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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE

12TH NOVEMBER, 1892.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 451.

The following Regulations, made by His Excellency the Governor in Council, in supersession of the regulation contained in Government Notification No. 488 of 22nd November, 1890, which is hereby repealed, for the management of the Wong-nei-chong Recreation Ground are published for general information.

A plan of the ground is deposited with the Custodian, who will keep it open to inspection on the

ground.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 8th November, 1892.

G. T. M. O'Brien, Colonial Secretary.

REGULATIONS

Made on the 7th day of November, 1892, 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 place

open to the Public commonly known as the Wong-nei-chong Recreation Ground.

1. These Regulations shall apply to the whole of the ground enclosed within the inner rails of the Race Course at Wong-nei-chong and to that piece of ground situated within the outer rails of the Race Course opposite the Roman Catholic Cemetery and bounded on the North and West by a public road, on the East by the Wong-nei-chong stream, and on the South by the Northern boundary of the Jockey Club enclosure.

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 permis- sion of the Director of Public Works.

4. All applications for the use of the said ground or any part thereof for any special purpose otherwise than provided by these Regulations shall be forwarded to the Governor through the Colonial Secretary and, if permission be granted, notice thereof shall be forthwith posted by the applicant in some conspicuous part of the grounds, and shall be published in at least one daily paper.

5. (a) Subject to the last preceding regulation, until otherwise notified in the Gazette, the said grounds shall be apportioned in the manner appearing in the Schedule and Plan hereto for the use of the different Clubs, Associations and bodies therein mentioned and for the times and periods therein. specified.

(b) Permission to use any portion of the said grounds 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.

(c) The apportionment of the said grounds for any special kind of recreation, such as cricket, football and the like, shall be appropriately marked off by the Director of Public Works.

6. 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 ground 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. 7. (a) The Custodian, Watchman, keeper or other person employed by the Government under Ordinance No. 8 of 1870, section 4, shall keep a book in his house or in some other suitable place on the grounds in which the representative of any Club or other body mentioned in the Schedule hereto or hereafter notified in the Gazette shall specify the time during which the ground is required by the said Club or body at least 24 hours before the time, when the ground is actually required.

(b) If no time is specified in such book or if the 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 Club or other body requiring the same for the purposes of recreation and not having any portion of the said grounds allotted for their use for that day, provided that some person on their behalf gives notice thereof to the Custodian or other person aforesaid.

8. No portion of the said grounds shall be allotted to any Club or other body for use on Sundays.