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57 4 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, NOVEMBER 29, 1912.

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EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.

No. 352.

Regulation made by the Governor-in-Council under Section 25 (4) of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899, (Ordinance No. 10 of 1899), this 22nd day of November, 1912.

Regulation No. 23 in Table M of the Schedule to the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899, is hereby repealed and the following is substituted therefor :-

"23. Any vessel approaching a defended port in the Colony of Hongkong when searchlights are being worked, and finding that they interfere with her safe navigation, may make use of the following signals, either singly or combined :—

(a.) By flashing lamp, four short flashes followed by one long flash.

(b.) By whistle siren, or fog-horn, four short blasts followed by one long

blast.

Whenever possible, both flashing lamp signals and sound signals should be used. On these signals being made, the searchlights will be worked so as to cause the least

inconvenience, being either doused, raised, or their direction altered.

The signal should not be used without real necessity, as unless the vessel is actually in the rays of the searchlight it is impossible to know which searchlight is affected.

The signals are designed to assist mariners and do not render the Government liable

in any way."

No. 353.—It is hereby notified that the following Societies have been exempted by the Governor-in-Council from registration under the Societies Ordinance, 1911, (Ordinance No. 47 of 1911), and their names are hereby added to the List of Exempted Societies, published in Government Notification No. 195 of 1912, under the following headings:-

Social (Chinese).

Chinese Circulating Library(中華書報傳閱會

Sport (Non-Chinese).

Olympic Tennis Club, (originally the Y. M. C. A. Tennis Club).

COUNCIL CHAMBER,

22nd November, 1912.

A. G. M. FLETCHER,

Clerk of Councils.

APPOINTMENTS, &C.

No. 354. His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the Honourable Mr. EDWIN RICHARD HALLIFAX to be a Member of the Committee for the Wong-nei chong and Queen's Recreation Grounds, as representative of the Hongkong Football Club, vice Mr. P. W. GOLDRING, with effect from this date.

23rd November, 1912.

No. 355.-His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Mr. ALAN EUSTACE WOOD to be a Member of the Board of Examiners, with effect from the 31st October, 1912, and Mr. DAVID WILLIAM TRATMAN to act for him during his absence on leave.

26th November, 1912.

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