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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MAY 4, 1928.
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.
No. 239.
Regulations made by the Governor in Council under section 2 of the Plants Ordi- nance, 1920, Ordinance No. 11 of 1920, on the 26th day of April, 1928.
1. Except with the consent in writing of the Superintendent of the Botanical and Forestry Department, and in accordance with such consent, no person shall keep goats.
2. Every request for the consent referred to in the foregoing regulation shall be in writing and shall state the maximum number of goats proposed to be kept, and whether the goats will be kept and fed within fenced or enclosed private premises, or tethered therein, exclusively, or will or may range or wander beyond private premises. Such further particulars as may be required by the said Superintendent shall be furnished to him.
3. It shall be lawful for the said Superintendent, in any consent given by him under these regulations, to limit and prescribe areas within which the applicant's goats may range or wander for food, to attach conditions to the consent, also, without prejudice to the provisions of regulation 5 of these regulations, to limit the duration of the consent.
4. Every person who, being a grantee of a consent as aforesaid, is required by law to obtain a licence or permit from the Sanitary Board, or other authority, to keep the goats to which the consent relates shall transmit such consent to such authority with any application for such licence or permit.
5. It shall be lawful for the said Superintendent, at any time, to withdraw any con- sent given by him under these regulations if, in his opinion, the goats to which the consent relates have injured or are likely to injure trees, shrubs, or other plants on unleased Crown land, or if, in his opinion, injury to such trees, shrubs, or other plants has been or is likely to be done to provide the goats with food.
6. Every owner of goats, and every person having charge of goats, shall take all steps necessary to prevent such goats from doing injury to trees, shrubs, or other plants on any unleased Crown land other than within the area (if any) limited and prescribed as aforesaid for the ranging and wandering of his goats for food.
7. These regulations shall come into force on the 1st day of August, 1928.
26th April, 1928.
No. 240.
Order made by the Governor in Council under section 13 of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899, Ordinance No. 10 of 1899, on the 2nd day of May, 1928, and Notifica- tion thereunder.
It is hereby ordered by the Governor in Council that after the 30th day of June, 1928, and subject to the second proviso contained in sub-section (9) of section 13 of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899, sub-sections (1) to (6) of the said section 13 shall apply to all foreign ships while within the waters of the Colony to the same extent as they apply to British Ships.
Pursuant to the first proviso contained in the said sub-section (9) the application of the said sub-sections (1) to (6), as appearing in the above order, is hereby notified.
2nd May, 1928.