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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 10TH NOVEMBER, 1905.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.—No. 750.

The following Regulations are published.

By Command,

T. SERCOMBE SMITH,

Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hengkong, 10th November, 1905.

REGULATIONS

Made on the 8th November, 1905, by the Governor in Council, under the Public Places Regulation Ordinance 1870 (No. 2 of 1870), for the maintenance of good order in and for the preservation, management, use, and enjoyment of a portion of

the area of Crown land in Kowloon pro-

posed to be set aside as the

King's Park.

1. These Regulations shall apply to the area of Crown land situated between Gascoigne and Austin Roads, Kowloon, and intended to form part of the King's Park.

2. The maintenance and preservation of the said Ground shall be under the care and direction of the Director of Public Works.

3. No person or persons shall alter or interfere with the said Ground without the written permis- sion of the Director of Public Works.

4. Except as hereinafter provided, and subject to these Regulations, the different portions of the said Ground shall be apportioned in the manner appearing on the Plan deposited in the office of the Director of Public Works, and in the Schedule hereto, for the use of the different Clubs, Associations, and bodies therein mentioned, on the days therein specified, and for the purposes therein mentioned. Subject as aforesaid the unapportioned area of the said portions of the said Ground shall be for the general use of the Public, but shall not be used for games of any description."

5. The apportionment of the said Ground as aforesaid shall be appropriately marked off by the Director of Public Works.

6. The permission to use any portion of the said Ground, or the expenditure of any money thereon, shall not confer upon any Club or other body the exclusive right to the use of such portion.

7. Notwithstanding any such apportionment as aforesaid, the whole of the said portions of the said Ground or any part thereof may be used for any purpose, other than as provided by these Regulations, upon application to the Governor through the Colonial Secretary, and, if permission be granted, notice of the same having been granted shall be forthwith posted by the applicant in some conspicuous part of the said Ground, and shall be published in at least one daily paper.

8. Notwithstanding anything herein contained, whenever in the opinion of the Director of Public Works it is expedient for the maintenance, or preservation of the said Ground or any part thereof, that the said Ground or any part thereof should be closed, he shall cause a notice in that behalf to be inserted at least in one daily paper, and to be posted in some conspicuous part of the said Ground, specifying the part of the Ground that is closed, and no person shall thereafter use such part of the Ground until a further notice has been published and posted as aforesaid notifying the re-opening of the said part of Ground.

9. Riding over the said Ground is prohibited, except for such purpose and subject to such con- ditions, as the Governor, upon application to him through the Colonial Secretary, may, in writing, permit. Notice of such permit shall be posted and published in the same way as a permit under Regulation 7.

10. The riding of bicycles over the said Ground is prohibited.

11. The grazing of cattle on the said Ground is prohibited.

12. The said apportioned areas as marked and shown on the said Plan and referred to in the said Schedule shall be used for the purposes only which are mentioned in the Schedule hereto.

13. Chinese mechanics and labourers are forbidden to use the Ground as a thoroughfare.