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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JUNE 23, 1939.

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.

No. 496.

Hong Kong.

ORDINANCE No. 10 of 1899. (MERCHANT SHIPPING).

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 42 of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899, the Governor in Council amends Table M in the regulations made under the said Ordinance as appearing in the regulations of Hong Kong (1937 Edition) at pages 336-318 as follows :—

Amendment.

Regulation 13 on page 339 of the regulations is rescinded and the following is substituted therefor

The portions of the sea-wall within the harbour of refuge referred to in the Harbour of Refuge Ordinance, 1909, on each side of the Public Square Street Pier for a distance of 50 feet and on each side of the Mongkok Ferry Pier for a distance of 100 feet. respectively, measured from the pier side, shall be kept clear of vessels No vessel shall be brought alongside or lie off any of the said portions of the sea-wall. nor shall any vessel, other than the ferry vessels using the said piers, approach any of such portions of the sea-wall.

COUNCIL CHAMBER,

15th June. 1939.

T. MEGARRY,

Clerk of Councils.