June 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1477

(Board of Trade Notice of Amendment, September, 1905.)
(g.) In fog, mist, falling snow, or heavy rain-storms, drift-net vessels attached to their nets, and vessels when trawling, dredging, or fishing with any kind of drag-net, and vessels employed in line-fishing with their lines out, shall, if of 20 tons gross tonnage or upwards respectively, at intervals of not more than one minute make a blast; if steam-vessels with the whistle or syren, and if sailing-vessels with a fog-horn, each blast to be followed by ringing the bell. Fishing-vessels and boats of less than 20 tons of gross tonnage shall not be obliged to give the above-mentioned signals; but if they do not they shall make some other efficient sound-signal at intervals of not more than one minute.

ALTERNATE LIGHTS FOR TRAWLERS WHEN ENGAGED IN TRAWLING HAVING THEIR TRAWLS IN THE WATER AND NOT BEING STATIONARY.
(Orders in Council of the 30th December, 1884, and 24th June, 1885.)

1884.—Part I.—Steam-vessels of 20 Tons gross Register Tonnage or upwards.

(1.) On or in front of the foremost-head, and in the same position as the white light which other steamships are required to carry, a lantern showing a white light ahead, a green light on the starboard side, and a red light on the port side; such lantern 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 of 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: (2) a white light in a globular lantern of not less than 8 in. in diameter, and so constructed as to show a clear, uniform, and unbroken light all round the horizon; the lantern containing such white light shall be carried lower than the lantern showing the green, white, and red lights as aforesaid, so, however, that the vertical distance between them shall not be less than 6 ft. and not more than 12 ft.

1884.—Part II.—Sailing-vessels of 20 Tons net Register Tonnage or upwards.

(1.) On or in front of the foremost-head a lantern 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 side, and the red light from right ahead to four points abaft the beam on the port side: and (2) a white light in a globular lantern of not less than 8 in. in diameter, and so constructed as to show a clear uniform and unbroken light all round the horizon; the lantern containing such white light shall be carried lower than the lantern showing the green and red lights as aforesaid, so, however, that the vertical distance between them shall not be less than 6 ft. and not more than 12 ft.

1885.—Sailing Trawlers of any Tonnage.

As regards sailing-vessels engaged in trawling, such vessels having their trawls in the water and not being stationary, in consequence of their gear getting fast to a rock or other obstruction, if they do not carry and show the lights carried by sailing-vessels under way, or the other lights of the description set forth in Part II. of the Schedule to the Order in Council of the 30th December, 1884, shall carry and show in lieu of these lights other lights as follows, that is to say,—

A white light in a globular lantern of not less than 8 in. in diameter, and so constructed as to show a clear, uniform, and unbroken light all round the horizon, and visible on a dark night with a clear atmosphere for a distance of at least two miles; and also a sufficient supply of red pyrotechnic lights which shall each burn for at least 30 seconds, and shall, when so burning, be visible for the same distance under the same conditions as the white light. The white light shall be shown from sunset to sunrise, and one of the red pyrotechnic lights shall be shown on approaching or on being approached by another ship or vessel in sufficient time to prevent collision.

Lights to be carried by Steam Pilot-vessels.
(Order in Council of the 7th July, 1897.)

A steam pilot-vessel exclusively employed for the service of pilots licensed or certified by any pilotage authority or the committee of any pilotage district in the United Kingdom, when engaged on her station on pilotage duty, and in British waters, and not at anchor, shall, in addition to the lights required for all pilot-boats, carry at a distance of 8 ft. below her white masthead light a red light visible all round the horizon, 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, and also the coloured side-lights required to be carried by vessels when under way.

When engaged on her station on pilotage duty, and in British waters, and at anchor, she shall carry, in addition to the light required for all pilot-boats, the red light above mentioned, but not the coloured side-lights.

When not engaged on her station on pilotage duty she shall carry the same lights as other steam-vessels.

EXAMINATION IN THE REGULATIONS FOR PREVENTING COLLISIONS AT SEA.

All applicants for examination, whether for certificates as masters or mates, are to be examined as to their knowledge of the regulations each time they present themselves for examination.

Questions suggested by the following heads of examination are to be asked in addition to, and are not to supersede, any other questions proper and necessary to be asked by the Examiner.

The following questions need not be adhered to literally by the Examiner, and are not all to be asked; but the substance of the leading questions should be asked; and all that are asked should be satisfactorily answered before an applicant is reported to have passed his examination. The Examiner should make such a selection of the questions as each case appears to him to require.