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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, OCTOBER 14, 1910.

No. 322.

Amendment to the Regulations in Table M of the Schedule to the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899, made by the Officer Administering the Government-in-Council this 13th day of October,

1910.

The Regulations as to Fairways in Table M of the Schedule to the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899, made by the Governor-in-Council on the 4th day of February, 1908, under section 25 (4) of the said Ordinance and published in the Gazette on the 20th day of March, 1908, and on pages 409-413 of the Regulations of Hongkong, 1910, are hereby amended as follows:-

By the insertion of the following Regulation after Regulation No. 7 to be

numbered 7a :-

No. 323.

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"7a. Rafts of timber or logs, when afloat in the waters of the Colony between sunset and sunrise, shall, whether moored or under way, exhibit a white light, visible all round the horizon to a distance of not less than one mile, at height of not less than six feet above the water, at each end of such raft or log or group of logs: and, if such raft or log or group of logs exceeds fifty feet in length, a further similar light, at the same height, in the centre thereof.”

Amendment to Regulations relating to Conditions of Licence for Importing for Sale or Use within the Colony, Preparing, Manufacturing or Dealing in Morphine and Compounds of Opium made by the Officer Administering the Government-in-Council under Section 51 (1) of the Opium Ordinance, 1909, (Ordinance No. 23 of 1909), this 13th of October, 1910.

The Regulations made by the Governor-in-Council under Section 51 (1) of the Opium Ordinance, 1909, and published in the Gazette on the 4th day of March, 1910, and on pages 591 and 592 of the Regulations of Hongkong, 1910, relating to Conditions of Licence for Importing for Sale or Use within the Colony, Preparing, Manufacturing or Dealing in Morphine and Compounds of Opium are hereby amended as follows :—

By the insertion of the following Regulation after Regulation No. 3 and the re-

numbering of the subsequent Regulations:-

No. 324.

"4. The licensee shall not be absent from the Colony for any period of more than seven days duration unless he has notified to the Principal Civil Medical Officer his intention of so being absent and unless the Principal Civil Medical Officer has in writing approved the appointment of a substi tute who shall act for him and who shall for all purposes be treated as the licensee during such absence. The licensee shall on returning to the Colony notify the Principal Civil Medical Officer in writing of his return thereto."

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The following Conditions of Licence for Importing for Sale or Use within the Colony, Preparing, Manufacturing or Dealing in Morphine are hereby added by the Officer Adminis- tering the Government-in-Council under Section 51 (1) of the Opium Ordinance, 1909, to the conditions published in the Gazette of 4th March, 1910, and on page 591 of the Regulations of Hongkong, 1910.

7. Except to the persons enumerated in Section 11 sub-section (3) (a), (b), (c) and (d) of the Pharmacy Ordinance, 1908, the licensee shall not supply Morphine to anyone in any quantity exceeding 12 official doses without the permission of the Principal Civil Medical Officer. Morphine for the purpose of this condition includes Morphia and all Salts of Morphine and any solution or preparation containing Morphine or its Salts, except medicines at any time exempted from payment of royalty to the Opium Farmer under Section 56 of the Opium Ordinance, 1909.