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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
I. R. Cooper, District adjacent to Captain pass, and it shall be so fixed as to throw the
Cooper's farm.
J. A. Brown, Mahurangi.
A. T. Munro, Matakana.
E. W. STAFFORD,

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 14th October, 1858.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint

FRANCIS DART FENTON, Esq.,
to be Assistant Law Officer of the Crown in
New Zealand.

E. W. STAFFORD,

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 14th October, 1858.

THE Honourable the Colonial Secretary
directs the republication of the following
notice respecting the Lights and Fog Signals
to be carried by Steam and Sailing Vessels on
the waters of the Colony of Victoria.

W. GISBORNE,
Under-Secretary.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.
Department of Trade and Customs,
Melbourne, 25th August, 1858.

LIGHTS AND FOG SIGNALS TO BE CARRIED
BY STEAM AND SAILING VESSELS.

His Excellency the Governor in Council has
been pleased to approve of the accompanying
regulations relative to the Lights and Fog
Signals to be carried by steam and sailing
vessels to prevent collisions, in accordance with the
provisions of the 29th section of the Act 16
Victoria, No. 25, in lieu of those published at
page No. 1944 of the Government Gazette of
the 7th August, 1855, No. 76.

By His Excellency's Command,
HENRY MILLER.

COLONY OF VICTORIA.

Regulations as to Lights and Fog Signals to
be carried by Steam and Sailing Vessels.

The Victoria Steam Navigation Board, by
virtue of the power and authority vested in them
by the 29th section of 16th Victoria, No. 25,
and with the approval of His Excellency the
Governor, have determined that from and after
the 1st day of January, 1859, the following
regulations shall be strictly observed on board
all steam and sailing vessels coming within the
provisions of the said Act.

STEAM VESSELS.

All steam vessels when under steam shall,
between sunset and sunrise, exhibit the follow-
ing lights :--

1. A bright white light at the foremast head.
   A green light on the starboard side.
   A red light on the port side.

2. The mast head light shall be so construc-
   ted as to be visible on a dark night with a clear
   atmosphere at a distance of at least 5 miles, and
   shall show an uniform and unbroken light over
   an arc of the horizon of 20 points of the com-
   pass, and it shall be so fixed as to throw the
   light 10 points on each side of the ship from
   right a-head to 2 points abaft the beam on
   either side.

3. The green light on the starboard side and
   the red light on the port side shall be so con-
   structed as to be visible on a dark night with
   a clear atmosphere at a distance of at least 2
   miles and an uniform and unbroken light over
   an arc of the horizon of 10 points of the com-
   pass, and they shall be so fixed as to throw the
   light from right a-head to 2 points abaft the
   beam on the starboard and the port sides
   respectively.

4. The side lights are to be fitted with
   inboard screens, projecting at least 3 feet
   forward from the light, so as to prevent the
   lights from being seen across the bow.

5. Steam vessels under sail only are not to
   carry their mast-head light.

6. Steam vessels plying on the river Yarra
   Yarra above the Falls shall exhibit—

When under steam.
A bright white light at
foremast head and not
less than 12 feet from
the deck, to be visible
on a clear dark night
at a distance of at least
2 miles; and
A red light hung outside
the stem under the
bowsprit.

When at anchor A common bright white
light.

FOG SIGNALS.

All steam vessels, whether propelled by
paddles or screw, when their steam is up and
when under weigh, shall in all cases of fog use
as a fog signal a steam whistle placed before the
funnel at not less than 8 feet from the deck,
which shall be sounded once at least every five
minutes, but when steam is not up they shall
use a fog horn or bell as ordered for sailing
ships.

SAILING VESSELS.

1. All sea-going sailing vessels, when under
   weigh or being towed, shall, between sunset
   and sunrise, exhibit a green light on the
   starboard side and a red light on the port side
   of the vessel; and such lights shall be so
   constructed as to be visible on a dark night
   with a clear atmosphere at a distance of at least
   2 miles, and shall show an uniform and
   unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of
   10 points of the compass from right-a-head to
   2 points abaft the beam on the starboard and
   and on the port sides respectively.

2. The colored lights shall be fixed whenever
   it is practicable so to exhibit them, and shall
   be fitted with inboard screens, projecting at
   least 3 feet forward from the light, so as to
   prevent the lights being seen across the bow.

3. When the colored light cannot be fixed
   (as in the case of small vessels in bad weather),
   they shall be kept on deck between sunset and
   sunrise, and on their proper sides of the vessel,
   ready for instant exhibition, and shall be