992
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 45

3. Sailing-vessels, and all small vessels drawing 3 ft. or less, can pass safely through any part of the channels during the daytime.

4. For steam-vessels drawing over 3 ft., the entrance to Nantasket Roads by Georges Island, and the entrance from Broad Sound into President Roads, will be dangerous at all times, and must not be attempted.

5. Steamers must pass in and out by the Main Ship Channel only, and, so far as possible, at high tide. Between Long Island and Deer Island a special channel will be buoyed, and must be followed by all steamers.

6. Broad Sound and Nahant Bay, inside of a line drawn from Great Pig Rocks to the Narrows Light, are dangerous for steamers, and must not be used.

7. The safe anchorage-grounds in Nantasket Roads are now much restricted; vessels desiring to anchor there can obtain special instructions from the patrol-boats. The same is true of President Roads. The custom, common among sailing-vessels, of entering these anchorage-grounds with anchors trailing must be totally discontinued.

8. All vessels are warned that disregard of the foregoing instructions will subject them to serious risk of destruction by submarine mines, and may draw upon them the fire of the batteries on shore.

Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island.

1. No vessel will be allowed to pass through the Eastern Passage by Fort Adams between the hours of 8 p.m. and 4 a.m. During this interval vessels must not approach from the sea within three miles of the fort, nor from the bay south of the line joining the beacon to the north of Fort Adams and the Northern Dumpling Rocks.

2. Patrol-boats will be stationed above and below the defences. These boats are authorised to stop vessels to inquire into their character or to instruct them how to pass through the mine-fields. The orders of the patrol-boats must be strictly obeyed.

3. Sailing-vessels, and all small vessels drawing 3 ft. or less, can pass safely through any part of the channel during the daytime.

4. Steam-vessels must pass at slow speed through a special channel which will be marked by buoys.

5. No vessel will be allowed to anchor between a line drawn from Beaver Tail Light to Castle Hill Light and a line from the beacon north of Fort Adams to the Northern Dumpling Rocks without special authority.

6. Vessels are warned that if they disregard these regulations they will expose themselves to serious damage, and will be liable to be fired on by the batteries.

New York Harbour, Southern Entrance.

1. No vessel will be allowed to pass Sandy Hook or the Narrows between the hours of sunset and sunrise. During this interval vessels must not approach within three miles of Coney Island, Gedney Channel, Sandy Hook, or the Narrows.

2. Patrol-boats will be stationed above and below the defences. These boats are authorised to stop vessels to inquire into their character or to instruct them how to pass through the mine-fields. The orders of the patrol-boats must be strictly obeyed.

3. Sailing-vessels, and all small vessels drawing 3 ft. or less, can pass safely through any part of the channels during the daytime.

4. Steam-vessels must pass at slow speed through a special channel which will be marked by buoys.

5. Vessels are warned that if they disregard these regulations they will expose themselves to serious damage, and will be liable to be fired on by the batteries.

Delaware River.

1. No vessel will be allowed to pass through the channel on either side of Fort Delaware between the hours of sunset and sunrise. During this interval vessels must not approach within three miles of the fort.

2. Patrol-boats will be stationed above and below the defences. These boats are authorised to stop vessels to inquire into their character or to instruct them how to pass through the mine-fields. The orders of the patrol-boats must be strictly obeyed.

3. Sailing-vessels, and all small vessels drawing 3 ft. or less, can pass safely through any part of the channels during the daytime.

4. Steam-vessels must pass at slow speed through a special channel which will be marked by buoys.

5. No vessel will be allowed to anchor within three miles of the fort without special authority.

6. Vessels are warned that if they disregard these regulations they will expose themselves to serious damage, and will be liable to be fired on by the batteries.

Hampton Roads, Virginia.

1. No vessel will be allowed to pass through the channel on either side of the Ripraps (Fort Wool, Va.) between the hours of 8 p.m. and 4 a.m. During this interval vessels must not approach within three miles of Fort Monroe from seaward.

2. Patrol-boats will be placed above and below the defences. These boats are authorised to stop vessels to inquire into their character or to instruct them how to pass through the mine-fields. The orders of the patrol-boats must be strictly obeyed.

3. Sailing-vessels, and all small vessels drawing 3 ft. or less, can safely pass through any part of the channels during the daytime.

4. Steam-vessels must pass at slow speed through a special channel which will be marked by buoys.

5. No vessel will be allowed to anchor below the wharf at Fort Monroe without special authority.

6. Vessels are warned that if they disregard these regulations they will expose themselves to serious damage, and will be liable to be fired on by the batteries.

Chesapeake Bay and Patapsco River, Maryland.

1. No vessel will be allowed to pass through the channel on either side of Fort Carroll between the hours of 8 p.m. and 4 a.m. During this interval vessels must not approach within three miles of the fort.

2. Patrol-boats will be stationed above and below the defences. These boats are authorised to stop vessels to inquire into their character or to instruct them how to pass through the mine-fields. The orders of the patrol-boats must be strictly obeyed.

3. Sailing-vessels, and all small vessels drawing 3 ft. or less, can pass safely through any part of the channels during the daytime.

4. Steam-vessels of all kinds using the Main Ship Channel must run at slow speed from one mile north-west of Fort Carroll to the angle made by the cut-off with the Brewerton Channel, and all vessels of more than 22 ft. draft must be towed over this distance, steamers not turning their propellers.

5. No vessel will be allowed to anchor within three miles of the fort without special authority.

6. Vessels are warned that if they disregard these regulations they will expose themselves to serious damage, and will be liable to be fired on by the batteries.

Potomac River, Maryland and Virginia.

1. No vessel will be allowed to pass through the channel between the fortifications at Fort Washington, Md., and Sheridan Point, Va., between the hours of 8 p.m. and 4 a.m., or at times of heavy fogs. During these periods vessels must not approach within two miles below the wharf at Sheridan Point or within two miles above the fortifications at Fort Washington.

2. No vessel will be allowed to anchor at any time within the above-named limits except by special authority.

3. Patrol-boats will be stationed above and below the defences. These boats are authorised to stop vessels to inquire into their character or to instruct them how to pass through the mine-field. The orders of the patrol-boats must be strictly obeyed.

4. Sailing-vessels, and all small vessels drawing 3 ft. or less, can safely pass through any part of the channels during the daytime (unless a fog prevails).

5. Steam-vessels must pass at slow speed through a special channel which will be marked by buoys.

6. Vessels are warned that if they disregard these regulations they will expose themselves to serious damage, and will be liable to be fired on by the batteries.

Cape Fear River, North Carolina.

1. No vessel will be allowed to pass through the channel from Battery Island to the sea-buoy between the hours of sunset and sunrise. During this interval vessels must not approach nearer to the fort than Battery Island on the one hand or three miles outside the fort on the other hand.

2. Patrol-boats will be stationed above and below the defences. These boats are authorised to stop vessels to inquire into their character or to instruct them how to pass through the mine-fields. The orders of the patrol-boat must be strictly obeyed.

3. Sailing-vessels, and all small vessels drawing 3 ft. or less, can pass safely through any part of the channel during the daytime.

4. Steam-vessels must pass at slow speed through a special channel which will be marked by buoys.

5. No vessel will be allowed to anchor within the limits named above in regulation 1—viz., between Battery Island and on the outside at a distance of three miles from the fort—without special authority.