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Interpreta-
tion clause.
Restrictions on use of apparatus.
Protection
of Naval signalling.
Licensee to observe
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, AUGUST 6, 1915.
Provided that the Licensee shall not except with the consent in writing of the Colonial Secretary of the Colony send or receive messages from and at the said ship stations when in any of the harbours of the Colony; and
(in.) To receive money or other valuable consideration for or in respect of the use of the licensed apparatus or for or in respect of the transmission or receipt of messages by means of the said apparatus.
And I do hereby declare that the said licence and permission is granted on and subject to the following conditions and provisions:--
1. In these presents (and in the Schedule hereto) the following words and expressions shall have the several meanings hereinafter assigned to them unless there shall be something either in the subject or context repugnant to such construction (that is to say) :-
The expression "wireless telegraphy
'wireless telegraphy" has the same meaning as in the Wireless Telegraphy Ordinance, 1913.
The term "telegraph" has the same meaning as in the Wireless Telegraphy Ordinance, 1913.
The expression "Naval signalling" means signalling by means of any system of wireless telegraphy between two or more ships of His Majesty's Navy, between ships of His Majesty's Navy and Naval Stations, or between a ship of His Majasty's Navy or a Naval Station and any other wireless telegraph station whether a coast station or a ship station.
The expression "the Admiralty" means the officer of His Majesty's Navy who is for the time being in Hongkong in charge of the China Squadron of His Majesty's Eastern Fleet.
The expressions "the International Telegraph Convention" and "the Inter- national Telegraph Regulations" mean respectively the International Convention of St. Petersburg dated the 10th/22nd July, 1875, and the Service Regulations made thereunder and include respectively any modifications of the Convention- or regulations made from time to time.
The expression "the Radiotelegraphic Convention, 1912" means the Con- vention signed at London on the 5th day of July, 1912, and the Service Regula- tions made thereunder and includes any modification of the Convention or Regulations made from time to time.
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The expression 'coast station" means a wireless telegraph station which has been established on land or on board a ship permanently moored, and which is open for the service of correspondence between the land and ships at sea.
The term "ship station" means a wireless telegraph station established on board a ship which is not permanently moored.
2. The licensed apparatus shall not be used by the Licensee or by any other person either on behalf of or by permission of the Licensee for the transmission or receipt of messages except messages authorised by this Licence.
3.--(1.) The Licensee shall not by the transmission of any message by means of the licensed apparatus or otherwise by the use of the licensed apparatus interfere with Naval signalling.
(2.) If the Admiralty is of opinion that the working of the licensed apparatus at any ship station specified in the Schedule hereto is inconsistent with the free use of Naval signalling the Licensee shall when required in writing by the Governor so to do close the said station.
(3.) These provisions for the protection of Naval signalling shall be con- strued to be without prejudice to the generality of any other provisions of this Licence.
4. For the purpose of this Licence the Licensee shall observe the Interna- International tional Telegraph Convention and the International Telegraph Regulations so far Telegraph as the said Convention and Regulations are capable of being applied to wireless and Regula telegraphy in common with ordinary land and submarine telegraphy.
Convention
tions.