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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 22

Amending Regulations for preventing Collisions at Sea.

Marine Department,

Wellington, 9th April, 1885.

THE following Order of Her Majesty the Queen in Council is published for general information.

Jos. A. TOLE,

(for Minister having charge of Marine Department.)

At the Court at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, the 30th day of December, 1884.

Present:

THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by an Order in Council made in pursuance of "The Merchant Shipping Act Amendment Act, 1862," and dated the 11th day of August, 1884, Her Majesty, on the joint recommendation of the Admiralty and the Board of Trade, was pleased to direct that, on and after the 1st day of September, 1884, the regulations in the Schedule thereto should, so far as regarded British ships and boats, be substituted for the regulations for preventing collisions at sea contained in the First Schedule to an Order in Council made as aforesaid, and dated the 14th day of August, 1879:

And whereas by the regulations contained in the Schedule to the same Order in Council of the 11th day of August, 1884, it is provided as follows, viz.:-

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 distance of at least five miles;

b.) On the starboard side, a green 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 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 points 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 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 10. (a.) All fishing-vessels and fishing-boats of 20 tons net registered tonnage or upwards, when under way and when not required by the following regulations in this article to carry and show the lights therein named, shall carry and show the same lights as other vessels under way:

And whereas the Admiralty and the Board of Trade have, in pursuance of the said recited Act, jointly recommended to Her Majesty that the regulations contained in the Schedule to the said recited Order in Council of the 11th day of August, 1884, shall, as regards British fishing vessels and boats when in the sea off the coast of Europe, lying north of Cape Finisterre, be modified and added to in manner following, that is to say,-

That, as regards steam-vessels engaged in trawling, such vessels, if of 20 tons gross register tonnage or upwards, and having their trawls in the water, and not being stationary in consequence of their gear getting fast to a rock or other obstruction, should, if they do not carry the lights required by the said recited Article 3 of the regulations aforesaid, be permitted to carry and show, in lieu thereof, and in substitution therefor, but not in addition thereto, whilst so engaged in trawling, and having their trawls in the water, and not being stationary as aforesaid, other lights of the description set forth in Part I. of the Schedule hereto; and that when under way, and not having their trawls in the water, they should carry and show the lights required by Article 3 above recited:

And that, as regards sailing-vessels engaged in trawling, such vessels, if of 20 tons net register tonnage or upwards, and having their trawls in the water, and not being stationary in consequence of their gear getting fast to a rock or other obstruction, should, if they do not carry the lights required by the said recited Article 6 of the regulations aforesaid, be permitted to carry and show, in lieu thereof, and in substitution therefor, but not in addition thereto, whilst so engaged in trawling, and having their trawls in the water, and not being stationary as aforesaid, other lights of the description set forth in Part II. of the Schedule hereto; and that when under way, and not having their trawls in the water, they should carry and show the lights required by Article 6 above recited:

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by virtue of the powers vested in her by the said Act, and by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, is pleased to direct that, on and after the 1st day of January, 1885, the regulations contained in the Schedule to the said recited Order in Council of the 11th day of August, 1884, shall, as regards fishing vessels and boats when in the sea off the coast of Europe, lying north of Cape Finisterre, be modified and added to as follows, viz.:-

As regards steam-vessels engaged in trawling when under steam, such vessels, if of 20 tons gross register tonnage or upwards, and having their trawls in the water, and not being stationary in consequence of their gear getting fast to a rock or other obstruction, shall, between sunset and sunrise, either carry and show the lights required by the said recited Article 3 of the regulations aforesaid, or shall carry and show, in lieu thereof, and in substitution therefor, but not in addition thereto, other lights of the description set forth in Part I. of the Schedule hereto.

As regards sailing-vessels engaged in trawling, such vessels, if of 20 tons net register tonnage or upwards, and having their trawls in the water, and not being stationary in consequence of their gear getting fast to a rock or other obstruction, shall, between sunset and sunrise, either carry and show the lights required by the said recited Article 6 of the regulations aforesaid, or shall carry and show, in lieu thereof, and in substitution therefor, but not in addition thereto, other lights of the description set forth in Part II. of the Schedule hereto.

The red and green lights which are by this order permitted as aforesaid to be carried in lieu of the lights required by Articles 3 and 6 of the said recited regulations respectively shall be of such a character as to be visible at a distance of not less than two miles on a dark night with a clear atmosphere.

And Her Majesty is pleased further to direct that steam-vessels of 20 tons gross register tonnage or upwards, and sailing-vessels of 20 tons net register tonnage or upwards, engaged in trawling, when under way between sunset and sunrise, but not having their trawls in the water, shall, if steamships, carry and show the lights required by Article 3 above recited, and, if sailing-ships, shall carry and show the lights required by Article 6 above recited: Provided, however, that the modifications and additions set forth in Parts I. and II. of the Schedule hereto shall not be applicable to the fishing vessels and boats of any foreign country, unless and until the same shall have been made applicable thereto by Order in Council.

C. L. PEEL.

SCHEDULE.

PART I.-STEAM-VESSELS.

(1.) On or in front of the foremast head, and in the same position as the white light which other steamships are required to carry, a lanthorn showing a white light ahead, a green light on the starboard side, and a red light on the port side, such lanthorn shall be so constructed, fitted, and arranged as to show an uniform and unbroken white light over an arc of the horizon of four points of the compass, an uniform and unbroken green light over an arc of the horizon of ten points of the compass, and an uniform and unbroken red light over an arc of the horizon of ten points of the compass, and it shall be so fixed as to show the white light from right ahead to two points on the bow on each side of the ship, the green light from two points on the starboard bow to four points abaft the beam on the starboard side, and the red light from two points on the port bow to four points abaft the beam on the port side; and (2) a white light in a globular lanthorn of not less than 8 inches in diameter, and so constructed as to show a clear, uniform, and unbroken light all round the horizon, the lanthorn containing such white light shall be carried lower than the lanthorn showing the green, white, and red lights as aforesaid, so, however, that the vertical distance between them shall not be less than 6 feet nor more than 12 feet.

PART II.-SAILING-VESSELS.

(1.) On or in front of the foremast head a lanthorn having a green glass on the starboard side and a red glass on the port side, so constructed, fitted, and arranged that the red and green do not converge, and so as to show an uniform and unbroken green light over an arc of the horizon of twelve points of the compass, and an uniform and unbroken red light over an arc of the horizon of twelve points of the compass, and it shall be so fixed as to show the green light from right ahead to four points abaft the beam on the starboard