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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 27

Approximate position of outer red beacon : Lat. 34° 29½′ S., long. 135° 22′ E.
This affects Admiralty Chart No. 1061.

ARTHUR SEARCY,
President of the Marine Board.

Marine Board Offices,
Port Adelaide, 13th February, 1911.

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GULF ST. VINCENT.—APPROACH TO PORT ADELAIDE.
Semaphore Anchorage.—Four-fathom Patch.

MASTERS of vessels, pilots, and others are hereby informed that a recent examination of the four-fathom patch shows that there is 22 ft. 6 in. near the centre of the patch with the light on Wonga Shoal bearing S.E. by S., distant one and a quarter miles, and the old lighthouse structure N. 48° E. ; the outer end of Largs Jetty, S. 72° E.
The extent of the patch carrying less than 24 ft. is about 2¾ by 3 cables.
This affects Admiralty Charts 1752 and 2389A and B.

ARTHUR SEARCY,
President of the Marine Board.

Marine Board Offices,
Port Adelaide, 13th February, 1911.

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SPENCER GULF.
Dangerous Reef Light.

REFERRING to Notice to Mariners No. 5 of 1911, masters of vessels and others are hereby informed that on and after the night of the 10th instant a bright light, unwatched, will be shown from an iron-pile structure 35 ft. in height on Dangerous Reef. The light will flash every seven and a half (7½) seconds ; its focal plane is 50 ft. above ordinary sea-level, and it will be visible in clear weather all round the horizon for a distance of about twelve miles. Lat. 34° 49′ S. ; long. 136° 12½′ E., approximately.

Winceby Island Light.

Also that on and after the night of the 11th instant an unwatched bright light will be shown from an iron-pile structure 20 ft. high surrounded by a close fence, painted white, on Winceby Island ; it will flash every two seconds. Its focal plane will be 50 ft. above ordinary sea-level, and it will be visible in clear weather for a distance of about twelve (12) miles all around the horizon. Lat. 34° 29½′ S. ; long. 136° 17′ E., approximately.
This affects Admiralty Chart 2389B.

ARTHUR SEARCY,
President of the Marine Board.

Marine Board Offices,
Port Adelaide, 6th March, 1911.

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Regulations for preventing Collisions at Sea.

Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 28th March, 1911.

THE following regulations for preventing collisions at sea, made by order of His Majesty the King in Council on the 13th October, 1910, are published for general information.

These regulations are, in pursuance of the provisions of section 191 of the Shipping and Seamen Act, 1908, in force in New Zealand.

J. A. MILLAR.

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At the Court at St. James’s, the 13th day of October, 1910.

Present :

THE KING’S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by Section 418 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, His Majesty is empowered from time to time, on the joint recommendation of the Admiralty and the Board of Trade, by Order in Council to make regulations for preventing collisions at sea, in the said Act referred to as Collision Regulations :

And whereas by Section 424 of the said Act it is provided that whenever it is made to appear to His Majesty in Council that the Government of any foreign country is willing that the said regulations or any of them should apply to the ships of that country when beyond the limits of British jurisdiction, His Majesty may, by Order in Council, direct that those regulations shall, subject to any limitation of time, conditions, and qualifications contained in the Order, apply to the ships of the said foreign country, whether within British jurisdiction or not, and that such ships shall for the purpose of such regulations be treated as if they were British ships :

And whereas by Section 434 of the said Act His Majesty is empowered from time to time by Order in Council to make rules as to signals of distress :

And whereas by Section 734 of the said Act it is provided that where it has been made to appear to His Majesty that the Government of any foreign country is desirous that any of the provisions of that Act which do not apply to the ships of that country should so apply, and there are no special provisions in the Act for that application, His Majesty in Council may order that such of those provisions as are in the Order specified shall (subject to the limitations, if any, contained therein) apply to the ships of that country, and to the owners, masters, seamen, and apprentices of those ships, when not locally within the jurisdiction of the Government of that country, in the same manner in all respects as if those ships were British ships :

And whereas by Section 738 of the said Act it is provided that where His Majesty has power under that Act, or any Act amending the same, to make an Order in Council, His Majesty may from time to time make that Order in Council, and by Order in Council revoke, alter, or add to any Order so made :

And whereas by the said last-mentioned Section it is further provided that, subject to any special provisions of that Act, upon the publication of any such Order the Order shall, as from the date of its publication or any later date mentioned in the Order, take effect as if it were enacted by Parliament :

And whereas by an Order in Council dated the 27th day of November, 1896, regulations for preventing collisions at sea and as to distress signals were made as regards British ships and boats, and by a subsequent Order dated the 7th day of July, 1897, these regulations were extended, subject to the limitations stated in the Order, to the ships of the several countries specified in Schedule III to the last-mentioned Order :

And whereas by Orders in Council dated respectively the 18th day of August, 1892, the 7th day of July, 1897, and the 4th day of April, 1906, other regulations for the prevention of collisions were made as regards British ships :

And whereas it is expedient to consolidate the regulations which have been made as regards British ships :

And whereas it has been made to appear to His Majesty that the Governments of the several countries mentioned in Schedule II hereto annexed are willing that the regulations and rules contained in Schedule I should, subject to the qualifications mentioned in the aforesaid Schedule I and to the proviso in the case of Chinese ships that the application of the regulations and rules shall be limited to ships of foreign type, apply to the ships of those countries when beyond the limits of British jurisdiction :

And whereas the provisions of Section 1 of the Rules Publication Act, 1893, have been complied with :

Now, therefore, His Majesty, by virtue of the powers conferred on Him by the aforesaid Act, and on the joint recommendation of the Admiralty and the Board of Trade, and by and with the advice of His Privy Council, is pleased to direct that the collision regulations and the rules as to signals of distress contained in Schedule I to this Order shall apply to all British ships :

And His Majesty is also pleased to direct that the said regulations and rules shall, subject to the aforesaid qualifications and to the proviso in the case of Chinese ships that the regulations and rules will be applicable only to ships of foreign type, apply to the ships of the countries named in Schedule II to this order, whether they are within British jurisdiction or not, and that such ships shall for the purpose of such regulations and rules be treated as if they were British ships :

And His Majesty is further pleased to direct that this Order shall come into operation on and after the 13th day of October, 1910, and that as and from the coming into operation of this Order the Orders in Council specified in Schedule III to this Order shall be revoked, and the same shall be revoked accordingly.

ALMERIC FITZROY.

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SCHEDULE I.
Preliminary.

These Rules shall be followed by all vessels upon the high seas and in all waters connected therewith, navigable by sea-going vessels.

In the following Rules every steam-vessel which is under sail and not under steam is to be considered a sailing-vessel, and every vessel under steam, whether under sail or not, is to be considered a steam-vessel.

The word “steam-vessel” shall include any vessel propelled by machinery.