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REG 8 OCT 03)

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Officers in Command of Foreign Ships of informed:

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1.-That the use of Search Lights when in the Ports or Waters of the Colony is prohibited unless permission has been first obtained from the Governor by application made through the Colonial Secretary.

2-That it is prohibited to make any examination or survey of the Shores or Waters of the Colony, either from ships or by means of boats.

3. That in the event of their ships arriving within the waters of the Colony after dark, they are to anchor until daylight as near to Green Island as possible, or in Junk Bay (Chung Kwang ().

4.-That, except as provided in paragraph 3, no portion of the waters of the Colony, except the Man-of-war Anchorages, may be used as an anchorage without permission having been first obtained from the Governor by application made through the Colonial Secretary.

By Command

F. H. MAY,

Colonial Secretary,

Hongkong, 26th June, 1903.