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person in charge of and attending to the engines. The utmost care must be taken by the person or persons in charge to prevent accidents to other ships and boats.

31. The master of every steamship shall, when approaching or leaving a wharf, proceed at a moderate speed.

32. The master of every steamship shall, on nearing any ship aground, slacken speed until such ship has been safely passed.

33. The master of every steamship about to pass any dredging-machine at work in any harbour or public work in progress shall slacken speed at such a distance when approaching any such dredge or work as to ensure his passing it at a speed not greater than dead-slow.

34. For the purposes of Regulations 27–33 above, the words “steamship” or “steamships” when used therein shall include any vessel propelled by mechanical power other than steam.

35. The master, owner, or person in charge of any ship which is being navigated within any harbour of the Dominion who shall refuse or neglect to observe the foregoing rules laid down for preventing collisions or other accidents, or any of the “Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea” which may from time to time be made by His Majesty’s Order in Council, which regulations are by section 191 of the Shipping and Seamen Act, 1908, brought into force in the Dominion, shall, in addition to any liabilities he may incur by so doing, be liable to a penalty under these regulations.

36. (a) Notwithstanding anything contained in the immediately preceding regulation and in the “Regulations for the Prevention of Collisions at Sea” therein referred to, a steamship of 40 tons gross tonnage and upwards, not provided with a mast forward of her mid-length, when employed solely within the limits of a port, may carry the white light prescribed by Article 2 (a) of the said regulations, at a height above the hull of not less than 15 ft. The master shall so place the light that it is forward of and at least 6 ft. higher than the sidelights, and not less than 4 ft. above any lights on the ship not required for navigation purposes; and its depressed rays at the water-level at any distances exceeding 80 ft. from the ship shall not be restricted by any obstruction.

(b) In such ships the port and starboard sidelights shall be placed at, or as near as is practicable to, the side of the ship, and they shall be entirely free from obstruction throughout their respective arcs of visibility; and any nearby non-navigational lights which may tend to impair their efficiency or to cause confusion with them shall be removed or suitably screened.

(c) In bi-directional ships which are fitted with independent sets of navigation lights for use when proceeding in either direction the master shall ensure that each independent set of lights shall be so fitted that one set cannot be exhibited until the other set has been extinguished or obscured.

37. The master of a ship when at anchor in or near the fairway shall, between sunrise and sunset, exhibit forward, where it can best be seen, a black ball not less than 2 ft. in diameter.

38. The owner or master of every ship which may, between sunset and sunrise, lie alongside any other ship moored at any wharf shall during such period exhibit from his ship a white light so placed as to show a clear and unbroken light around the off-side of his ship from right ahead to right astern.

39. The master of any ship engaged in towing rafts of logs or timber shall not tow a raft exceeding 300 ft. in length, nor shall he allow the distance between the towing ship and the raft to in any case exceed 100 ft.

40. In conjunction with the usual lights carried by tugs, the master of any tug towing rafts of logs or timber shall between sunset and sunrise show from the tug’s stern two red lights in a vertical line one over the other, not less than 6 ft. apart, and of such a character as to be visible all round the horizon at a distance of at least two miles: Provided that in cases where the circumstances are such that in the opinion of the Harbourmaster it is impracticable to carry the red lights as aforesaid the master of such a tug of under 50 ft. in length shall show the said lights from the tug’s stern, or as far aft in the ship as is practicable.

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