CHINA (SHIPPING REGISTRY) ORDER IN COUNCIL

CHINA (SHIPPING REGISTRY) ORDER IN COUNCIL

1-CHINA (SHIPPING REGISTRY) ORDER IN COUNOIL.

Order in Council,& 15th July, 1904.

11. On anysuchtransfert whetherfroin one British subject to another,
or from a foreigner to a British subject, or on the first arrival of any, ship
provided with a sailing letter or other document as aforesaid at any port
in China other than Shanghai, where there is a surveyor, the consular
officer of such port shall grant to the master of such ship, upon his
application, a pass containing the particulars required by the Ist
schedule to this Order. The pass so granted shall, within the Chinese
[and Corean] seas, including the waters of Hongkong and of Wei-hai-Wei,
possess the same force as a certificate of registry, until the expiration of
4 months, or until such earlier time as the new certificate of registry shall
be delivered to the master of the said ship by a consular or other duly
authorised officer, or until notice of the cancellation of such pass has
been given to the master of the said ship by the Registrar at Shanghai
but upon the expiration of such period, or upon sucJi delivery, or upon
receipt of such notice of cancellation, shall be void to all intents and.pur-
poses; and the said pass on becoming so void shall be at once delivered
by the master of the said ship to a consular or other duly authorised
officer, and in default of delivery, the said master shall be liable to a fine
not exceeding $50.

12' His Majesty's Minister in China shall, with regard to the perform-
ance of any act or thing relating to the registry of a ship registered at
Shanghai, or of any interest therein, be considered in all respects as
occupying the place of the Board of Trade and the Commissioners of
Customs.

13. His Majesty's Minister in China shall, at any port or place in
China have the same power to appoint fit and proper persons to be
surveyors under the Merchant Shipping Acts as are possessed by the
Board of Trade in the United Kingdom, and the persons so appoinled
shall have the same powers as are conferred on the surveyors appointed
as aforesaid by the Board of Trade.

14. In cases where it appears to the Commissioners of the Customs or to
the Governor or other person administering the Government of any
British possession, that, by reason of special circumstances it would be

The references in this Order to ports and the Alinister in Corea are omitted.
t [i.e. 'The transfer of a ship from one British subject to another under a certificate
of sale at a ny port in China other than Shanghai ':-Art. 8 of the Order.]





desirable that permission should be granted to any British ship to pass
without being previously registered from jany port or place in His
Majesty's dominions to the port of Shanghai, it shall be lawful for such
Commissioners or Governor or other person to grant a pass accordingly,
and such pass shall for the time and within the limits therein mentioned
have the same effect as a certificate of registry.

15. In cases where it appears to His Majesty's Minister in China that
by reason of special circumstances, it would be desirable that permission
should be granted to any British ship to pass without being previously
registered from the port of Shanghai to any port or place within Bis
Majesty's dominions, it shall be lawful for such Minister to grant a pass
accordingly, and such pass shall for the time and within the limits
therein mentioned have the same effect as a certificate of registry.

By item 9E of the 2nd schedule. the fee for ' Pass for
ship ' is 10 shillings.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

STEATUER.

Pass granted only for Ships to be registered at Shanghai.

Name of Ship.British or Foreign buift,How 1 ropelled.
and when built.
Number of decks Build ...
x\lumber of masts ... Galleries
Rigged ...............Ilead .............
Stern ........................Framework ... ...

MEASUREMWTS. Feet. Tenths.

Length from the fore part of stein under tile bowsprit
to the aft side of the heal of the sternpost ... ...
Main breadth to outside plank ... ...
Depth in hold from. tonnage deck to ceilin at midships...
9







I, the undersigned ,His Britannie
Majesty's consul at the Port of , gerebt certufy
that-
1. the ship the description of which is prefixed to this my Pass, has
been duly surveyed, and that the above descirption is ture.
2. That ,of ,is the master of the
said ship.
3. That the said ship was built at on the day of
,19 ,and her foreign nanm is* .
Dated at ,the day of ,
one thousand nine hundred and
His Britannic Majesty's Counsul
*These words to be added if the ship is foreign.

Note-This pass continues in force only intil the day of
19 ,or until she completes her voyage from
to shanghai, or until such carlier time as the
new certificate of registry shal be delivered to the master of the said
ship by a Consula or other duly authorised to the master of the said
cancellation of such Pass has been given to the master of the said ship
by the Registrars at Shanghai, but uponthe expiration of such period or
upon such delivery, or upon receipt of such notice of cancellation, shall
be void to all intents.

Note-Registrars of shippong are informed that this ship is in process
of registration at Shanghai, and that registry must not be granted else-
where.
Pass to be granted by consul to purchaser of ship at port in China other than Shanghai: to be effective in Hongkong waters for 4 months. Minister to act as Board of Trade; and may appoint surveyors. Pass by Governor to unregistered ship to proceed from Colony to Shanghai. Pass by Minister to unregistered ship to proceed from Shanghai to Colony.

Pass to be granted by consul to purchaser of ship at port in China other than Shanghai: to be effective in Hongkong waters for 4 months. Minister to act as Board of Trade; and may appoint surveyors. Pass by Governor to unregistered ship to proceed from Colony to Shanghai. Pass by Minister to unregistered ship to proceed from Shanghai to Colony.

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