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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JANUARY 3, 1930.
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.
No. 1.
Regulation made by the Governor in Council under sections 25 (4) and 42 (2) of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899, Ordinance No. 10 of 1899, on the 2nd day of January, 1930.
Table M in the Schedule to the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899, is hereby further amended by the insertion of the following heading and regulation next after regulation 25:-
(IX) — EMISSION OF SMOKE.
26.-(1) Smoke in such quantity as to be a nuisance shall not be sent forth or
emitted from the funnel of any steamship in any port of the Colony.
(2) For the purposes of this regulation the expression "smoke" shall
include soot, ash, grit and gritty particles.
(3) Every person who is responsible for or is a party to a breach of this regulation and the master of the steamship on which a breach of this regulation has been committed shall be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars.
(4) The court or magistrate hearing au information or complaint against a person for breach of this regulation shall not convict if of opinion that the furnace has been so constructed and maintained as to consume or burn, so far as possible, all smoke arising therefrom, and that such furnace has been carefully attended to.
COUNCIL CHAMBER,
2nd January, 1930.
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
D. W. TRATMAN,
Clerk of Councils.
No. 2.
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL,
No. 17.
Thursday, 19th December, 1929, at 2.30 p.m.
PRESENT:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR
(Sir CECIL CLEMENTI, K.C.M.G.).
His Excellency the General Officer Commanding the Troops, (Major-General JAMES
WALTER SANDILANDS, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O.).
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The Honourable the Colonial Secretary, (Mr. WILFRID THOMAS SOUTHORN, C.M.G.).
the Attorney General, (Sir JOSEPH HORSFORD KEMP, Kt., K.C., C.B.E.). the Secretary for Chinese Affairs, (Mr. EDWIN RICHARD HALLIFAX,
C.M.G., C.B.E.).
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the Colonial Treasurer, (Mr. CHARLES MCILVAINE MESSER, O.B.E.). Mr. HAROLD THOMAS CREASY, C.B.E., (Director of Public Works). Mr. EDWARD DUDLEY CORSCADEN WOLFE, C.M.G.. (Captain Superin-
tendent of Police).