MERCHANT SHIPPING - FEES ORDINANCE

MERCHANT SHIPPING - FEES ORDINANCE

Merchant Shipping -- Fees.

No. 10 of 1860.

An Ordinance to establish and regulate certain Fees to be taken for
Duties to be performed under the Merchant Shipping Act, 1854.

[12th May, 1860.]

WHEREAS it is expedient to fix a tariff of fees to be levied and taken in
the r;evnm)le.
Colony of Hongkong in respect of certain duties to be performed under 'The
Merchant Shipping Act, 1854' : Be it enacted and ordained by His
Excellency the
,Governor of Hongkong, with the advice of the Legislative Council
thereof, as follows:-

1. That the respective fees specified in the schedule hereunto annexed
stall be rechnairiea In

selioaaic to be

paid and taken, and may be sued for, by the officer for the time being
discharging the levied. duties of Principal Officer of Customs in
Hongkong under the provisions of the Merchant

Shipping Act, 1854, as the lawful fees for the discharge of the
respective duties therein
.specified.

2. All fees levied under this Ordinance shall be paid in current dollars,
and shall ree9 ti~ be pta

.be paid by the officer receiving then into the Colonial Treasury.
No. 10 of 1860.

Merchant Shipping -- Fees.

SCHEDULE.

Dlatter or Duty in Respeot of-mlaiela tlce bee i3 to be taken.

Elmorsnt of Fec_

Effectino> an Imperial Register and granting certificate thereof,
........... $10

Copy from Registry Rook, . 5

For every declaration made in any of the forms B, C, F, G, H or L in the
schedule to thel I

Merchant Shipping Act, 1t154, . ........ J

Endorsing a memorandum of change of master upon certificate of registry,
..........

Granting a provisional certificate of registry,
...............................................................
Recording a mortgage of a ship, or shares in a ship made under a
certificate of mortgage, ...
Recordinthe transfer of a mortgage of a ship, or shares in a ship made
under a certificate ~

of mortgage, ........................ , 1

Recording the discharge of a mortgage of a ship or shares in a ship made
under a certificate 1

of mortgage, . , I

For every salt of a ship or shares in a ship under a certificate of sale,
..............................
For every alteration in agreements with seamcn .
.........................................................
For certifying a dcscrtion,
..........................................................................
.............

For attesting a seaman's will,
.............................................. .......................

For examining provisions or water (to be paid by the party failing to
support his case), ......

[Repealed by Ordinance A'o. 8 of 1879.
473

Preamble.
Fees specified in schedule to be levied.
Fees to be paid in dollars and to be accounted for to Colonial Treasury.
474

473

Preamble.
Fees specified in schedule to be levied.
Fees to be paid in dollars and to be accounted for to Colonial Treasury.
474

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