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and to allow the uae thereof upon such terms and conditions and for such fees as
the Governor in Council may direct.
2. No person shall place moorings or buoys in the waters of the Colony except
with the sanction of the Harbour Master and except upon the conditions contained
in table Oa of the schedule (rental $5 half-yearly), and such moorings and buoys
shall be of such nature as the Harbour Master shall approve.
3. No person shall moor or anchor hulks or vessels of like description within
the waters of the Colony without the sanction of the Harbour Master and except
upon such conditions and subject to the payment of such fees as the Governor in
Council may direct.
4. Moorings and buoys sanctioned by the Harbour Master under Sub-section 2
shall not be made use of by any vessel other than the vessels of the person to whom
such sanction has been granted except with the consent of such person. The master
of any vessel using any such moorings and buoys without such consent shall be
liable to a penally of twenty dollars per day for every day or part of a day duiing
which he shall so use such moorings and buoys after he has been requested to
remove therefrom.
Lighthouses, Boots, oe Beacons
Light Dues
XXXIII.—The owner or master of every ship which enters the waters of the
Colony shall pay such dues in respect of the said lighthouses, buoys, beacons, cables
and other apparatus as may from time to time be fixed by order of the Governor
pursuant to resolution of the Legislative Council, to such officers as the Governor
shall from time to time appoint to collect the same, and the same shall be paid by
such officers into the Colonial Treasury.
Importation and Storage of Explosives
[See also “The Dangerous Goods Ordinance, 1873,” and Regulations']
XXXVII.—The Governor is hereby empowered to provide, at the expense of the
Colony, all necessary vessels and buildings for the storage of gunpowder or other
explosives, and no gunpowder or other explosives arriving in this Colony shall be
stored in any other building or vessel except as provided by Sub-section 10, and
subject to the observance of the rules and regulations to be made under Sub-section
12 of this Ordinance.
2. Such vessels or buildings shall for the purposes of this chapter be termed a
government dep6t or government depots for the storage of gunpowder, and shall be
under the control and management of the Harbour Master subject to such orders as
may from time to time be received from the Governor; and such vessel or vessels
shall be fitted and manned in such manner as the Harbour Master with the approval
of the Governor shall deem expedient.
3. The master of every vessel arriving in this Colony having on board thereof
any quantity of gunpowder or other explosives exceeding 200 lbs. shall
immediately, upon the arrival thereof, and before the discharge from the ship of any
such gunpowder or other explosives, furnish the Harbour Master with a copy of the
manifest of the same, the marks of all the packages, and the names of the consignees,
if he shall know the same.
4. The master of every such vessel as in the last preceding section mentioned
shall as soon as possible take the same to the place which shall be pointed out to him
by the Harbour Master, and the said vessel shall not be removed therefrom without
the permission in writing of the Harbour Master.
5. When any quantity of gunpowder or other explosives exceeding 200 lbs.
is about to be conveyed out of the Colony, the master of the vessel about to
convey the same shall, on producing the written authority of the owners thereof or
their agents, receive from the Harbour Master a permit to take on board the packages
mentioned in sueh authority, and the master of such vessel shall thereupon move the
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