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(s. 2 contd.)

57 & 58 Vict. c. 60.

No. 10 of 1899.

MERCHANT SHIPPING.

(d) "Local trade limits" means the waters surrounding the Island of Hongkong within the following boundaries:-

On the east a north and south line drawn through the Fo tau mun Pass (Fat T'au Mun);

On the west - a north and south line drawn through the Kap shui mun Pass; and

On the south - an east and west line drawn through the centre of Lo Chau or Beaufort Island, and continued until it meets the east and west boundaries.

(e) "Loreha" includes any sea-going sailing-vessel of European build and construction, but of Chinese or other Asiatic rig, or of Chinese or other Asiatic build and construction, but of European rig.

(f) "Magistrate" includes the marine magistrate.

(g) "Master" includes every person (except a pilot) having command or charge of any ship.

(h) "The Merchant Shipping Acts" means the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, and all Acts amending the same, and all regulations made thereunder.

(i) "Motor boat" means any vessel not exceeding sixty tons propelled by any mechanical power however applied, except steam, oars, or sails.

(j) "Passenger" includes any person carried in a ship, other than the master and crew, and the owner, his family and servants.

(k) "Port of the Colony" and "port", where by the context a port out of the Colony is not indicated, means such place in the waters of the Colony as the Governor may declare by notification to be a port.

(l) "River steamer" means any steamship regularly plying between the Colony and any place on the Canton River or the West River or any river in the province of Kwong Tung or the province of Kwong Sai, or between the Colony and Macao.

(m) "Seaman" includes every person (except masters, pilots, and apprentices duly indentured and registered) employed or engaged in any capacity on board any ship.

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(s. 2 contd.) 57 & 58 Vict. c. 60. No. 10 of 1899. MERCHANT SHIPPING. (d) "Local trade limits" means the waters surrounding the Island of Hongkong within the following boundaries:- On the east a north and south line drawn through the Fo tau mun Pass (Fat T'au Mun); On the west - a north and south line drawn through the Kap shui mun Pass; and On the south - an east and west line drawn through the centre of Lo Chau or Beaufort Island, and continued until it meets the east and west boundaries. (e) "Loreha" includes any sea-going sailing-vessel of European build and construction, but of Chinese or other Asiatic rig, or of Chinese or other Asiatic build and construction, but of European rig. (f) "Magistrate" includes the marine magistrate. (g) "Master" includes every person (except a pilot) having command or charge of any ship. (h) "The Merchant Shipping Acts" means the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, and all Acts amending the same, and all regulations made thereunder. (i) "Motor boat" means any vessel not exceeding sixty tons propelled by any mechanical power however applied, except steam, oars, or sails. (j) "Passenger" includes any person carried in a ship, other than the master and crew, and the owner, his family and servants. (k) "Port of the Colony" and "port", where by the context a port out of the Colony is not indicated, means such place in the waters of the Colony as the Governor may declare by notification to be a port. (l) "River steamer" means any steamship regularly plying between the Colony and any place on the Canton River or the West River or any river in the province of Kwong Tung or the province of Kwong Sai, or between the Colony and Macao. (m) "Seaman" includes every person (except masters, pilots, and apprentices duly indentured and registered) employed or engaged in any capacity on board any ship.
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916 (s. 2 contd.] 57 & 58 Vict. c. 60. No. 10 of 1899. MERCHANT SHIPPING. (d) "Local trade limits" means the waters surrounding the Island of Hongkong within the following boundaries:- On the east a north and south line drawn through the Fo tau mun Pass (Fat T'au Mun); On the west-a north and south line drawn through the Kap shui mun Pass; and On the south-an cast and west line drawn through the centre of Lo Chau or Beaufort Island, and continued until it meets the east and west boundaries. (e) "Loreha" includes any sea-going sailing-vessel of European build and construction, but of Chinese or other Asiatic rig, or of Chinese or other Asiatic build and construction, but of European rig. (f) "Magistrate" includes the marine magistrate. (g) "Master" includes every person (except a pilot) having command or charge of any ship. (h) "The Merchant Shipping Acts" means the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, and all Acts amending the same, and all regulations made thereunder. (i) "Motor boat" means any vessel not exceeding sixty tons propelled by any mechanical power however applied, except steam, oars, or sails. (( () Passenger" includes any person carried in a ship, other than the master and crew, and the owner, his family and servants. (k) "Port of the Colony" and "port", where by the context a port out of the Colony is not indicated, means such place in the waters of the Colony as the Governor may declare by notification to be a port. (7) "River steamer means any steamship regularly plying between the Colony and any place on the Canton River or the West River or any river in the province of Kwong Tung or the province of Kwong Sai, or between the Colony and Macao. (m) "Seaman" includes every person (except masters, pilots, and apprentices duly indentured and registered) employed or engaged in any capacity on board any ship.
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(s. 2 contd.]

57 & 58 Vict. c. 60.

No. 10 of 1899.

MERCHANT SHIPPING.

(d) "Local trade limits" means the waters surrounding the Island of Hongkong within the following boundaries:-

On the east a north and south line drawn through

the Fo tau mun Pass (Fat T'au Mun);

On the west-a north and south line drawn through

the Kap shui mun Pass; and

On the south-an cast and west line drawn through the centre of Lo Chau or Beaufort Island, and continued until it meets the east and west boundaries.

(e) "Loreha" includes any sea-going sailing-vessel of European build and construction, but of Chinese or other Asiatic rig, or of Chinese or other Asiatic build and construction, but of European rig.

(f) "Magistrate" includes the marine magistrate.

(g) "Master" includes every person (except a pilot) having command or charge of any ship.

(h) "The Merchant Shipping Acts" means the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, and all Acts amending the same, and all regulations made thereunder.

(i) "Motor boat" means any vessel not exceeding sixty tons propelled by any mechanical power however applied, except steam, oars, or sails.

((

() Passenger" includes any person carried in a ship, other than the master and crew, and the owner, his family and servants.

(k) "Port of the Colony" and "port", where by the context a port out of the Colony is not indicated, means such place in the waters of the Colony as the Governor may declare by notification to be a port.

(7) "River steamer means any steamship regularly plying between the Colony and any place on the Canton River or the West River or any river in the province of Kwong Tung or the province of Kwong Sai, or between the Colony and Macao.

(m) "Seaman" includes every person (except masters, pilots, and apprentices duly indentured and registered) employed or engaged in any capacity on board any ship.

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