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No. 2.
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 6TH JANUARY, 1872
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
His Excellency SIR RICHARD GRAVES MACDONNELL, K.C.M.G., and C.B., has been pleased to appoint the Honorable THOMAS CHILD HAYLLAR to be Acting Judge of the Court of Summary Jurisdiction of Hongkong, provisionally, from the 11th instant and until further notie, vice the Ilonorable HENRY JOHN BALL, appointed Acting Chief Justice.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 6th January, 1872.
No. 3.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN,
Colonial Secretary
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
An Index to the Government Gazette for 1871, for binding with the Volume, is this day published.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 6th January, 1872.
No. 4.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Notification, as received from the Government of India, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 6th January, 1872.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN,
Colonial Secretary.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA, MARINE DEPARTMENT.
Fort William, the 9th December 1871.
MARINE DEPARTMENT.
NOTIFICATIONS.
Fort William, the 28th November 1871.
No. 8 of 1871.-The following Circular by the Board of Trade, received from the Government of Bengal, is published for general information and guidance:-
BOARD OF TRADE, the 20th September 1871.
CIRCULAR No. 500.
M. 5779
1871.
INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFICERS IN BRITISH POSSESSIONS ABROAD.
REGULATIONS FOR PREVENTING COLLISIONS.
substance of an opinion recently given by the Attorney General, the Solicitor General, and the Queen's Advocate, viz.:--
The following is the Ship's Side Lights. S. 30-62.
(1.) That side lights and lanthorns, otherwise unexceptionable, fixed in such a position that they may be obscured by the lower corners of the ship's square foresail cannot be considered to be fixed as required by Article 3 of the Regu- lations.
(2.) In the event of such side lights and lanthorns being so fixed that the lower corners of the square foresail can obscure either or both such lights, the Surveyors or Inspectors may require the master or owner of the ship either to move the lanthorns further forward, and to fix them where the lights cannot be obscured, or to cut off so much of the lower corners of her square foresail as causes or is likely to cause such obscuration.
(3.)-In the event of such master or owner neglecting or refusing to alter the position of the lanthorns, or cut away such portion of her lower courses as the Surveyor or Inspector may direct, such Surveyor or Inspector may report the fact to the Collector of Customs for the purpose of stopping the ship, and such Collector may refuse to grant the vessel a clearance under Section 30 of the Merchant Shipping Act Amendment Act, 1862, until he receives a report from the Surveyor or Inspector to the effect that his requirements have been complied with. (4.)-If after a vessel has been passed by such Surveyor or Inspector as carrying properly constructed and fixed lanthorns
and lights, the master fixes them in such a position that they may be or are obscured by the vessel's square
foresail, and are not under such circumstances visible for a distance of two miles from right ahead to two points abaft the beam, on the respective sides, as required by Article 3, read in connection with Article 20 of the Regulations, such master will be guilty of a misdemeanor under Section 27 of the Merchant Shipping Act Amendment Act, 1862. THOMAS GRAY.
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