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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 13TH DECEMBER, 1873.

Light Dues.

Exemption of Men of War.

Governor to allow certain Exemptions.

Tables of Light

Light Dues.

VI. The Owner or Master of every Ship which enters the Waters of the Colony shall pay such Dues in respect of the said Lighthouses, Buoys, or Beacons as may, from Time to Time, be fixed by Order of the Governor in Council, to such Officers as the Governor shall, from Time to Time, appoint to collect the same, and the same shall be paid by such Officers into the Colonial Treasury.

VII. All British and Foreign Ships of War shall be exempt from the Payment of Light Dues.

VIII. It shall be lawful for the Governor, by Order in Council: 1. To exempt any Ships, or Classes of Ships, from such Pay- inent, and to annex any Terms or Conditions to such Exemptions;

2. To substitute any other Dues, or Classes of Dues, whether by way of Annual Payment or otherwise, in respect of

any Ships, or Classes of Ships.

IX. Tables of all Light Dues and a Copy of the Regulations Dues to be ex- for the Time being in force in respect thereof shall be posted up at

hibited at

Harbor

Master'sOffice. [See M. S. A. 1854, Sec. CCCXCIX.]

Ship not to be

cleared with-

the Office of the Harbor Master.

X. A Receipt for Light Dues shall be given by the Person out Production appointed to collect the same to every Person paying the same, of Receipt for and the Harbor Master shall not grant a Clearance to any Ship, Light Des unless the Receipt for the same is produced to him. [See M. S A. 1854, Sec. CCCC.]

Power of Dis-

Dues.

[M. S. A. CCCCL]

XI. If the Owner or Master fails on demand of the authorized tress for Light Collector to pay the Light Dues in respect thereof, it shall be lawful for such Collector in addition to any other Remedy which he is entitled to use, to enter upon such Ship, and distrain the Goods, Guns, Tackle, or any other Things of or belonging to or on board such Ship, and to detain such Distress until the said Light Dues are paid; and if Payment of the same is not made within the Period of Three Days next ensuing such Distress, he may, at any Time during the Continuance of such Non-Payment, cause the same to be appraised by Two sufficient Persons, and thereupon sell the same, and apply the Proceeds in Payment of the Light Dues due, together with reasonable Expenses incurred by him under this Section, paying the Surplus (if any) on demand to the said Owner or Master.

Penalty for injuring Lights, &c. [M. 8. 4.

1854, Sec.

CCCCXIV.]

Damage to Lights, Buoys and Beacons. XII. If any Person wilfully or negligently commits any of the following Offences, that is to say:

1. Injures any Lighthouse, or the Lights exhibited therein,

or any Buoy or Beacon;

2. Removes, alters or destroys any Lightship, Buoy, or

Beacon;

3. Rides by, makes fast to, runs foul of any Lightship, or

Buoy;

He shall, in addition to the Expenses of making good any Damage so occasioned, incur a Penalty not exceeding Two Hundred and ▾ Fifty Dollars.

Prevention of False Lights.

Harbor

XIII. Whenever any Fire or Light is burnt or exhibited at Master may

such Place, or in such Manner, as to be liable to be mistaken for a prohibit False Lights. Light proceeding from a Lighthouse, it shall be lawful for the [M. S. A. Harbor Master to serve a Notice upon the Owner of the Place 1854,

where the Fire or Light is burnt or exhibited, or on the Person CCCCXV].

having Charge of such Fire or Light, either personally or by Deli- very at the Place of Abode of such Owner or Person, or by affixing the same in some conspicuous 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 extinguishing 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 incurred, shall incur a Penalty not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars.

[M. S. A. 1854,

If not obeyed,

XIV. If any Owner or Person served with such Notice, as afore- he may abate such Lights. said, neglects for a Period of Twenty-four Hours to extinguish or effectually screen the Light or Fire therein mentioned, it shall be lawful for the Harbor Master, by his Servants or Workmen, to enter CCCCXVI.] into the Place wherein the same may be, and forthwith to extin- guish such Fire or Light doing no unnecessary Damage; and all Expenses incurred by the Harbor 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.