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(33) That sub-section (6) of clause 12 be deleted.

(34) That in line 4 of sub-section 4 of clause 13 a full stop be put after the word "Ordinance,"

and that all the following words of that sub-section be omitted.

(35) That in sub-section 3 of clause 15, the words "any explosives within the meaning of the Explosives Act. 1875," be deleted and that the following words be substituted in their stead, namely, "dynamite, gun-cotton, fulminate of mercury or of other metals, blasting powders, fireworks, fuses, rockets, percussion caps, detonators, car- tridges, ammunition of all descriptions"; and that in the fifth line of the same sub- section after the word "are" the following words be inserted, namely, "from time to time declared by the Governor-in-Council to be.”

(36) That a new clause 21 be inserted at the beginning of Part VI of the Bill immediately after the heading "Regulation and Control of the Waters of the Colony and of Vessels using the same," and that such new section be headed" Ports of the Colony" and read as follows:-

Ports of the Colony.

not to anchor

21. The Governor may from time to time as he Declaration may see fit declare by notification in the Gazette, cer- of Forts. tain places in the waters of the Colony to be Ports of the Ship or junk Colony, and no master of any ship or junk shall, except elsewhere. from stress of weather or some other sufficient cause, anchor at any other place in the waters of the Colony.

and that the present clause 21 of the Bill and the following clauses be re-numbered accordingly.

(37) That sub-section 1 of the present clause 21 of the Bill (re-numbered 22) be amended

to read as follows :-

Duties of Muster.

22. (1.)-The master of every merchant ship ar- Ships to riving within signal distance of the signal station at Gap hoist their Rock or Cape D'Aguilar and intending to enter any Port numbers. of the Colony shall hoist her National Colours and her House flag or her number and shall keep the same flying while passing the signal station. He shall also hoist ber National Colours when entering any port in the Colony nud shall keep the same flying until the ship shall have been entered at the Harbour Master's Office.

(38) That in line 1 of sub-section (3) of such re-numbered clause the figures, "28", be sub-

stituted for "27 and that in line 10 the words "without reasonable cause therefor be inserted after the word "default."

(39) That in sub-section 4 of such re-numbered clause the following amendments be made,

namely:-

(i) That in line 2 thereof the words "at any port of the" be substituted for the

words "within the waters of this,” and

(ii.) That in line 3 thereof, after the word office," the following words be inserted, namely:-"or, if the said office is closed, as soon as possible after it shall again be open for business."

(40) That sub-section (6) of such re-numbered clause be amended as follows, namely:--

(i.) In line 2 thereof by inserting the words "not less than" after the word

"Peter," and

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(ii.) In line 5 thereof by omitting a comma after the word voyage," and (iii.) By adding the following sentence at the end thereof, namely

Provided that nothing contained in this sub-section shall be held to apply to any ship arriving when the Ilarbour Master's Office is closed for business and leaving before the said office is again open for business, but in such case the master shall cause such arrival and departure to be reported to the Harbour Master as soon as practicable.

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(41) That sub-sections (2) and 3 of clause 22 (re-numbered 23) be amended by substituting

the figures "16" for the figures "17".

(42) That clause 23 (re-numbered 24) be amended, in the first line, by adding after the word "description" the following words, between commas, namely:-"whether a ship of war or otherwise."