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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, AUGUST 15, 1919.

APPOINTMENTS, &c.

No. 367. His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government has been pleased to appoint Mr. NORMAN LOCKHART SMITH to act temporarily as a Police Magis- trate, in addition to his other duties, with effect from the 13th August, 1919.

14th August, 1919.

No. 368.-His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government has been pleased to appoint Mr. THOMAS WILLIAM AINSWORTH to act as Deputy Registrar and Appraiser, Supreme Court, with effect from the 13th August, 1919.

14th August, 1919.

No. 369.-His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government has been pleased to appoint the Honourable Mr. STANLEY HUDSON DODWELL to be a Member of the Authorised Architects' Committee vice the Honourable Mr. DAVID LANDALE.

15th August, 1919.

No. 370.-His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government has been - pleased to appoint, under section 3 of the Dentistry Ordinance, 1914, Ordinance No. 16 of 1914, Dr. HERMANN BALEAN to be a Member of the Dental Board during the absence from the Colony of Dr. G. D. R. BLACK.

15th August, 1919.

NOTICES.

HARBOUR MASTER'S DEPARTMENT.

No. 371. The attention of Owners, Agents, and Masters of all Steamships, includ- ing Steam-launches, in the waters of the Colony is called to the Regulations as to the blowing of steam whistles, as laid down in Table M of the Schedule to the Merchant Shipping Ordinance, 1899, Ordinance No. 10 of 1899, which read as follows:-

21. No steamship shall use her steam whistle except for the purposes of naviga- tion as laid down in Articles 15, 28, and 31 of the International Collision Regulations, and except for the purpose of giving necessary notice of her approach towards any other vessel when one prolonged blast of from 4 to 6 seconds duration shall be sounded.

22. Any infringement of regulation 21 will subject the master or owner of the

offending ship to a penalty not exceeding 100 dollars.

BASIL TAYLOUR, Captain, R.N.,

Harbour Master, &c.

15th August, 1919.