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MERCHANT SHIPPING.

No. 10 of 1899.

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(13) The sums charged in respect of the storage of such gun- Payment and powder or other explosives shall be paid monthly by the party in suns for whose name the same is or are stored, and, in the event of non- storage. payment within 21 days after the money has become due and payable, it shall be lawful for the Governor to direct the said gunpowder or other explosives to be sold in order to defray the expense of storage, and the proceeds thereof, after deducting all Government charges and the expenses of sale, shall be paid to the party who proves himself entitled thereto to the satisfaction of the Governor.

(14) Every person who violates, or refuses or fails to comply with, Penalty. any provisions of this section shall be liable to a fine not exceeding 300 dollars, or to imprisonment, without hard labour, for any term not exceeding 6 months.

(15) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to affect the provi- Saving of sions of the Dangerous Goods Ordinance, 1873.

No. 1 of 1879,

(16) Nothing in this section shall apply to His Majesty's ships of Exception of war, or to the ships of war of any foreign nation, or to hired armed and Govern- ships of war vessels in His Majesty's service or in the service of any foreign ment stores. nation, or to any Government stores.

anchorage.

(17) The expression "Gunpowder Anchorage” means the anchor- Gunpowder age on the south side of Stonecutters Island, to the west of a line. from which the White Rock bears north and to the north of a line from which the shears at the Kowloon Naval Yard bear cast.

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PART IX.

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STEAMSHIPS NOT EXCEEDING SIXTY TONS AND RIVER STEAMERS.

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Steamships not exceeding Sixty Tons.

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licence.

37.—(1) It shall not be lawful for any steamship not exceeding Steamships 60 tons to ply for hire to, from, or between any places in the waters of the Colony, unless she has obtained a licence as hereinafter pro- vided; and in case any such steamship is so employed as aforesaid without such licence, the owner, master, or person in charge thereof shall be liable to a fine not exceeding 500 dollars: Provided that if such steamship has obtained a certificate of imperial or colonial

* As amended by No. 2 of 1903, No. 5 of 1905, No. 9 of 1909, No. 30 of 1911, No. 50 of 1911, No. 51 of 1911, No. 16 of 1912, No. 17 of 1912 and No. 43 of 1912 Supp. Sched.

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