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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 9TH MAY, 1896.
(b) On the starboard side, a green light, so constructed as to show an uniform and unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of 10 points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on the starboard side, and of such a character as to be visible on a dark night, with a clear atmosphere, at a distance of at least two miles.
(c) On the port side, a red light, so constructed as to show an uniform and unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of 10 points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on the port side, and of such a character as to be visible on a dark night, with a clear atmosphere, at a distance of at least two miles.
(d) The said green and red side lights shall be fitted with inboard screens projecting at least three feet forward from the light, so as to prevent these lights from being seen across the bow.
And whereas by another Order in Council, made in pursuance of the said Act and on such joint recommendation as aforesaid, and dated the 30th day of January, 1893, the said regulations contained in the Schedule to the said Order in Council of the 11th day of August, 1884, were further modified by the addition to the said recited Article 3 of the provisions contained in the Schedule to the said Order in Council now in recital and set out in the Schedule hereto.
And whereas the Admiralty and the Board of Trade have jointly recommended to Her Majesty that the said recited Order in Council of the 30th day of January, 1893, should be rescinded to the intent that the modifications and additions made to the said recited Article 3, and set out in the Schedule hereto, should no longer continue in operation.
And whereas Her Majesty was pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, on the 12th day of December, 1895, by a Provisional Order within the meaning of the Rules Publication Act, 1893, to rescind the said Order in Council of the 30th January, 1893.
And whereas the provisions of Section 1 of The Rules Publication Act, 1893, have been complied with.
NOW, THEREFORE, Her Majesty, by virtue of the powers vested in Her by the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, and by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, is pleased to rescind the said recited Order in Council of the 30th day of January, 1893, and to direct that from the date of this Order the provisions contained in the Schedule to the last-mentioned Order and to this Order shall cease to be in operation, and the said recited Article 3 of the said Regulations contained in the said Order in Council of the 11th day of August, 1884, shall have effect as if the said Order in Council of the 30th day of January, 1893, had never been made.
SCHEDULE.
C. L. PEEL.
(e) To ensure that the red and green side lights shall show an uniform light from right ahead of the ship to two points abaft the beam on the port and starboard sides respectively and shall not show across the bow of the ship itself, the said lights must be fixed and the screens fitted so that the rays from the red and green lights shall cross the line of the ship's keel projected ahead of the ship at a reasonable distance ahead of the ship.
With regard to all vessels whose lights are inspected by the officers of the Board of Trade the red or green side light will not be deemed to be fixed and fitted in accordance with the Regulations unless it is so fixed and screened that a line drawn from the outside edge of the wick to the foremost end of the inboard screen of such light shall make an angle of 4 degrees or as near thereto as may be practicable with a line drawn parallel with the keel of the ship from the outside edge
of the wick.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 164.
The following Regulation is published.
By Command,
J. H. STEWARt Lockhart, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 5th May, 1896.
REGULATION
Made by the Governor in Council on the 5th day of May, 1896, in pursuance of the provisions of section 2 of Ordinance
No. 8 of 1870.
"No person shall catch or attempt to catch any butterflies or other winged insects in the Colonial Cemetery situate in the Wong-nai-chung Valley."
COUNCIL CHAMBER,
HONGKONG.
F. J. BADELEY, Acting Clerk of Councils