3088
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 74

(1.) Steam-vessels of less than 40 tons shall carry—
(a.) In the fore part of the vessel, or on or in front
of the funnel, where it can best be seen, and
at a height above the gunwale of not less than
9 ft., a bright white light constructed and fixed
as prescribed in Article 2 (a), and of such a
character as to be visible at a distance of at
least two miles.

(b.) Green and red side-lights constructed and fixed
as prescribed in Article 2 (b) and (c), and of
such a character as to be visible at a distance
of at least one mile, or a combined lantern
showing a green light and a red light from
right ahead to two points abaft the beam on
their respective sides. Such lantern shall be
carried not less than 3 ft. below the white
light.

(2.) Small steam-boats, such as are carried by sea-
going vessels, may carry the white light at a less height
than 9 ft. above the gunwale, but it shall be carried
above the combined lantern mentioned in subdivi-
sion 1 (b).

(3.) Vessels under oars or sails of less than 20 tons
shall have ready at hand a lantern with a green glass
on one side and a red glass on the other, which, on the
approach of or to other vessels, 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.

(4.) Rowing-boats, whether under oars or sail, shall
have ready at hand a lantern showing a white light,
which shall be temporarily exhibited in sufficient time
to prevent collision.

The vessels referred to in this article shall not be
obliged to carry the lights prescribed by Article 4 (a)
and Article 11, last paragraph.

Art. 8. Pilot-vessels, when engaged on their station
pilotage duty, shall not show the lights required for
other vessels, but shall carry a white light at the mast-
head 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.

On the near approach of or to other vessels they shall
have their side-lights lighted ready for use, and shall
flash or show them at short intervals to indicate the
direction in which they are heading, but the green light
shall not be shown on the port side nor the red light
on the starboard side.

A pilot-vessel of such a class as to be obliged to go
alongside of a vessel to put a pilot on board may show
the white light instead of carrying it at the masthead,
and may, instead of the coloured lights above mentioned,
have at hand ready for use a lantern with a green glass
on the one side and a red glass on the other, to be used
as prescribed above.

Pilot-vessels when not engaged on their station on
pilotage duty shall carry lights similar to those of other
vessels of their tonnage.

Art. 9. Fishing-vessels and fishing-boats, when under
way and when not required by this article to carry or
show the lights hereinafter specified, shall carry or show
the lights prescribed for vessels of their tonnage under
way:—

(a.) Open boats (by which is to be understood boats
not protected from the entry of sea-water by
means of a continuous deck), when engaged
in any fishing at night, with outlying tackle
extending not more than 150 ft. horizontal
from the boat into the seaway, shall carry one
all-round white light.

Open boats, when fishing at night, with
outlying tackle extending more than 150 ft.
horizontal from the boat into the seaway, shall
carry one all-round white light, and, in addi-
tion, on approaching or being approached by
other vessels, shall show a second white light
at least 3 ft. below the first light and at a
horizontal distance of at least 5 ft. away from
it in the direction in which the outlying tackle
is attached.

(b.) Vessels and boats (except open boats as defined
in subdivision (a), when fishing with drift-
nets, shall, so long as the nets are wholly or
partly in the water, carry two white lights
where they can best be seen. Such lights shall
be placed so that the vertical distance between
them shall be not less than 6 ft. and not more
than 15 ft., and so that the horizontal distance
between them, measured in a line with the
keel, shall be not less than 5 ft. and not more
than 10 ft. The lower of these two lights shall
be in the direction of the nets, and both of
them shall be of such a character as to show
all round the horizon, and to be visible at a
distance of not less than three miles. Within
the Mediterranean Sea and in the seas border-
ing the coasts of Japan and Korea, sailing
fishing-vessels of less than 20 tons gross ton-
age shall not be obliged to carry the lower
of those two lights; should they, however, not
carry it, they shall show in the same position
(in the direction of the net or gear) a white
light, visible at a distance of not less than one
sea mile, on the approach of or to other vessels.

(c.) Vessels and boats (except open boats as defined in
subdivision (a)), when line fishing with their
lines out and attached to or hauling their lines
(and when not at anchor or stationary within
the meaning of subdivision (h)), shall carry
the same lights as vessels fishing with drift-
nets. When shooting lines or fishing with
towing-lines they shall carry the lights pre-
scribed for a steam or sailing vessel under way
respectively. Within the Mediterranean Sea
and in the seas bordering the coasts of Japan
and Korea sailing fishing-vessels of less than
20 tons gross tonnage shall not be obliged to
carry the lower of these two lights; should
they, however, not carry it, they shall show
in the same position (in the direction of the
lines) a white light, visible at a distance of not
less than one sea mile, on the approach of or
to other vessels.

(d.) Vessels when engaged in trawling, by which is
meant the dragging of an apparatus along the
bottom of the sea,—

(1.) If steam-vessels, shall carry in the same
position as the white light mentioned in Ar-
ticle 2 (a), a tri-coloured lantern so constructed
and fixed as to show a white light from right
ahead to 2 points on each bow, and a green
light and a red light over an arc of the horizon
from 2 points on each bow to 2 points abaft
the beam on the starboard and port sides
respectively; and not less than 6 ft. nor more
than 12 ft. below the tricoloured lantern a
white light in a lantern so constructed as to
show a clear, uniform, and unbroken light all
round the horizon.

(2.) If sailing-vessels, shall carry a white
light in a lantern so constructed as to show
a clear, uniform, and unbroken light all round
the horizon; and shall also, on the approach
of or to other vessels, show, where it can best
be seen, a white flare-up light or torch in suffi-
cient time to prevent collision. All lights
mentioned in subdivision (d) (1) and (2), shall
be visible at a distance of at least two miles,