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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JANUARY 31,

be made in

10. The following amendments shall be Schedule I to the principal Order :-

(1) For paragraph 15, the following paragraph shall be substituted :—

"15. Subject as provided in paragraph 16A of this Schedule, the nationality and registration marks shall be painted on the aircraft or shall be affixed thereto by any other means ensuring a similar degree of permanence, in the following manner :----

(a) Flying Machines.-The marks shall be painted or affixed once on the lower surface of the main plane structure and once on the upper surface of the main plane structure, the top of the letters constituting the marks to be towards the leading edge. The marks shall also be painted or affixed along each side of the fuselage or body between the main planes and the tail planes.

(b) Airships and Balloons.-In the case of airships, the marks shall be painted or affixed in three places at or near the maximum cross-section so as to appear once on each side The letters of the airship and once on the upper surface. constituting the marks on the upper surface shall be equi- distant from the letters constituting the marks on the sides. In the case of spherical balloons, the marks shall be painted or affixed so as to appear in two places at or near the maximum horizontal circumference of the balloon and shall be placed as far as possible from one another, and, in the case of non-spherical balloons, shall be painted or affixed at or near the maximum cross-section on each side of the balloon immediately above the rigging band or the points of attachment of the basket suspension cables. In the case of all airships and balloons, the side marks shall be so placed as to be visible both from the sides and from the ground.

The marks shall be of such a colour in relation to the colour of the background on which they are painted or affixed as will render them clearly legible at a distance of not less than 250 yards in a clear atmosphere."

(2) For paragraph 16, the following paragraph shall be substituted :-

16. The height of the letters constituting the marks need not exceed eight feet unless otherwise required by the Governor. Subject as aforesaid and as provided in paragraph 16A of this Schedule, the height of the letters shall be as follows:-

(a) Flying Machines. The height of the letters on the main planes shall be equal to four-fifths of the chord. On the fuselage or on the body the height of the letters shall be equal to four-fifths of the depth of the narrowest part of that portion of the fuselage or body on which the marks are painted or affixed.

(b) Airships and Non-spherical Balloons. The height of the letters shall be equal to at least one-twelfth of the peri- meter of the airship or balloon at its maximum cross-section.

(c) Spherical Balloons.-The height of the letters shall be equal to at least one-fifteenth of the maximum horizontal circumference of the balloon.'

(3) The following paragraph shall be inserted after. paragraph 16:

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