APRIL 15.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 509

a telegraph cable, or which from any accident is not
under command, shall at night carry in the same
position as the white light which steamships are
required to carry, and, if a steamship, in place of that
light, three red lights in globular lanterns, each not
less than 10 inches in diameter, in a vertical line one
over the other, not less than 3 feet apart; and shall
by day carry in a vertical line one over the other,
not less than 3 feet apart, in front of but not lower
than her foremast head, three black balls or shapes,
each 2 feet in diameter.

These shapes and lights are to be taken by approach-
ing ships as signals that the ship using them is not
under command, and cannot therefore get out of the
way.

The above ships, when not making any way through
the water, shall not carry the side lights, but when
making way shall carry them.

Article 6. A sailing ship under way, or being towed,
shall carry the same lights as are provided by Article
3 for a steamship under way, with the exception of
the white light, which she shall never carry.

Article 7. Whenever, as in the case of small vessels
during bad weather, the green and red side lights
cannot be fixed, these lights shall be kept on deck,
on their respective sides of the vessel, ready for use;
and shall, on the approach of or to other vessels, be
exhibited on their respective sides in sufficient time
to prevent collision, in such manner as to make them
most visible, and so that the green light shall not be
seen on the port side, nor the red light on the star-
board side.

To make the use of these portable lights more
certain and easy, the lanterns containing them shall
each be painted outside with the colour of the light
they respectively contain, and shall be provided with
proper screens.

Article 8. A ship, whether a steamship or a sailing
ship, when at anchor, shall carry, where it can best be
seen, but at a height not exceeding 20 feet above the
hull, a white light, in a globular lantern of not less
than 8 inches in diameter, and so constructed as to
show a clear uniform and unbroken light visible all
round the horizon at a distance of at least one mile.

Article 9. A pilot vessel, when engaged on her
station on pilotage duty, shall not carry the lights
required for other vessels, but shall carry a white
light at the masthead visible all round the horizon,
and shall also exhibit a flare-up light or flare-up lights
at short intervals, which shall never exceed fifteen
minutes.

A pilot vessel, when not engaged on her station on
pilotage duty, shall carry lights similar to those of
other ships.

Article 10. (a.) Open fishing boats and other open
boats when under way shall not be obliged to carry
the side lights required for other vessels; but every
such boat shall, in lieu thereof, have ready at hand a
lantem with a green glass on the one side and a red
glass on the other side; and on the approach of or
to other vessels such lantern shall be exhibited in
sufficient time to prevent collision, so that the green
light shall not be seen on the port side, nor the red
light on the starboard side.

(b.) A fishing vessel, and an open boat, when at
anchor, shall exhibit a bright white light.

(c.) A fishing vessel, when employed in drift net
fishing, shall carry on one of her masts two red lights
in a vertical line one over the other, not less than 3
feet apart.

(d.) A trawler at work shall carry on one of her
masts two lights in a vertical line one over the other,
not less than 3 feet apart, the upper light red and
the lower green, and shall also either carry the side
lights required for other vessels, or, if the side lights
cannot be carried, have ready at hand the coloured
lights as provided in Article 7, or a lantern with a
red and a green glass as described in paragraph (a)
of this article.

(e.) Fishing vessels and open boats shall not be
prevented from using a flare-up in addition, if they
desire to do so.

(f.) The lights mentioned in this article are sub-
stituted for those mentioned in the 12th, 13th, and
14th Articles of the Convention between France
and England scheduled to "The British Sea Fisheries
Act, 1868."

(g) All lights required by this article, except side
lights, shall be in globular lanterns, so constructed
as to show all round the horizon.

Article 11. A ship which is being overtaken by
another shall show from her stern to such last-men-
tioned ship a white light or a flare-up light.

Sound Signals for Fog, &c.

Article 12. A steamship shall be provided with a
steam whistle or other efficient steam sound signal,
so placed that the sound may not be intercepted by
any obstructions, and with an efficient fog horn to
be sounded by a bellows or other mechanical means,
and also with an efficient bell. A sailing ship shall
be provided with a similar fog horn and bell.

In fog, mist, or falling snow, whether by day or
night, the signals described in this article shall be
used as follows, that is to say, -

(a.) A. steamship under way shall make, with her
steam whistle, or other steam sound signal, at inter-
vals of not more than two minutes, a prolonged
blast.

(6.) A. sailing ship under way shall make, with her
fog horn, at intervals of not more than two minutes,
when on the starboard tack one blast, when on the
port tack two blasts in succession, and when with the
wind abaft the beam three blasts in succession.

(c.) A steamship and a sailing ship when not under
way shall, at intervals of not more than two minutes,
ring the bell.

Speed of Ships to be Moderate in Fog, &c.

Article 13. Every ship, whether a sailing ship or
steamship, shall in a fog, mist, or falling snow, go at
a moderate speed.

Steering and Sailing Rules.

Article 14. When two sailing ships are approach-
ing one another, so as to involve risk of collision,
one of them shall keep out of the way of the other as
follows, viz.:-

(a.) A ship which is running free shall keep out of
the way of a ship which is close-hauled.

(6.) A ship which is close-hauled on the port tack
shall keep out of the way of a ship which is close-
hauled on the starboard tack.

(c.) When both are running free with the wind
on different sides, the ship which has the wind on the
port side shall keep out of the way of the other.

(d.) When both are running free with the wind on
the same side, the ship which is to windward shall
keep out of the way of the ship which is to leeward.

(e.) A ship which has the wind aft shall keep out
of the way of the other ship.

Article 15. If two ships under steam are meeting
end on, or nearly end on, so as to involve risk of
collision, each shall alter her course to starboard, so
that each may pass on the port side of the other.

This article only applies to cases where ships
are meeting end on, or nearly end on, in such
a manner as to involve risk of collision, and
does not apply to two ships which must, if
both keep on their respective courses, pass
clear of each other.

The only cases to which it does apply are, when
each of the two ships is end on, or nearly end