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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JANUARY 31, 1936.

Exemptions

Commence- ment.

(iii) any person authorised in writing under the hand of the said officer in charge of the batteries; or

(iv) any police officer.

10. This Ordinance shall not apply to-

(a) any vessel entering or passing through the areas affected in the ordinary course of navigation from one port to another.

(b) any vessel compelled to enter or unable to quit the areas affected by reason of the exigencies of navigation.

(c) any vessel when racing, provided due notice of the racing fixture has been given not less than forty-eight hours previously to the Officer Commanding, Royal Artillery, at Military Headquarters, China Command, Hong Kong.

(d) any vessel employed in tending, placing or replacing mark buoys or other aids to navigation within the areas affected.

(e) His Majesty's Ships of War, His Majesty's Aircraft, or any vessel or aircraft employed under Admiralty, War Office, or Air Council Authority or under the Government of the Colony.

(f) any aircraft compelled to alight on or unable to quit the areas affected.

(g) any foreign vessel when outside territorial waters.

11. This Ordinance shall not come into operation until such date as the Governor shall notify by Proclamation as the commencement of this Ordinance."

Passed the Legislative Council of Hong Kong; this 30th day of January, 1936.

H. R. BUTTERS,

Deputy Clerk of Councils.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

[s. 3.]

Firing Areas.

(a) Firing Area A:-

The sea area included in this Firing Area is bounded follows:-

as

By a line starting from High Water Mark at light marking Harbour Boundary (latitude 22° 17′ 23′′-longitude 114° 14′ 03′′), thence following High Water Mark along western shore of Junk Bay to latitude 22° 18′ 24′′-longitude 114° 15′ 05′′, thence across Junk Bay to latitude 22° 18′ 44′′-longitude 114° 15′ 45′′, thence following High Water Mark along eastern shore of Junk Bay to latitude 22° 16′ 46′′-longitude 114° 16′ 28", thence to Junk Island

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