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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JANUARY 4, 1.07.
DESPATCHES FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
No. 1.
CIRCULAR.
DOWNING STREET,
10th November, 1966.
SIR,-With reference to Lord Knutsford's Circular despatch of the 31st of August, 1891, and to Mr. LYTTELTON'S Circular despatch of the 7th of February, 1905, I have the honour to transmit to you two copies of an Order of the King in Council issued under the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, amending the Order in Council of the 9th of May, 1891, issued in pursuance of the Merchant Shipping (Colonial) Act, 1869, with regard to the Colonial authorities competent to grant Certificates of Competency to persons intending to act as Masters, Mates or Engineers on board British ships.
I have, etc.,
The Officer Administering the Government of
HONGKONG.
ELGIN.
AT THE COURT AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE,
THE 22ND DAY OF OCTOBER, 1906.
PRESENT,
THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.
PRIME MINISTER.
LORD PRESIDENT.
WHEREAS by
LORD SUFFIELD.
LORD PRIVY SEAL.
LORD CHAMBERLAIN.
"The Merchant Shipping Act, 1894" it is (amongst other things) enacted that where the Legislature of any British Possession provides for the examination of and grant of Certificates of Competency to persons intending to act as Masters, Mates or Engineers on board British ships, and the Board of Trade report to His Majesty that they are satisfied that the examinations are so conducted as to be equally efficient with the examinations for the same purpose in the United Kingdom under the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, and that the Certificates are granted on such principles as to show the like quali- fications and competency as those granted under the said Act and are liable to be forfeited for the like reasons and in the like manner, His Majesty may, by Order in Council-
1. Declare that the said Certificates shall be of the same force as if they had been
granted under the said Act;
2. Declare that all or any of the provisions of the said Act which relate to Certi- ficates of Competency granted under that Act shall apply to the Certificates referred to in the said Order ;
3. Impose such conditions and make such regulations with respect to the said Certificates and to the use, issue, delivery, cancellation and suspension thereof as His Majesty may think fit, and impose penalties not excceding fifty pounds for the breach of those conditions and regulations:
And that upon the publication in the London Gazette of any such Order in Council as last aforesaid the Order shall, as from the date of the publication or any later date mentioned in the Order, take effect as if it were enacted by Parliament:
And whereas at the coming into operation of the said Merchant Shipping Act 1894, there were in force the Orders in Council of the 9th day of May 1891 and the 23rd day of November 1893 hereinafter mentioned, being Orders in Council made under enactments
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repealed by the said Merchant Shipping Act 1894 and it was provided by the said Merchant Shipping Act 1894 that Orders in Council so made should remain in force as if made or granted under the said Merchant Shipping Act 1894:
And whereas by the Merchant Shipping Act 1894 it is further provided that His Majesty may, by Order in Council, revoke, alter or add to any Order in Council made under the Merchant Shipping Acts:
And whereas by the said Order in Council of the 9th day of May 1891, it was declared inter alia that Colonial Certificates of Competency granted by certain Authorities therein named and described in the case of the several British Possessions therein mentioned to per- sons intending to act as therein mentioned on board British ships should be of the same force as if they had been granted under the Acts relating to merchant shipping:
And whereas by the said Order last mentioned the regulations set out in the Schedule A. thereto with respect to the said Colonial Certificates of Competency were imposed and made and it was declared that the regulations set out in the said Schedule A. thereto should apply to all Colonial Certificates of Competency that might theretofore have been or should thereafter be granted:
And whereas by the said Order in Council of the 23rd day of November 1893 it was declared that Colonial Certificates of Competency granted by the Marine Board of Victoria from and after the 21st day of December 1888 as therein mentioned should be of the same force as if they had been granted under the Acts relating to merchant shipping and should be subject to the same conditions and regulations as are set out in Schedule A. to the said Order in Council of the 9th day of May 1891:
And whereas by the provisions of the Navigation (Amendment) Act 1899 passed by the Legislature of New South Wales and by the provisions of the Shipping and Seamen Act 1903 passed by the Legislature of New Zealand certain changes were made in the Authorities authorised by the said Legislatures respectively to grant Colonial Certificates of Competency in those Possessions respectively and other similar changes may be made by the Legislature of the British Possessions referred to in the said Orders in Council with regard to the Authorities authorised to grant such Certificates in such several Possessions:
And whereas it has been made to appear to His Majesty that it is expedient that the said Orders in Council should be so altered as to apply to Certificates of Competency granted by the proper Authority for the time being in the British Possessions mentioned in the said Orders in Council:
NOW, THEREFORE, His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of His Privy Council, is hereby pleased:-
To declare that the Colonial Certificates of Competency granted or to be hereafter granted by the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Administrator, Head of the Government, Minister, Board, Body or Corporation of or in any British Possession mentioned in the said Orders in Council for the time being authorised by the Legislature or Legislative Authority of such Possession to grant Colonial Certificates of Competency (hereinafter called "the proper authority") from and after the respective dates in the case of the several Possessions with reference to the several kinds of Certificate in the said Orders in Council mentioned shall be of the same force as if they had been granted under the Merchant Shipping Act 1894 and shall be subject to the same conditions and regulations as are set out in Schedule A. to the said Order in Council of the 9th day of May 1891 and the said Orders in Council shall be read and construed as if the proper authority had been originally mentioned therein in the case of each such Possession in lieu of the Authority in each case actually named and described therein.
