods to which this Ordinance carrying Dan applies, on entering any Harbor shall give Notice of the Nature of such Cargo to the Harbor Master, and shall furnish him with a True Copy of the Manifest of such Dangerous Goods.

gerous Goods.

[34 & 35 Vie., c. 105, 9. 5.]

Label on Ves-

sels or Cases

containing

Dangerous Goods.

[34 & 35 Vic.,

c. 105, s. 6.

Dangerous

If such Notice is not given, and Manifest furnished, the Owner and Master of such Ship shall each incur a Penalty not exceeding the Sum of Two thousand Dollars, unless it is shown to the Satis- faction of the Court before which the Case is tried that neither the Owner nor the Master knew the Nature of the Goods to which the Proceedings relate, nor could with reasonable Diligence have obtained such Knowledge.

X. Where any Dangerous Goods to which this Ordinance applies:-

(n.) Are sent or conveyed by Land or Water between any

two Places in the Colony; or,

(b.) Are sold or exposed for Sale;

the Vessel or Case containing such Dangerous Goods shall have attached thereto a Label in conspicuous Characters, in English and Chinese, stating the Description of the Goods with the Addition "Dangerous," and with the Addition :-

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(a.) In the Case of a Vessel or Package sent or conveyed, of

the Name and Address of the Sender;

(b.) In the Case of a Vessel or Package sold or exposed for

sale, of the Name and Address of the Vendor. All Dangerous Goods to which this Ordinance applies which are sent, conveyed, sold or exposed for Sale, in Contravention of this Section, shall, together with the Vessel or Package con- taining the same, be forfeited, and in addition thereto the Person sending, selling, or exposing for Sale the same shall for each Offence be liable to a Penalty not exceeding Twenty-five Dollars. Regulations as XI. Save as hereinafter mentioned, after the Passing of this to Storage of Ordinance Dangerous Goods to which this Ordinance applies shall not be kept except in pursuance of a License by the Governor." [34 & 35 Vic,, Licenses may be granted for a limited Time and may be subject c. 105, s. 7.] to Renewal or not in such Manner as the Governor may deem

expedient.

There may be annexed to any such License such Conditions as to the Mode of Storage, the Nature and Situation of the Premises in which, and the Nature of the Goods with which such Dangerous Goods are to be stored, the Mode of carrying such Dangerous Goods within the Colony, and generally as to the safe Keeping of such Dangerous Goods as may to the Governor in Council seem expedient.

Goods.

Any Licensee violating any of the Conditions of his License shall be deemed to be an Unlicensed Person. There shall be charged, in respect of each License granted in pursuance of this Ordinance One Dollar.

All Dangerous Goods kept in Contravention of this Section shall, together with the Vessels or Packages containing the same, be forfeited, and in Addition thereto the Occupier of the Place