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No. 29.
號九十二第 日十二月五年西丁
VICTORIA, SATURDAY, 19TH JUNE, 1897.
日九十月六年七十九百八千
VOL. XLII.
薄三十四第
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 245.
The following Order in Council is published,
By Command,
J. II.
STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary.
. Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 16th June, 1897.
REGULATIONS
Made the 15th day of June, 1897, by the Governor in Council under "The Merchant Shipping Consolidation Ordinance, 1891,"
with regard to anchoring near certain telegraph
cables within the waters of this Colony,
TELEGRAPH CABLES.
1. The line of Telegraph Cables crossing between the North point of Hongkong and the South- East point of British Kowloon is marked by four white posts (two on each si by each displaying a red lamp at night. The posts may be distinguished by day by their carrying a red diamond mark.
2. No ships, junks or vessels of any description shall anchor within the area enclosed by these four posts.
Provided that junks and other native craft employed at the North Point Petroleum Depôt may anchor to the Westward of a line drawn from the Eastern Dolphin (300 feet from the Pier) to the Eastern corner of the buildings on M. L. 277.
3. No ships, junks or vessels of any description shall anchor within fifty yards, on either side, of the Telegraph Cables laid between Tai-kok-t ́sui and the Eastern shore of Stone Cutters' Island, The shore ends of these Cables are distinguished by posts carrying large diamond marks.
4. The Master or other person in charge of any ship, junk or vessel of any description anchoring within the limits forbidden by these regulations shall, for each offence, liable to a penalty not exceeding $50 without prejudice to any liability he may be under to repair any damage caused to any such Telegraph Cables in consequence of so anchoring.
COUNCIL CHAMBER,
HONGKONG.
1. G. T. BuсKLE, Clerk of Councils.