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MERCHANT SHIPPING.

No. 10 of 1899.

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space occupied or rendered unavailable for the accommodation of the passengers shall (unless occupied by the passengers' luggage) be de- ducted in calculating the space.

(f) There shall not be more than two tiers of berths on any one deck. (g) Such provisions for affording light and air to the passenger decks shall be supplied as the circumstances of the case may, in the judg- ment of the Harbour Master, require. The passengers shall. have the free and unimpeded use of the whole of each hatchway situated over the space appropriated to them, and over each such hatchway there shall be erected such a booby hatch or other substantial covering as will afford it the greatest amount of light and air and of protection from wet as the case will admit.

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I.- REGULATIONS FOR STEAMSHIPS NOT EXCEEDING 60 TONS. 1. The owner of any colonial ship or other steamship not exceeding Survey for 60 tons burden who is desirous of obtaining a licence under section 37 licence. shall cause the said vessel to be surveyed by a Government Surveyor.

2. The certificate of the Government Marine Surveyor shall contain Particulars statements of the following particulars :-

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(b) The number of passengers which the vessel is fit to carry is as follows:-

(i) for vessels plying within the harbour limits or between any ports or places in the Island of Hongkong, at the rate of 7 superficial feet of the upper or weather deck and of the deck immediately below the upper deck for each passenger and member of the crew ;

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(ii) for vessels plying to places within the "Local Trade Limits ΟΙ between Hongkong and, or within, the sheltered and partially sheltered waters of Mirs Bay, Castle Peak, or Deep Bay, at the rate of 10 superficial feet of the upper or weather deck and of the deck immedi- ately below the upper deck for each passenger and member of the crew; and

(iii) for vessels plying to places outside the "Local Trade Limits at the rate of 2 passengers for every 3 tons of the vessel's tonnage.

(c) That the master possesses a certificate of qualification recognised by the Board of Trade, or a certificate of competency from the Harbour Master.

(d) That there is provision on board for the shelter of deck passen- gers, and that there are not less than 2 approved life-buoys on board.

* As amended by G. N. 169 of 1908, No. 30 of 1911, No. 10 of 1912,

No. 17 of 1912, No. 21 of 1912 and No. 43 of 1912.