ORDINANCE No. 11 OF 1845.
Harbour Regulation.
Master, with a view to the safety of the whole shipping; and any master or other persons in charge of vessels disobeying or neglecting this regulation will subject themselves to a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars: Provided, however, that all transports entitled to carry pendants shall be always berthed by their own agents; and the Harbour Master shall make application to the senior naval officer on the spot, respecting any movement connected with such transport that he may judge necessary for the general safety of the shipping in the said port.
9. And it is hereby enacted and ordained, that all masters or other persons in charge of vessels about to proceed to sea, shall and are hereby required to give notice thereof in writing to the Harbour Master, and hoist a blue peter at least twenty-four hours before the time of intended departure, under a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars, unless the Harbour Master shall think fit from a sufficient cause to dispense with the observance of this regulation; and it is hereby declared, that no vessel will be allowed to depart, if the master or other person in charge of it shall not have previously paid any fines or expenses awarded or incurred for breach of these regulations.
10. And it is hereby enacted and ordained, that the Harbour Master of the said port shall henceforth furnish to all ships port clearances or certificates, agreeable to a form to be deposited in his office, and shall likewise attest their manifest (duplicates whereof are to be left with the said Harbour Master); and every vessel neglecting to obtain these papers previous to her departure, will do so at her own risk of being detained at sea or in other ports for want of her proper papers.
11. And be it further enacted and ordained, that all passage boats, lorchas, or other small vessels plying between Hongkong and Macao or Canton, shall and are hereby required to make known their intended departure two hours before they start by hoisting a blue peter.
12. And be it enacted and ordained, that seamen or other persons dying on board any ship, shall not be thrown overboard within the limits of the said port, under a penalty of twenty-five dollars, to be paid by the master or other person in charge of the vessel on board of which such seaman or other person died: And that no such masters or other persons in charge of vessels, boats, or any other craft, shall throw overboard any stone or other ballast within the limits of the said port, under a penalty not exceeding two hundred dollars, to be paid by the master or other person in charge thereof, without having previously obtained leave in writing from the Harbour Master for that purpose.
13. And it is hereby enacted and ordained, that, except in self-defence, no musket or small-arm of any description shall be discharged within the limits of the said harbour from any merchant vessel or boat, between the hours of six P.M. and gun-fire in the morning; neither shall any great gun be discharged at any time from any merchant vessel or boat, within the limits of the said harbour, nor any musket or other small-arm loaded with ball or shot, under a penalty not exceeding two hundred dollars.
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Masters to give notice of the intended departure of their vessels.
Harbour Master to furnish port clearances.
Passage boats to give two hours' notice of their intended departure.
No dead bodies or ballast to be cast into the harbour.
Provisions as to the discharge of guns and fire-arms within the harbour.
ORDINANCE No. 11 OF 1845.
Harbour Regulation.
Master, with a view to the safety of the whole shipping; and any master or other persons in charge of vessels disobeying or neglecting this regulation will subject them. selves to a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars: Provided, however, that all trans- ports entitled to carry pendants shall be always berthed by their own agents; and the Harbour Master shall make application to the senior naval officer on the spot, respect- ing any movement connected with such transport that he may judge necessary for the general safety of the shipping in the said port.
9. And it is hereby enacted and ordained, that all masters or other persons in charge of vessels about to proceed to sea, shall and are hereby required to give notice thereof in writing to the Harbour Master, and hoist a blue peter at least twenty-four hours before the time of intended departure, under a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars, unless the Harbour Master shall think fit from a sufficient cause to dispense with the observance of this regulation; and it is hereby declared, that no vessel will be allowed to depart, if the master or other person in charge of it shall not have previously paid any fines or expenses awarded or incurred for breach of these regulations.
10. And it is hereby enacted and ordained, that the Harbour Master of the said port shall henceforth furnish to all ships port clearances or certificates, agreeable to a form to be deposited in his office, and shall likewise attest their manifest (duplicates whereof are to be left with the said Harbour Master); and every vessel neglecting to obtain these papers previous to her departure, will do so at her own risk of being de- tained at sea or in other ports for want of her proper papers.
11. And be it further enacted and ordained, that all passage boats, lorchas, or other small vessels plying between Hongkong and Macao or Canton, shall and are hereby required to make known their intended departure two hours before they start by hoisting a blue peter.
12. And be it enacted and ordained, that seamen or other persons dying on board any ship, shall not be thrown overboard within the limits of the said port, under a penalty of twenty-five dollars, to be paid by the master or other person in charge of the vessel on board of which such seaman or other person died: And that no such masters or other persons in charge of vessels, boats, or any other craft, shall throw overboard any stone or other ballast within the limits of the said port, under a penalty not exceeding two hundred dollars, to be paid by the master or other person in charge thereof, without having previously obtained leave in writing from the Harbour Master for that purpose.
13. And it is hereby enacted and ordained, that, except in self-defence, no musket or small-arm of any description shall be discharged within the limits of the said harbour from any merchant vessel or boat, between the hours of six P.M. and gun-fire in the morning; neither shall any great gun be discharged at any time from any merchant vessel or boat, within the limits of the said harbour,
nor any
musket or other small-arm loaded with ball or shot, under a penalty not exceeding two hundred dollars.
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Masters to give notice of the intended depar– ture of their
vessels.
Harbour Master® to furnish port clearances.
Passage boats to give two hours' notice of their intended departure.
No dead bodies or ballast to be cast into the harbour.
Provisions as to
the discharge
of
guns
and
fire-arms within the harbour.
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