Aug. 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3093

A pilot-vessel, when engaged on her station on pilotage duty, shall not show 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. Also 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.

34. What light may pilot-vessels which are obliged to go alongside of a vessel to put a pilot on board carry?

They may show the white light instead of carrying it at the masthead, and may, instead of the coloured side-lights, 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 for the coloured side-lights.

35. What description of lights are steam pilot-vessels required to carry when on their stations on pilotage duty in British waters, and not at anchor?

A steam pilot-vessel, 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-vessels, carry at a distance of 8 ft. below her white masthead-light a red light visible all round the horizon for at least two miles, and also the coloured side-lights required to be carried by vessels under way.

36. What description of lights are steam pilot-vessels required to carry when on their stations on pilotage duty in British waters, and at anchor?

A steam pilot-vessel, when engaged on pilotage duty in British waters, and at anchor, shall carry, in addition to the lights required for all pilot-vessels, the red light 8 ft. below her white light, but not the coloured side-lights.

37. What description of lights are pilot-vessels required to carry when not on their station on pilotage duty?

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

38. What lights are open boats and fishing-vessels of less than 20 tons net register required to carry when under way and not actually engaged in fishing?

Open boats and fishing-vessels of less than 20 tons net registered tonnage, when under way, and when not having their nets, trawls, dredges, or lines in the water, shall not be obliged to carry the coloured side-lights; but every such boat and vessel shall in lieu thereof have ready at hand a lantern with a green glass on the one side and a red glass on the other side, and on approaching to or being approached by another vessel 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.

39. What lights are fishing-vessels and fishing-boats of 20 tons net register, or upwards, required to carry when under way and not actually engaged in fishing?

They must carry similar lights to those of other ships when under way.

40. What lights do open fishing-boats carry?

Open boats 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, and, in addition, 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,

41. What lights are vessels whilst actually engaged in drift-net fishing required to carry?

Vessels and boats (except open boats) 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.

42. Does this regulation apply to all vessels under the jurisdiction of the Governments who have agreed to the general international regulations?

It applies to all such vessels, with the following exception: 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 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.

43. What lights are line-fishing vessels required to carry?

Vessels and boats (except open boats) when line-fishing with their lines out, and attached to or hauling their lines, and when not at anchor, or stationary in consequence of their gear getting fast to a rock or other obstruction, shall carry the same lights as vessels fishing with drift-nets. When shooting lines, or fishing with towing-lines, they shall carry the lights prescribed 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.

44. What lights are steam-trawlers whilst actually engaged in trawling, and not being stationary, required to carry?

All steam-vessels engaged in trawling must carry, in the same position as the white light mentioned in Article 2 (a), a tricolour 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. These lights should be visible at a distance of at least two miles.

45. What lights are sailing-trawlers whilst actually engaged in trawling, and not being stationary, required to carry?

All sailing-vessels whilst engaged in trawling must 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 sufficient time to prevent collision. These lights should be visible at a distance of at least two miles.

46. What lights are oyster-dredgers and other vessels fishing with dredge-nets required to carry?

The same lights as trawlers.

47. May fishing-vessels and fishing-boats use flare-up lights?