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472 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, NOVEMBER 21, 1913.

No. 365.

Regulations made by the Officer Administering the Government- in-Council under the provisions of Section 6 of the Wireless Tele- graphy Ordinance, 1913, (Ordinance No. 20 of 1913), this 20th day of November, 1913.

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THE WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY ORDINANCE, 1913.

1. Any person desirous of obtaining a licence for the establishment of a wireless tele- graph station or the installation or working of any apparatus for wireless telegraphy in any place in the Colony or on board any British ship registered in the Colony must apply in writing to the Colonial Secretary. Such application must contain full particulars

(a.) of the place or ship in respect of which a licence is sought,

(b.) of the nature of the apparatus which it is desired and proposed to instal and

work, and

(c.) of the purposes for which the installation is intended to be utilized.

2. The following shall be the fees payable on the grant of licences :—

(a) for a licence under Section 3 for a land station, (b.) for an licence under Section 3 for a ship station,..... (c.) for an experimental licence under Section 7,

.$2.50

.$2.50

Nil.

3. All apparatus for wireless telegraphy on board a Merchant ship in the territorial waters of the Colony shall be worked in such a way as not to interfere with

(a.) Naval signalling, or

(b.) the working of any wireless telegraph station lawfully established, installed, cr worked in the Colony or the territorial waters thereof, and in particular the said apparatus shall be so worked as not to interrupt or interfere with the transmission of any messages between wireless telegraph stations established as aforesaid on land and wireless telegraph stations established on ships at sea.

4. No apparatus for wireless telegraphy on board a Merchant ship shall be worked or used whilst such ship is in any of the harbours of the Colony except with the special or general permission in writing of the Colonial Secretary of the Colony.

5. If at any time in the opinion of the Governor an emergency has arisen in which it is expedient for the public service that His Majesty's Government should have control over the transmission of messages by wireless telegraphy, the use of wireless telegraphy, on board Merchant ships whilst in the territorial waters shall be subject to such further Rules as may be made by the Governor from time to time, and such Rules may prohibit or regulate such use in all cases or in such cases as may be deemed desirable.

6. These Regulations shall not apply to the use of wireless telegraphy for the purpose of making or answering signals of distress.

7. No proceedings shall be taken against any person under these Regulations except with the previous sanction of the Attorney General.

COUNCIL CHAMBER,

20th November, 1913.

R. H. CROFTON,

Clerk of Councils.

APPOINTMENTS, &c.

No. 366.—Mr. ALAN EUSTACE WOOD has been appointed First Assistant Secretary for Chinese Affairs with effect from 19th April, 1913, and Deputy Registrar of Marriages,

with effect from the 7th November.

21st November, 1913.