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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 24TH SEPTEMBER, IS 98
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. --No. 429.
The following letter, with its enclosure, is published.
By Command,
T. SERCOMBE SMITH,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 23rd September, 1898.
TOKIO, September 8, 1898. STR,I have the honour to transmit to you, herewith, for the guidance of Shipmasters, copy of the new Harbour Regulations which the Japanese Government have decided to bring into operation at Yokohama on the 10th October next, and at Kobe and Nagasaki on the 1st November next.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient, humble Servant,
The Officer Administering the Government of
ERNEST SATOW,
HONGKONG.
IMPERIAL ORDINANCE No. 139.
HARBOUR REGULATIONS FOR THE OPEN PORTS.
ARTICLE I.
The limits of the undermentioned Ports open to foreign commerce are defined as follows:,"
AT YOKOHAMA: the harbour limits are comprised within a line drawn from the Juniten (Mandarin Hiluff) to the light-ship, and thence due north, to a point on the coast east of the mouth of the Tsurumigawa.
AT KOBE: the harbour limits are comprised within the area bounded by two lines, one drawn from the former mouth of the Ikutagawa due south, and the other running in a north-easterly direc tion from the point of Wadatomisaki.
AT NIIGATA: the harbour limits are comprised within the arc of a circle, the centre being the light-house and the radius being 24 nautical miles.
AT EBISUMINATO: the harbour limits are comprised within a line drawn from Shiidomarimura to Isorimura on the outside, and a line drawn from Minatocho on the east shore of Lake Kamo to Kamomura on the north-west shore of the same lake.
AT OSAKA: the harbour limits are comprised within a line drawn from a point (Tree Point) at the mouth of the Mukogawa south by west, and a line from the mouth of the Yamatogawa, the two lines cutting each other at a distance of 6 nautical miles from a point (Tree Point) and 5 nautical miles from the mouth of the Yamatogawa.
AT NAGASAKI: the harbour limits are comprised within a line drawn from Kanzaki to Me- gami.
AT HAKODATE: the harbour limits are comprised within a line drawn from a point off the coast, a nautical mile south of Anoma Point, to a point on the east bank of the mouth of the Arikawa, Kami-isoniura.
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ARTICLE II.
Every vessel on entering a port shall hoist its ensign and its signal letters. Regular Mail Packets hoist the company's flag in lieu of the signal letters,
The ensign and signal letters or company's flag must not be lowered until the vessel's arrival shall have been duly reported to the Harbour Master.
Such report shall be made within 24 hours after arrival, Sundays and holidays excepted, and no Customs facilities shall be extended to any vessel until such report shall have been made.
ARTICLE III.
Every Master on arrival in port shall prevent all communication between his ship and other vessels or the shore until it shall have been admitted to "free pratique."
ARTICLE IV.
The Harbour Master's boat will be in attendance near the entrance of the harbour, and the Har- bour Master will assign a berth to every ship on entering, which berth it must not leave without special permission, unless forced to do so, The Harbour Master may cause a vessel to change its berth, should he consider it necessary.