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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JUNE 30, 1927.

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APPOINTMENTS, &c.

No. 398.-His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Mr. THOMAS WILLIAM HAROLD HOSEGOOD to be an official Justice of the Peace for the Colony of Hong Kong.

29th June, 1927.

NOTICES.

No. 399. The following Admiralty regulations regarding the use of W/T by foreign warships in harbours of Great Britain and Northern Ireland are published for information as applicable in this Colony :-

(a) Foreign men-of-war and service aircraft accompanying them lying in a naval port, or in any harbour which is close to a naval port, shall obtain permis- sion from the Senior Naval Officer at the naval port to use their wireless telegraphy or telephony apparatus, stating system, wave-lengths and times. of transmission proposed.

(b) Foreign men-of-war and service aircraft accompanying them lying in any harbour which is not close to a naval port shall conform to the following regulations:-

(i) Transmission on 600 metres is forbidden, except for the purpose of

making or answering signals of distress.

(ii) Interference with naval, army or air force signalling, or with any

fixed shore station, must be avoided.

(iii) Transmission must be discontinued on request from (1) any naval

authority; (2) the port authorities; (3) any fixed shore station.

(iv) Protracted signalling, using apparatus transmitting other than pure

continuous waves, must be avoided.

(v) If there is a British or Dominion fleet or warship lying in the har-

bour, the Senior Naval Officer should be consulted.

No. 400.-The following regulations by the British Naval Commander in Chief, regarding the use of W/T by warships, other than British, at Hong Kong are published for information :-

Men-of-war other than British may use their W/T apparatus while visiting Hong

Kong, but are requested to observe the following regulations.

(i) Transmission shall not take place on 600 metres except in cases of distress or great urgency or for communicating direct with D'Aguilar (VPS).

(ii) Transmission on the following waves is forbidden :-

25, 33 to 36, 250, 300, 600, 800, 1200, 2200 and 2400 metres. (iii) Pure continuous waves should be used when possible. (iv) It is requested that operators may be requested to discontinue trans- mitting on receipt of the signal "AS" (wait) from D'Aguilar (VPS), Royal Observatory, Kowloon (GOW), or Stonecutters (BXY), and not to recommence until the signal "K" (go on) has been received. Ships should stop transmitting at intervals of not more than ten minutes and should listen in on 600 metres in order to see if they are being asked to wait as above.

(Sd) R. Y. TYRWHITT,

Vice-Admiral,

Commander-in-Chief.

H.M.S. Hawkins,

1st May, 1927.