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No. 76/1940.
WRECKNINGPO HARBOUR.
Position.-Ningpo Harbour, about 60 feet off the wharf belonging to the Chinese
Italian Navigation Company.
Details.-The wreck of the S. L. "Chingsheng" is lying in about 5 fathoms of water at L.W.S.T. and is marked by a sampan flying a green flag by day and showing a green light over a white light at night.
Remarks.-Vessels should proceed with caution and pass to the east of the wreck. Hong Kong, 12th March, 1940.
No. 77/1940.
PORT CLOSED SIGNALS.
Whenever a general closure of the Port is ordered, the "Port Closed" signals under these circumstances will be displayed at the Harbour Office and repeated at the Naval Dockyard Signal Station.
2. When these signals are hoisted no ship or vessel constructed of iron or steel, or wooden vessel loaded with iron or steel, is to proceed south of the anti-submarine boom in the Tathong Channel or East of the line joining Mount Davis Port War Signal Station with Pat Kok (Lamma Island).
3. Ocean-going vessels and River Steamers are to remain at their berths, or, if under way, must return to their berths, secure to the nearest convenient buoy or proceed to the nearest anchorage and anchor until the Port is declared open again.
4. Normal ferry and harbour services may continue to operate within the Harbour Limits, and small craft may proceed to or from Aberdeen Harbour, between sunrise and sunset, provided they keep to the North of Magazine Island,
5. The above mentioned restrictions do not apply to junks (unless they are carrying iron or steel), yachts and sampans.
HONG KONG, 13th March, 1940.
G. F. HOLE,
Harbour Master,
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