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ORDINANCE No. 8 of 1879.

Merchant Shipping.

23. The following licence fees shall be charged in respect of boat licences :-

For 1st class boats measuring upwards of 40 feet in length, .. $10.00

30 to 40 feet in length, $7.00 20 to 30 feet in length, $5.00

For 2nd class boats measuring from 12 to 20 feet in length, $3.00

For 3rd class boats measuring from 12 feet in length, $1.00

For 4th class boats, Village Boats, $0.50

For 5th class boats, .. $0.50

24. The following table indicates the maximum scale of hire for rowing boats:

Per day of 12 hours,

For 1st class boats, $2.00

For 2nd class boats, $1.50

For all other boats, $1.00

Per hour with two passengers.

All boats, .20 cents.

Half an hour, .10 cents.

Ordinance 1 of 1862. § 13.

For each extra passenger 5 cents for half-an-hour, 10 cents per hour. Between sunset and sunrise 5 cents extra per passenger.

Cinder boats, bum boats, hawkers' boats, and marine dealers' boats.

25. Licences shall be issued by the Registrar General on production of a certificate from an inspector of Police, stating the particulars required by form C. annexed. The applicant must furnish such security for his appearance when required, or for the production of the boat, as the Registrar General may demand. Each licence shall be numbered, and shall not be transferable.

26. Licences shall state the length and breadth of the boat, and shall be valid for one year only, from the 1st July.

27. Every licensed boat shall carry on each bow and on the stern, legibly painted upon wood, the number of its licence in figures at least 2 inches in height, and no other number, and such number shall not be concealed. Such boat shall, between sunset and sunrise, exhibit a light at the bow, visible all round; and shall also keep a lighted lantern with the licence number either painted on the glass or cut out on the frame in figures at least 2 inches in height, to be produced when demanded.

28. The following licence fees shall be charged:-

For 1st class boats measuring upwards of 40 feet in length, ... $5.00

For 2nd class boats measuring 30 to 40 feet in length, .. $3.00.

For 3rd class boats measuring from 20 to 30 feet in length, .. $2.00

For 4th class boats measuring from 12 to 20 feet in length, .. $1.00

For 5th class boats measuring less than 12 feet in length, .. $0.50