A. W. FITZROY,
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No. 2.
HONGKONG,
Νο. 241.
DOWNING STREET,
30th November, 1906.
SIR, I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatches No. 238 of October 4th and No. 262 of October 22nd in which you report the effects of the Typhoon which passed over the Colony on September 18th.
2. I have already expressed the deep regret with which His Majesty's Government have received the intelligence of the loss of life and damage to property caused by this catas- trophe.
3. I note with great appreciation the testimony which you bear to the conduct of Government officers and other members of the community in connection with the typhoon and I have to convey to you my cordial approval of the measures which you have taken.
Governor Sir M. NATHAN, K.C.M.G.,
I have, etc.,
ELGIN.
SC.,
&c.,
d'e.
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.
No. 3.-It is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor-in-Council has, under Section 90 of the Public Health and Buildings Ordinance, 1903 (Ordinance No. 1 of 1903), this day appointed a plot of land at Tseung Loong Tin, situated at Cha Kwo Ling in the New Territories, having a total area of about 1 acre, as a sufficient and proper place to be the site of and to be used as a cemetery or burial ground for the Chinese from the first day of January, 1907, and that it shall from that date and until further notice be deemed to be an Authorised Cemetery.
COUNCIL CHAMBER,
A. G. M. FLETCHER,
Clerk of Councils.
23rd November, 1906.
NOTICES.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. 4. Returns of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation and of Specie in Reserve in Hongkong, during the month ended 31st December, 1906, as certified by the Managers of the respective Banks.
BANKS.
SPECIE
AVERAGE AMOUNT.
IN RESERVE.
$
$
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,
2,878,067
2,300,000
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,
12,651,879
9,000,000
National Bank of China, Limited,
119,702
45,000
TOTAL,
15,649,648
11,345,000
3rd January, 1907.
T. SERCOMBE SMITH,
Colonial Secretary.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JANUARY 4, 1907.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. 5.-The following Quarantine Regulations for the port of Newchwang are published for general information.
2nd January, 1907.
T. SERCOMBE SMITH, Colonial Secretary.
King's Regulation No. 2.
QUARANTINE REGULATIONS FOR THE PORT OF NEWCHWANG.
The following Regulations made by His Majesty's Minister, and hereby declared to be urgent, are published for general information.
Peking, 15th October, 1906.
(Signed) J. N. JORDAN,
H. B, M. Minister.
KING'S REGULATIONS UNDER ARTICLE 155 OF "THE CHINA AND COREA
ORDER IN COUNCIL 1904."
No. 2 of 1906.
Quarantine at Newchwang
1.---When any infectious disease is known to be prevalent at any port, from which vessels may be expected to arrive at Newchwang, the Administration will, with the con- currence of the Treaty Power Consuls, issue a proclamation declaring such place infected, and shall put in force the following Regulations :-
2.-Any vessel coming from an infected port either direct or viâ Chefoo, even if ten days or more have passed since leaving an infected port, shall, on entering the river, hoist the Quarantine Flag Q at the Fore and the Flag of the infected port from which she comes underneath the Q.
3.---Such vessel shall hold no communication with the shore, i.e., from the time of her entering the river no passengers or member of the crew shall be allowed to leave the vessel, no person may go on board her, and no baggage or cargo may be removed, without the permission of the Quarantine Authorities. Any one wishing to hold communication with such vessel under necessity, or supply the vessel with food or water, must first report the matter to the Quarantine Authorities and act by their directions.
4. -Any vessel from an infected port with a case of illness on board or on which serious illness or a death has occurred during the voyage shall come to an anchor below Hunter's Point on the right bank of the river, and the West end of the town on the left bank.
