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ORDINANCE No. 8 OF 1873.
Dangerous Goods.
By-laws made by the Governor, pursuant to section 8 of the Dangerous Goods Ordinance, 1873, on the 10th February, 1886.
(Gazette 13th February, 1886.)
1. Any vessel arriving at this port having on board any of the goods specified and included in sections 5 and 6 of the said Ordinance, or any other substances declared to be dangerous in and by any order of the Governor in Council in force for the time being, made in pursuance of section 7 of the said Ordinance,-and any vessel about to take on board any such goods and substances for exportation, shall hoist a Red Flag at the fore-top-gallant mast-head, and shall keep it flying until such goods or substances are removed from or received into the vessel.
2. Every such vessel as aforesaid shall anchor at such place in the harbour as shall be pointed out by the Harbour Master, or his deputy; but such anchorage shall not be within five hundred yards of any other vessel, and the said vessel shall not be removed therefrom without the permission of the Harbour Master.
3. The transhipment of any of the goods or substances aforesaid shall not take place between the hours of 6 P.M. and 6 A.M., from October to March both inclusive, nor between the hours of 7 P.M. and 5 A.M., from April to September both inclusive, without the written permission of the Harbour Master.
4. The aforesaid goods or substances shall not be landed elsewhere than at a Government gunpowder depôt excepting such as may be kept in pursuance of a licence by the Governor as provided in section 11 of the above named Ordinance.
5. When any of the goods or substances aforesaid are being transhipped, shipped, or landed, they shall be conveyed in a covered boat or vessel, on board of which there shall be no lights or fires; and the boat or vessel carrying such articles shall display a Red Flag, and shall proceed without delay or interruption to or from the depôt or other licensed place of landing and the vessel discharging or receiving such goods or substances.
6. The cargo of every such boat or vessel employed in such transhipment shall, on her arrival at the depôt be immediately discharged by the owners or consignees of such cargo and shall be then delivered into the depôt, and if the owner or consignee of such cargo shall fail in so doing, it shall be lawful for the Harbour Master or his deputy to have the same discharged and delivered into the depôt at the expense of the said owner or consignee.
7. At the time of such transhipment, the owner or consignee of the same shall attend at the depôt, or shall send a responsible representative instead, and any question which may arise as to the number or weight of cases received at or delivered out of the depôt shall be decided at the time by such owner or his representative and the officer in charge of the depôt, who shall, if necessary, refer the same to the Harbour Master.
NOTE—For By-Laws made by the Governor in Council, pursuant to "The Dangerous Goods Ordinance, 1873," on the 20th September, 1873, see Gazette of the same date.
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11870
ORDINANCE No. 8 OF 1873.
Dangerous Goods.
By-laws made by the Governor, pursuant to section 8 of the Dangerous Goods
Ordinance, 1873, on the 10th February, 1886.
(Gazette 13th February, 1886.)
1. Any vessel arriving at this port having on board any of the goods specified and included in sections 5 and 6 of the said Ordinance, or any other substances declared to be dangerous in and by any order of the Governor in Council in force for the time being, made in pursuance of section 7 of the said Ordinance,-and any vessel about to take on board any such goods and substances for exportation, shall hoist a Red Flag at the fore- top-gallant mast-head, and shall keep it flying until such goods or substances are removed from or received into the vessel.
2. Every such vessel as aforesaid shall anchor at such place in the harbour as shall be pointed out by the Harbour Master, or his deputy; but such anchorage shall not be within five hundred yards of any other vessel, and the said vessel shall not be removed therefrom without the permission of the Harbour Master.
3. The transhipment of any of the goods or substances aforesaid shall not take place between the hours of 6 P.M. and 6 A.M., from October to March both inclusive, nor between the hours of 7 P.M. and 5 A.M., from April to September both inclusive, without the written permission of the Harbour Master.
4. The aforesaid goods or substances shall not be landed elsewhere than at a Government gunpowder depôt excepting such as may be kept in pursuance of a licence by the Governor as provided in section 11 of the above named Ordinance.
5. When any of the goods or substances aforesaid are being transhipped, shipped, or landed, they shall be conveyed in a covered boat or vessel, on board of which there shall be no lights or fires; and the boat or vessel carrying such articles shall display a Red Flag, and shall proceed without delay or interruption to or from the depôt or other licensed place of landing and the vessel discharging or receiving such goods or substances.
6. The cargo of every such boat or vessel employed in such transhipment shall, on her arrival at the depôt be immediately discharged by the owners or consignees of such cargo and shall be then delivered into the depôt, and if the owner or consignee of such cargo shall fail in so doing, it shall be lawful for the Harbour Master or his deputy to- have the same discharged and delivered into the depôt at the expense of the said owner or consignee.
7. At the time of such transhipment, the owner or consignee of the same shall attend at the depôt, or shall send a responsible representative instead, and any question which may arise as to the number or weight of cases received at or delivered out of the depôt shall be decided at the time by such owner or his representative and the officer in charge of the depôt, who shall, if necessary, refer the same to the Harbour Master.
NOTE-For By-Laws made by the Governor in Council, pursuant to "The Dangerous Goods Ordinance, 1873," on the 20th September, 1873, see Gazette of the same date.
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