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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 7TH DECEMBER, 1895.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.—No. 515.
The following Notification is published.
By Command,
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 6th December, 1895.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
Under the provisions of section 2 of Ordinance No. 10 of 1869, the following regulations, having been approved by His Excellency the Governor, will be observed on the 12th and 13th instant, being the days of the Victoria Recreation Club Regatta :-
1. A Red Burgee will be hoisted at a staff on the Judge's Stand 5 minutes before the start-
ing of a Race, and will be kept flying until that race is finished.
2. During the time that this Red Burgee is flying, all boats, junks, &c., are to keep outside the Western Boundary of the Course, in order not to interfere with the competing
crews.
3. The Western Boundary of the course will be drawn from the Judge's Stand off the Kowloon Godowns to the Gunboats' mooring-buoys off the Royal Naval Establishment at Kowloon, and continued on to Tai-kok-tsui Point.
4. Launches following the Races must keep astern of the sternmost of the competing boats. (N.B.-This regulation does not apply to the launch of the Umpire or other Official of the Club.)
R. MURRAY RUMSEY, Retd. Comdr., R.N., Harbour Master, &c.
Harbour Department, Hongkong, 4th December, 1895.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 516.
It is hereby notified that the Hongkong Volunteers will fire from Machine Guns from the neighbourhood of North Battery on Saturday, the 14th instant, between the hours of 3 P.M. and 6 P.M.
The firing will be in a North-Easterly direction towards the Channel Rocks.
All ships, junks and other vessels are cautioned to keep clear of the range.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 5th Deceinber, 1895.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary.
No. 517.
His Excellency has been pleased to make the following Regulation under section 10 of The Post Office Ordinance, 1887, with effect from the First of January, 1896, and to cancel the Regulation published in the Government Gazette in Notification No. 29 of the 18th January, 1895, in so far as it is inconsistent with the Regulation now published.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 6th December, 1895.
J. H. STEWART Lockhart, Colonial Secretary.
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