5.-Vessels from an infected port on which there is no case of illness and on which no serious illness or death has occurred during the voyage shall and anchor below the lower limits of the harbour, and await there the visit of the Quarantine Officers.
6. The Quarantine Authorities shall board the vessel on her arrival without unneces sary delay and shall inspect her passengers and crew. Such inspection can only take place during daylight.
7.-If as a result of inspection, the Quarantine Officers find no case or suspicious case of infection on board, the vessel shall be admitted to immediate pratique.
8. Should there be a suspicious case or should the vessel be found an infected vessel, her treatment shall be as follows :-
a. Should there be a suspicious case, the suspected persons shall be removed and isolated under the direction of the Quarantine Authorities in a hospital provided for the purpose, and the vessel concerned shall be placed in quarantine in the river below the West end of the town until the nature of the disease is determined, when the vessel shall either be admitted to pratique or pronounced infected according to circumstances.
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b.--Should the vessel be infected, measures shall be taken for the removal and isolation of infected persons, the removal of infected bodies, and the disin- fection of the vessel, and quarantine shall be imposed for a period not exceeding ten days from the date of the removal of the last infected case, or from the time of the disinfection of the vessel.
9. Masters of incoming vessels from infected ports shall make a declaration to the Quarantine Officers as to the health of the vessel during the voyage, and should it appear from the Master's declaration that there was a case or suspicious case of infection during the voyage, quarantine shall be imposed for a period not exceeding ten days from the date of the removal of the last infected case from the vessel.
10.--The Quarantine Officers' report shall be made out in triplicate in every case, and, if the vessel be foreign, one copy shall be supplied by the Quarantine Officers the first opportunity to the Consul of the vessel concerned. If the vessel be Chinese, the Quarantine Officers' report shall be sent to the Commissioner of Customs.
11.-The importation of furs, skins, hair, old gunny bags, rags, old paper, fresh fruit, vegetables' plants, coffins containing corpses, earth, mould or sand, from infected ports and ports from which the Declaration of infection has been withdrawn, shall be governed by the following regulations :--
I. Importation from ports declared infected, permitted under the following con-
ditions:-
. Furs, skins, hair.
If accompanied by a Certificate of Disinfection, giving marks for identification,
from the Medical Officer of the port of shipment.
b. Rags, old paper.
Importation not permitted.
c. Fresh fruit.
If accompanied by a Certificate or Bill of Health from the Medical Officer of tho port showing that no cholera is present in the district, apples, bananas, citrons, grapes, lemons, lichees, loquats, mangosteens, mangoes, olives, oranges, peaches, pears, pineapples, pomegranates, pumeloes, and sugar- cane, if in sound condition and cleanly packed as cargo.
(Apricots, cherries, figs, melons, plums, raspberries, strawberries, tomatoes, and
thin-skinned fruit are prohibited.)
d. Vegetables.
Tubers, roots, bulbs, and bamboo shoots, if cleanly packed as cargo.
(Celery, lettuce, endive and other leaf-vegtables are prohibited.)
e. Plants of any kind to which earth or vegetable mould adheres.
Importation not permitted.
f. Coffins containing corpses. Importation not permitted.
4. Earth and mould.
Importation not permitted.
h. Sand.
If accompanied by a Certificate from the Medical Officer of the port that it has
been taken from the seashore.
II. Importation from ports from which the declaration of infection has been withdrawn permitted under the following conditions:-
a. Rags, old paper.
If accompanied by a Certificate of Disinfection from the Medical Officer of the
port of shipment.
b. Coffins containing corpses.
If accompanied by a Certificate from the Medical Officer of the port that the coffin is in sound condition and that death occurred at least six months be- fore, importation permitted during April, May, October and November.
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c. Earth and mould.
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If adherent to plants or bulbs in small quantities and cleanly packed, permitted importation when accompanied by Certificate from the Medical Officer of the port that the earth and mould is from a plague-free district.
III. Articles considered Dangerous.
Old gunny bags are considered dangerous articles, whether coming from a port declared infected or from a port from which such declaration has been removed.
These, unless accompanied by a Certificate of Disinfection, giving marks for identifica- tion, from the Medical Officer of the port of shipment or have been so cleaned that on examination here they show no trace of their former food contents, are liable to be refused
entry.
The restrictions on importation from ports from which the declaration of infection has been removed may be terminated at the discretion of the Quarantine Authorities.
12.-Any person who commits a breach of these Regulations shall be dealt with by the Authority to whose jurisdiction he is amenable.
13.-All expenses connected with quarantine will be borne by the Administration.
