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ORDINANCE No. 11 OF 1845 . 149


Harbour Regulation.


Master, with a view to the safety of the whole shipping ; and any master or other
persons in charge of vessels disobeying or neglecting this regulation will subject them
selves to a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars : Provided, however, that all trans
ports entitled to carry pendants shall be always berthed by their own agents ; and the
Harbour Master shall make application to the senior naval officer on the spot, respect
ing any movement connected with such transport that he may judge necessary for the
general safety of the shipping in the said port.

9. And it is hereby enacted and ordained, that all masters or other persons in Masters to give
notice of the
charge of vessels about to proceed to sea, shall and are hereby required to give notice intended depar
ture oftheir
vessels.
thereof in writing to the Harbour Master, and hoist a blue peter at least twenty-four
hours before the time of intended departure , under a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars,
unless the Harbour Master shall think fit from a sufficient cause to dispense with the
observance of this regulation ; and it is hereby declared, that no vessel will be allowed
to depart, if the master or other person in charge of it shall not have previously paid
any fines or expenses awarded or incurred for breach of these regulations.

10. And it is hereby enacted and ordained, that the Harbour Master of the said Harbour Master
to furnish port
port shall henceforth furnish to all ships port clearances or certificates , agreeable to clearances.

a form to be deposited in his office, and shall likewise attest their manifest (duplicates
whereof are to be left with the said Harbour Master) ; and every vessel neglecting to
obtain these papers previous to her departure, will do so at her own risk of being de
tained at sea or in other ports for want of her proper papers.

11. And be it further enacted and ordained, that all passage boats , lorchas, or Passage boats
to give two
other small vessels plying between Hongkong and Macao or Canton , shall and are hours' notice of
their intended
hereby required to make known their intended departure two hours before they start departure.

by hoisting a blue peter.

12. And be it enacted and ordained , that seamen or other persons dying on board No dead bodies
or ballast to be
any ship, shall not be thrown overboard within the limits of the said port, under a cast into the
harbour.
penalty of twenty-five dollars, to be paid by the master or other person in charge of
the vessel on board of which such seaman or other person died : And that no such
masters or other persons in charge of vessels, boats, or any other craft, shall throw
overboard any stone or other ballast within the limits of the said port, under a penalty
not exceeding two hundred dollars, to be paid by the master or other person in charge
thereof, without having previously obtained leave in writing from the Harbour Master
for that purpose.

13. And it is hereby enacted and ordained , that, except in self- defence, no musket Provisions as to
the discharge
or small-arm of any description shall be discharged within the limits of the said of guns and
fire-arins within
the harbour.
harbour from any merchant vessel or boat, between the hours of six P.M. and gun-fire
in the morning ; neither shall any great gun be discharged at any time from any
merchant vessel or boat, within the limits of the said harbour, nor any musket or other
small-arm loaded with ball or shot, under a penalty not exceeding two hundred
dollars.