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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 36

the 1st March, 1880, twelve gas lights will be ex-
hibited from beacons erected in Port Adelaide River.
Vessels bound in must leave them all on the star-
board hand.

DIRECTIONS.-Masters of vessels when approach-
ing the outer bar and coming in at night should
bring the outer beacon (No. 12) to bear N.E. by E.,
magnetic. This course will lead over the outer bar
in not less than 18 feet at low water, and clear
of the Gloucester Bank Buoy. After passing this
buoy, a course should be shaped to pass No. 12
beacon at a distance of one-fourth of a cable's length.
The other beacons can then be passed at a reasonable
distance.

Masters of ships should not attempt to come in at
night without a pilot, unless they are well acquainted
with the river, and then great care must be exercised,
as some of the lights may be extinguished.

R. H. FERGUSON,
President, Marine Board.

Marine Board Offices,
Port Adelaide, 16th February, 1880.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA-GULF OF ST. VINCENT.-
ENTRANCE TO PORT VINCENT.

NOTICE is hereby given that a black buoy, sur-
mounted by open pyramidal framework, with a ball on
top, also painted black, has been moored on the tongue
of sand known as Orontes Bank, in lat. 34° 45′ 30″
S., and long. 137° 59′ E., in 2 fathoms at low water.
The pile beacon has been removed.

R. H. FERGUSON,
President, Marine Board.

Marine Board Offices,
Port Adelaide, 13th February, 1880.

Notice to Mariners. No. 17 of 1880.

NAVIGATION OF THE WANGANUI RIVER BETWEEN
THE TRAINING WALLS.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 14th April, 1880.

THE Wanganui Harbour Board notify that masters
to keep between the two lines of buoys (red on the
starboard, and black on the port, coming from sea-
ward) which are laid down, commencing from the
Landguard Bluff, and going upwards as far as
necessary between the Training Walls.

H. A. ATKINSON.

Fees under "The Shipping and Seamen's Act, 1877."

BY virtue of the powers vested in me by section
191 of "The Shipping and Seamen's Act,
1877," I hereby direct that the fees to be paid by
the owners of steamships requiring a certificate
under the Third Part of the said Act shall be as
follows, viz.:-

For vessels under 20 tons register
... £ s. d.
1 10 0
from 20 to 30 tons register ... 2 2 0
from 30 to 60 tons register ... 3 3 0
from 60 to 120 tons register ... 4 4 0
from 120 to 240 tons register 5 5 0
from 240 to 600 tons register 6 0 0
And for every additional 300 tons an
additional ... 1 0 0

Provided that the maximum fee of £10 be not ex-
ceeded in any case.

Given under my hand at Wellington, this 8th day
of April, 1880.

H. A. ATKINSON,
Minister having charge of the Marine
Department.

Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea.

Marine Department,
Wellington, 8th April, 1880.

THE following regulations for preventing collisions
at sea, made by Her Majesty's Order in Council
of the 14th August last, under the provisions of "The
Merchant Shipping Act Amendment Act, 1862," on
the joint recommendations of the Admiralty and the
Board of Trade, are published for general informa-
tion.

These regulations are in pursuance of section 172
of "The Shipping and Seamen's Act, 1877," in force
in New Zealand from the date specified in the Order
in Council, viz., the 1st day of September, 1880, on
which day all regulations for preventing collisions at
sea are, by the said Order in Council, annulled.

H. A. ATKINSON.

REGULATIONS FOR PREVENTING COLLISIONS AT
SEA.

Preliminary.

Article 1. In the following rules every steamship
which is under sail and not under steam is to be con-
sidered a sailing ship; and every steamship which is
under steam, whether under sail or not, is to be con-
sidered a ship under steam.

Rules concerning Lights.

Article 2. The lights mentioned in the following
articles, numbered 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11, and
no others, shall be carried in all weathers, from sun-
set to sunrise.

Article 3. A seagoing steamship when under way
shall carry-

(a.) On or in front of the foremast, at a height
above the hull of not less than 20 feet, and if the
breadth of the ship exceeds 20 feet then at a height
above the hull not less than such breadth, a bright
white light, so constructed as to show an uniform
and unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of
twenty points of the compass; so fixed as to throw
the light ten points on each side of the ship, viz.,
from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on
either side; and of such a character as to be visible
on a dark night, with a clear atmosphere, at a dis-
tance of at least five miles.

(b.) On the starboard side, a green light, so con-
structed as to show an uniform and unbroken light
over an arc of the horizon of ten points of the com-
pass; so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead
to two points abaft the beam on the starboard side;
and of such a character as to be visible on a dark
night, with a clear atmosphere, at a distance of at
least two miles.

(c.) On the port side, a red light, so constructed
as to show an uniform and unbroken light over an
arc of the horizon of ten points of the compass; so
fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to two
paints abaft the beam on the port side; and of such
a character as to be visible on a dark night, with a
clear atmosphere, at a distance of at least two miles.

(d.) The said green and red side lights shall be
fitted with inboard screens projecting at least 3 feet
forward from the light, so as to prevent these lights
from being seen across the bow.

Article 4. A steamship, when towing another ship,
shall, in addition to her side lights, carry two bright
white lights in a vertical line one over the other, not
less than 3 feet apart, so as to distinguish her from
other steamships. Each of these lights shall be of
the same construction and character, and shall be
carried in the same position, as the white light which
other steamships are required to carry.

Article 5. A ship, whether a steamship or a sailing
ship, when employed either in laying or in picking up