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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 20TH JUNE, 1896.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.—No. 227.

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The following Regulations, made by His Excellency the Governor in Council, for the management of the Wong-nei-chong Recreation Ground, in supersession of the Regulation contained in Government Notification No. 204 of 4th May, 1892, and of the Regulations contained in Government Notification No. 451 of 8th November, 1892, which have been repealed, are published.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office. Hongkong, 19th June, 1896.

REGULATIONS

J. II. STEWART LOCKHART,

Colonial Secretary,

Made on the 5th day of May, 1896, by the Governor in Council under Ordinance No. 8 of 1870, for the maintenance of good order

and for the preservation and better enjoyment of

the Wong-nei-chong Recreation Ground.

1. These Regulations shall apply to the portions of the Wong-nei-chong Recreation Ground not included in the Crown Lease to the Trustees of the Hongkong Jockey Club of the Race Course (registered in the Land Office as Rural Building Lot No. 33), such portions being the piece of ground enclosed within the inner rails of the Race Course and Training Track, and the two pieces of ground situated respectively outside the outer rails of the Race Course at the North-East and North-West corners of the said Recreation Ground.

2. The maintenance and preservation of the said grounds 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 grounds without the written permission of the Director of Public Works.

4. Except as hereinafter provided, and subject to these regulations, the said portions of the Recreation Ground shall be apportioned in the manner appearing on the Plan deposited with the Custodian of the said grounds, and in the schedule hereto, for the use of the different Clubs, Associations, and bo lies, therein mentioned, on the days therein specified and for the purposes therein mentioned. And subject as aforesaid the unapportioned area of the said portions of the Recreation Ground shall be for the general use of the Public.

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

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

7. Notwithstanding the apportionment as aforesaid, the whole of the said portions of the Recreation 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 grounds, 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, preservation, or restoration of the said grounds, or any part thereof, that the said grounds 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 grounds, specifying the part of the grounds that is closed, and no person shall thereafter use such ground until a further notice has been published and posted as aforesaid notifying the re-opening of the said ground.

9. (a) The representative of any Club or other body mentioned in the schedule hereto intending to use the portion of the said grounds allotted for their use on the days and for the purposes as aforesaid shall specify the time during which the same will be required in a book, to be kept by the Custodian in his house on the said grounds, or in some other suitable place on the said grounds, at least 24 hours before the time, when the ground will be actually required.

(b) If no time be specified in such book, or if the portion of ground in question be not occupied by the said Club or body before the expiration of 30 minutes after the time specified in the book, the ground may be used by any other Club or body mentioned in the schedule hereto requiring the same for a similar purpose of recreation, and not having any portion of the said grounds allotted for their use for such purpose for that day, provided that some person on their behalf gives notice thereof to the Custodian or other person aforesaid.