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(2) If the ship is on charter the notice shall be given by the charterer.
(3) Notice by an agent shall be deemed also to be notice by the owner or charterer, as the case may be.
(4) If the owner or charterer is not in the Colony the obligation to give notice shall lie on his agents.
(5) Reasonable notice in writing shall be given to the Postmaster General of every alteration of the hour of departure of any ship plying daily or on fixed days to Macao or to any place on the Canton River or West River. The obligation to give such notice shall lie on the person on whom it would have lain if the ship had not been within the exception specified in sub-section (1).
(6) In general a notice shall not be deemed to be reasonable for the purposes of this section unless it is given in time to enable the Postmaster General to inform the public by notice in the public press of the day and hour for closing the mails by the ship in question.
18. Every master of a ship (not being or having the status of a ship of war) about to depart from the Colony to any place outside the Colony shall receive on board any postal packets or mail bags tendered to him by any officer of the Post Office for conveyance and shall give a receipt therefor in such form as the Postmaster General prescribes.
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Masters of ships to accept postal packets or mail bags for conveyance.
19.—(1) It shall be lawful for the Postmaster General to pay to the masters of ships, not being Government or contract ships, for the conveyance of postal packets, gratuities at such rates as may be prescribed in any regulations made under this Ordinance.
(2) Before payment is made the Postmaster General may require the master of any ship by which any postal packets have been conveyed to produce a certificate from the post office of destination that such postal packets have been duly received from him.
(3) No gratuity shall be payable—
(a) unless application be made for payment within twelve
to masters of ships for conveyance of postal packets. 8 Edw. 7, c. 48, s. 31.
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(2) If the ship is on charter the notice shall be given by the charterer.
(3) Notice by an agent shall be deemed also to be notice by the owner or charterer, as the case may be.
(4) If the owner or charterer is not in the Colony the obligation to give notice shall lie on his agents.
(5) Reasonable notice in writing shall be given to the Postmaster General of every alteration of the hour of departure of any ship plying daily or on fixed days to Macao or to any place on the Canton River or West River. The obligation to give such notice shall lie on the person on whom it would have lain if the ship had not been within the exception specified in sub-section (1).
(6) In general a notice shall not be deemed to be reasonable for the purposes of this section unless it is given in time to enable the Postmaster General to inform the public by notice in the public press of the day and hour for closing the mails by the ship in question.
18. Every master of a ship (not being or having the status of a ship of war) about to depart from the Colony to any place outside the Colony shall receive on board any postal packets or mail bags tendered to him by any officer of the Post Office for conveyance and shall give a receipt therefor in such form as the Postmaster General prescribes..
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Masters of ships to accept postal packets or mail bags for 8 Edw. 7, c. 48, s. 26.
conveyance.
19.—(1) It shall be lawful for the Postmaster General to Gratuities pay to the masters of ships, not being Government or contract ships, for the conveyance of postal packets, gratuities at such rates as may be prescribed in any regulations made under this Ordinance.
(2) Before payment is made the Postmaster General may require the master of any ship by which any postal packets have been conveyed to produce a certificate from the post office of destination that such postal packets have been duly received from him.
(3) No gratuity shall be payable-
(a) unless application be made for payment within twelve
to masters of ships for conveyance of postal packets. 8 Edw. 7, c. 48, s. 31.
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