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ORDINANCE No. 8 OF 1879 . 1557


Merchant Shipping.


6. Every vessel licensed under this Ordinance shall have her name in English and
Chinese legibly painted on her stern and on each bow together with the number of
passengers she is licensed to carry.
7. A fee of five dollars for each certificate shall be payable to the Government.
8. Vessels plying for hire within the waters of the Colony shall pay a licence fee
at the rate of $5 per annum, and vessels plying for hire outside the waters of the Colony
shall pay a licence fee at the rate of $ 10 per annum. These fees shall be payable half
yearly.
9. A fee of two dollars and a half for the examination of a master or engineer of a
steam -launch shall be payable to the Harbour Master for the Government, and such master
or engineer, shall, if he obtains a certificate, produce three copies of a photograph of
himself, one to be attached to his certificate of competency, one to be attached to the
licence of any vessel to which he may belong and one for record in the Harbour Office ;
and when a master or engineer is transferred from one steam -launch to another steam -
launch, he shall produce a photograph of himself to be attached to the licence of the
vessel to which he is to be transferred .

10. The certificate granted by the Harbour Master to the master or engineer of a
steam -launch may, with the approval of the Governor, be suspended or cancelled by the
Harbour Master, if it shall be proved to his satisfaction, after due enquiry held by him,
that the said master or engineer has been guilty of incompetency or negligence in the
performance of his duty as master or engineer.
11. The owner of every licensed steam- launch shall cause the licence to be framed
and exhibited in a conspicuous part of the cabin, so as to be visible to all persons of
beard the said vessel .

12. If the owner of a licensed steam -launch wishes to employ his vessel for purposes
other than for the conveyance of passengers within the waters of the Colony, or to or
from Hongkong and places without the waters of the Colony, the licence shall be
delivered to the Harbour Master to be retained by him during the period of such
employment.




Regulations for the licensing, management, and control of boats, made by the
Governor in Council , the 21st day of December, 1889, under the pro
visions ofsection 39 of Ordinance 8 of 1879. ( Gazette
28th December , 1889. )


These regulations apply in respect of all boats or vessels hereinafter mentioned
within the waters of this Colony, except :

(a.) Boats or vessels having British, Colonial, or Foreign registers ( not being
Chinese registers ) .

(b.) Market boats, or vessels or junks within the meaning of chapter I of part
III of Ordinance 8 of 1879.