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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, APRIL 16, 1917.
NOTICES.
No. 159.
Regulations made by His Excellency the Governor relating to the Control of the Harbours, Ports and Territorial Waters of the Colony and the Movements of Vessels.
Port Regulations, 1917.
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-clause 1 (A) of clause III of the Order of Her late Majesty Queen Victoria in Council dated the 26th day of October, 1916, as enacted by the Order of His Majesty in Conncil dated the 21st day of March, 1916, which were brought into operation in the Colony by Proclamations dated the 5th day of August, 1914, and the 12th day of May, 1916, respectively, His Excellency the Governor is pleased. to make the following regulations:---
Prohibited channels.
Restrictions
on move-
ments out-
side port at night.
Prohibited
area.
Trawling
Swept channel.
Restrictions on move-
ments in
port at night.
1.--(1.) No vessel shall use any of the following channels :----
Sulphur Channel.
The channels to the North of Ma Wan.
The channels to the East and North of Chung Hue (Tsing I). Provided that junks and sampans may use the channel to the East and North of Chung Hue (Tsing 1) during the hours of daylight and provided that launches going to and returning from Chin Wan (Tsün Wan) may use the channel to the North of Ma Wan during the hours of daylight.
(2.) No vessel, except Government vessels, shall use the Shing Shi Man (Sheung Tse Mun) Pass during the hours of night.
2. During the hours of night no vessel, except Government vessels, shall be under way in the area bounded by the following lines and by the coast lines between terminal points of those lines:-
East-A line drawn from the East extreme of Kunjoi Kok (Sha Kiu) S.S.E. to Lam Tong Island and N.N.W. to the mainland, and a line drawn from Tathong (Tit Hang) Point to the North-East extreme of Waglan (Wang Lan) Island.
South-A line drawn from the South extreme of Waglan (Wang Lan)
Island to the South-East extreme of Putoi (Po Toi) Island.
West:-
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A line drawn from the South-West extreme of Putoi (Po Toi) Island through the West extreme of Beaufort Island (Lo Chau) to the South-East extreme of Taitam Bay.
North-A line drawn from Maunchau (Mong Chau) Point to Lao Shui
Point (Lo Shu Pai).
3. During the hours of night no vessel, whether under way or not, except Government vessels, shall be within the area hounded by the following lines and by the coast lines between their terminal points :-
EastA line drawn from Maunchau (Mong Chau) Point to Lao Shui
Point (Lo Shu Pai).
:
West A line drawn from the West Point of Sin Chau Wan to the West
Point of A Kung Ngam.
4. No trawling shall be allowed inside the area specified in Regulation 2.
5.-(1.) Unless compelled by the weather or by accident to machinery or by any other unavoidable cause, no vessel shall anchor in the buoyed and swept channel outside Lyemun Pass.
(2.) No vessel shall enter the said swept channel while sweeping operations are in progress.
6.(1.) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (3) of this regulation, no vessel, except Government vessels, shall be under way in the port at night with- out a special permit from the Officer in Charge of the Examination Service which must be obtained through the Harbour Master.
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