✨ Harbour Regulations and Signals
Auckland Provincial Government Gazette.
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
VOL. XVII. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1868. [No. 62.]
AUCKLAND HARBOUR.
REVISED CODE OF REGULATIONS.
Superintendent’s Office,
Auckland, 30th November, 1868.
THE following Notice, relating to alterations in the Code of Signals at the Mount Victoria Station, is directed to be published for general information.
J. WILLIAMSON,
Superintendent.
Harbour Office,
Auckland, 30th Nov., 1868.
NOTICE is hereby given that, on and after the 10th December proximo, the local Signals now in use at the Signal Station will be discontinued, and the following revised Code, authorised by the Colonial Marine Engineer, adopted in lieu thereof.
I. J. BURGESS,
Chief Harbourmaster.
FLAGSTAFF, MOUNT VICTORIA, NORTH SHORE.
A red and blue swallow-tail flag, red uppermost ... A sail in sight.
A red and blue swallow-tail flag, blue uppermost ... 2 do.
A red and yellow swallow-tail flag, red uppermost ... 3 do.
A red and yellow swallow-tail flag, yellow uppermost ... 4 do.
A red and yellow swallow-tail flag, yellow uppermost; and a red and blue swallow-tail flag, red uppermost ... 5 do.
Two yellow and blue swallow-tail flags, yellow uppermost ... 6 do.
DESCRIPTIVE SIGNALS.
A red and blue swallow-tail flag, red uppermost, dropt below western yard arm ... A Steamer.
A red and blue swallow-tail flag, red uppermost, at western yard arm ... A Schooner.
A red and blue swallow-tail flag, red uppermost, at half-western yard arm ... A Brig.
A red and blue swallow-tail flag, red uppermost, at half-eastern yard arm ... A Barque.
A red and blue swallow-tail flag, red uppermost, at eastern yard arm ... A Ship.
A red and blue swallow-tail flag, red uppermost, dropt below eastern yard arm ... A Cutter.
Note.—When more than one vessel of the same rig is in sight, the descriptive signals will be the same as those shown for more than one sail in sight.
A red pennant over the flag for a sail in sight, or over the descriptive signal, denotes that the vessel signalled is outside Tiri Tiri, and inside Tiri Tiri when the pennant is under.
A blue pennant over the flag for a sail in sight, or over the descriptive signal, denotes that the vessel signalled is coming in the eastern passage, and above the passage when the pennant is under.
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Auckland Provincial Gazette 1868, No 62
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🚂 Revised Code of Regulations for Auckland Harbour
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Harbour Regulations, Signal Codes, Mount Victoria Station, Auckland
- J. Williamson, Superintendent
- I. J. Burgess, Chief Harbourmaster