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ORDINANCE No. 8 OF 1879 . 1493


Merchant Shipping .


8. If any person places an undue weight or pressure on the safety
valve of any steam-ship licensed under this section , he shall incur a
penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars or imprisonment with or
without hard labour for a period not exceeding three months .
Steamers to
9. Every steam- ship , whether licensed or not, of less than fifty tons
exhibit lights..
burden shall, when under way between sunset and sunrise, exhibit a
green light on the starboard bow and a red light on the port bow and a
bright light at least ten feet above the coloured lights ; and every such

steam-ship shall , when at anchor between sunset and sunrise, exhibit a
bright light at least 10 feet above the gunwales .

10. Any person offending against the provisions of this section , or Offences
against regu
against any of the regulations in force for the time being under this lations.

section shall , where no penalty is specified , incur a penalty not exceeding
fifty dollars.

River steamers.

8. It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to grant a special Licences may
be granted to
licence to any river steamer specifying the number of passengers she may river steamers
limiting the
lawfully carry. number of
passengers.
2. Such special licence shall continue in force during the period in Period during
which licen
which the river steamer holding the same shall be regularly employed in ces shall be in
force.
such capacity ; but such special licence may be revoked by the Governor
in Council upon receiving a declaration in writing from any Government

Surveyor that the river steamer holding the same has become unfit to
carry the number of passengers authorised by such licence or upon such
river steamer ceasing to be regularly employed as such .

3. The owner or master of any river steamer leaving or entering Penalty for
exceeding
the waters of the Colony with passengers on board in excess of the number limit allowed
by licences.
authorised by the special licence, shall incur a penalty not exceeding
$250, and in addition a penalty not exceeding $5 for every passenger on

board in excess of the number authorised by the special licence.

4. No steam- ship not holding a special licence shall, between the Limit of pas
sengers to be
waters of the Colony and any port in the Canton river or Macao, carry carried by
steam -ships
more than 2 passengers in proportion to every three tons of the registered not holding
special licen
net tonnage of such steam-ship ; and the owner, agent, or master of any ces between
Hongkong .
such steam-ship leaving or entering the waters of the Colony with passen Canton and
Macao .
gers on board in excess of such proportion, shall incur a penalty not