(Signed)
J. N. JORDAN,
H. B. M. Minister,
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. 6. Statement of Sanitary Measures adopted against Hongkong.
Place or Port.
Manila.
Siam.
Nature of Measure.
Date.
Reference to Govern- ment Noti-
fication.
Hongkong vessels may bring steerage passengers, and, if 16th October, 1902.
health of Hongkong satisfactory, can proceed direct to Manila after 1st November. Fresh vegetables prohibited.
Medical Inspection at Kohphra against arrivals from Hong-
kong.
No. 66C.
14th Sept., 1905.
No. 576.
4th January, 1907.
T. SERCOMBE SMITH, Colonial Secretary.
TREASURY.
No. 7-It is hereby notified that in accordance with the terms of The Rating Ordinance, No. 6 of 1901, Owners and Occupiers of Tenements are reminded that Rates for the 1st Quarter of 1907 are payable in advance on or before the 31st January, 1907.
If
any person shall fail to pay such Rates on or before the 28th February, 1907, pro- ceedings will be taken in the Supreme Court for their recovery without further notice.
No Refund of Rates on vacant tenements will be granted unless such Rates have been paid during and within the month of January, nor unless application is made for such refund within fifteen days from the expiration of the Quarter.
2nd January, 1907.
A. M. THOMSON,
Colonial Treasurer.
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c. Earth and mould.
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If adherent to plants or bulbs in small quantities and cleanly packed, permitted importation when accompanied by Certificate from the Medical Officer of the port that the earth and mould is from a plague-free district.
III. Articles considered Dangerous.
Old gunny bags are considered dangerous articles, whether coming from a port declared infected or from a port from which such declaration has been removed.
These, unless accompanied by a Certificate of Disinfection, giving marks for identifica- tion, from the Medical Officer of the port of shipment or have been so cleaned that on examination here they show no trace of their former food contents, are liable to be refused
entry.
The restrictions on importation from ports from which the declaration of infection has been removed may be terminated at the discretion of the Quarantine Authorities.
12.-Any person who commits a breach of these Regulations shall be dealt with by the Authority to whose jurisdiction he is amenable.
13.-All expenses connected with quarantine will be borne by the Administration.
(Signed)
J. N. JORDAN,
H. B. M. Minister,
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. 6. Statement of Sanitary Measures adopted against Hongkong.
Place or Port.
Manila.
Siam.
Nature of Measure.
Date.
Reference to Govern- ment Noti-
fication.
Hongkong vessels may bring steerage passengers, and, if 16th October, 1902.
health of Hongkong satisfactory, can proceed direct to Manila after 1st November. Fresh vegetables prohibited.
Medical Inspection at Kohphra against arrivals from Hong-
kong.
No. 66C.
14th Sept., 1905.
No. 576.
4th January, 1907.
T. SERCOMBE SMITH, Colonial Secretary.
TREASURY.
No. 7-It is hereby notified that in accordance with the terms of The Rating Ordinance, No. 6 of 1901, Owners and Occupiers of Tenements are reminded that Rates for the 1st Quarter of 1907 are payable in advance on or before the 31st January, 1907.
If
any person shall fail to pay such Rates on or before the 28th February, 1907, pro- ceedings will be taken in the Supreme Court for their recovery without further notice.
No Refund of Rates on vacant tenements will be granted unless such Rates have been paid during and within the month of January, nor unless application is made for such refund within fifteen days from the expiration of the Quarter.
2nd January, 1907.
A. M. THOMSON,
Colonial Treasurer.
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c. Earth and mould.
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If adherent to plants or bulbs in small quantities and cleanly packed, permitted importation when accompanied by Certificate from the Medical Officer of the port that the earth and mould is from a plague-free district.
III. Articles considered Dangerous.
Old gunny bags are considered dangerous articles, whether coming from a port declared infected or from a port from which such declaration has been removed.
These, unless accompanied by a Certificate of Disinfection, giving marks for identifica- tion, from the Medical Officer of the port of shipment or have been so cleaned that on examination here they show no trace of their former food contents, are liable to be refused
entry.
The restrictions on importation from ports from which the declaration of infection has been removed may be terminated at the discretion of the Quarantine Authorities.
12.-Any person who commits a breach of these Regulations shall be dealt with by the Authority to whose jurisdiction he is amenable.
13.-All expenses connected with quarantine will be borne by the Administration.
(Signed)
J. N. JORDAN,
H. B. M. Minister,
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. 6. Statement of Sanitary Measures adopted against Hongkong.
Place or Port.
Manila.
Siam.
Nature of Measure.
Date.