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No. 12.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
His Excellency SIR RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL is pleased to direct that, until further notice, the only Anchorage in the waters of Hongkong for Foreign Vessels of War, and Foreign Cruisers of every description and Nationality, shall be within the following Boundaries:
Western Boundary.
A line running from the Government Wharf to the "Melville," Hospital Ship.
Northern Boundary.
A line running from the "Melville" Eastward till it meets the Eastern Boundary.
Eastern Boundary.
A line running from St. Francis' Hospital towards Kowloon Point till it meets the Northern Boundary. The above Regulation does not refer to Vessels driven by stress of weather, or any exceptional circumstances to take up other temporary anchorages.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 18th January, 1868.
CECIL C. SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary.
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