1924

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HONGKONG POUT REGULATIONS
same into such anchorage as the Harbour Master may deem expedient, and from
such anchorage the master of such vessel shall not remove the same except for the-
purpose of proceeding on Ins voyage or for some other sufficient cause to be approved
by the Harbour Master. .
6. The master *of every , vessel having on board more than 200 lbs. of
gunpowder or other explosives, or whilst engaged in the transhipment of the same,
shall exhibit a i'ed flag at the highest masthead.
7. It shall not be lawful for the master of any vessel to tranship any gunpowder
or other explosives between the hours of 6 p.m. and 6 a.m.- from October to March
inclusive, nor between the hours of 7 p.m. and 5 a.m. from April to September
inclusive, without the written permission of the Harbour Master.
8. It shall not be lawful for the master of any vessel, without the 'written.
permission of the Harbour Master, to anchor such vessel within five hundred yards of
any government depot for the storage of gunpowder.
9. It shall not be lawful for the master of any vessel having on board gun¬
powder or other explosives exceeding in- quantity 200 lbs. to anchor nearer
than five hundred yards to any other vessel.
10. It shall not be lawful for any person, without the permission in wiidng of
the Governor, to keep, except at the Government Depot, for any time, however short,.
within any house, store, godown, or other place on land, a larger quantity of gun--
powder than 15 lbs. or any quantity of other explosives.
11. It shall be lawful for any justice of the peace, or Police officer duly authorized
by warrant, to enter, and if necessary to break into, any house, store, godown, vessel
or place either on land or water, within which such justice of the peace shall be
credibly informed on oath, or shall have reasonable grounds of his own knowledge to
suspect and believe, that gunpowder or other explosives is kept or carried, or is on
board of any vessel contrary to the provisions of this chapter.
12. The Governor in Council is hereby empowered to make rules and
regulations for the proper carrying out of the provisions of this chapter including
storage of gunpowder or other explosives otherwise on land, or its carriage, within the
waters of the Colony, and to fix and vary from time -to time the sums chargable
for the storage of gunpowder or other explosives as hereinbefore prescribed, and every
violation or neglect of any such rules or regulations shall render the party so
offending liable to the penalties imposed by Sub-section 14 of this section for offences
against any provbions thereof.
13. The sums charged in respect of such storage shall be paid monthly by the
party claiming to bo entitled to such gunpowder or other explosives, and in the
event of the same not being paid within twenty-one days after the same shall have-
become due and payable, it shall be lawful for the Governor to direct the said
gunpowder or other explosives to be sold, in order to defray the expense of storage,.
and the proceeds thereof, after deduction of all government charges and the expenses -
of sale, shall be paid to the party who shall prove himself entitled thereto to the
satisfaction of the Governor.
14. Every person who shall violate or refuse or fail to comply with the provi¬
sions of this chapter shall incur a penalty not exceeding three hundred dollars, or
imprisonment for any period not exceeding six months.
15. Nothing in this chapter contained shall apply to Her Majesty’s ships of war
or the ships of war of any foreign nation, or to hired armed vessels in Her Majesty’s
service or in the service of any foreign nation, or to Government stores.
Deck and Load Line
Grain Cargoes
XL.—Ships to be marked with Deck and Load Lines.
XLI.—No cargo of which more than one-third consists of any kind of grain, corn,.
rice, paddy, pulse, seeds, nuts, or nut kernels, hereinafter referred to as grain cargo,
■shall be carried on board any Colonial ship, unless such grain cargo be contained in
bags, sacks, or barrels, or secured from shifting by boards, bulkheads, or otherwise.