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No. 172.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 17TH NOVEMBER, 1866.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Decision of the Marine Court of Inquiry into the loss of the British Steamer Teen-Chang on the Cup-chi Point, on the Coast of China, is published for general information.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 14th November, 18€6.
FINDING.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
The Court having considered the evidence adduced, conclude: FIRST. That the British Steamer Teen-Chang, Official Number 48,713, was lost on a Rock between ́ Cup-chi Point and Cup-chi Islets on the 2nd day of November, 1866.
SECOND. The loss of the Teen-Chang was consequent on the Master taking a channel which he had never been through, and in defiance of the Instructions laid down in the "China Pilot" of 1864, a copy of which he admits having had in his possession and which he states he had read carefully.
The following is an extract from the Instruction:
"The least water on this Rock (referring to one on which the Five Brothers was wrecked in 1859) "is 12 feet, and, as many sunken dangers are in its vicinity, it would be imprudent for a stranger to "attempt the passage."
We therefore adjudge, that the Certificate of Competency of Robert Mines (No. 263, Singapore) be cancelled.
(Signed,) CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Police Magistrate.
10th November, 1866.
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H. G. THOMSETT, R.N., Harbor Master, &c.
H. B. LEMANN, Justice of the Perce.
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CHAS. VINCENT, Gort. Marine Surveyor.
A. OVERBURY, Master Mercantile Marine.
Approved.
(Signed,) RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL,
Governor.
No. 173.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Regulations, which have received the sanction of His Excellency the Governor, are published for general information.
By Order,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 15th November, 1866.
W. T. MERCER, Colonial Secretary.
RULES
AFFECTING SICK SEAMEN, TO BE OBSERVED BY THE COLONIAL SURGEON AND THE HARBOR MASTER. ·
In any case of a Destitute Sick Seaman whom the Colonial Surgeon may deem it expedient to send to his Native Country or elsewhere, either because he is sufficiently recovered for that purpose or because he requires change, and is deemed able to undergo the voyage,-the. following Rules shall be observed:-
1.-Each man's name so requiring a Passage shall be placed by the Colonial Surgeon on a List,
which shall be sent to the Harbor Master on the last day of each week.
2.-This List shall specify the Name, Age, Country, date of Admission into Hospital and by whose order admitted, the disease, and whether the patient is fit to proceed without Medical attendance, whither proceeding, and how far he is furnished with Clothing and Bedding.
If the disease be contagious or of an offensive description, notice must be given; and when immediate removal is necessary, it must be so specified.
3.-The Harbor Master, on receipt of the Colonial Surgeon's List, is to take the best means of obtaining the desired passages, and will afford early intimation to the Superintendent of the Civil Hospital of the probable departure of the Vessel in which the passages are engaged, and will also give notice if a Surgeon is on board such Ship.
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