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regulations contained in the first schedule thereto, and that the same Navigation shall from and after the said first day of September, one thousand eight hundred and eighty, apply to ships of the countries mentioned in the second schedule thereto, whether within British jurisdiction or not: And whereas it has been made to appear to her Majesty that the following governments, that is to say—

The government of Khelat;

Muscat ;

Zanzibar ;

Cochin ;

Travancore;

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Kutch; and
Kattyawar,

are willing that from and after the said first day of September, one thousand eight hundred and eighty, the said new regulations, a copy whereof is hereunto appended, contained in the first schedule of the said recited Order in Council of the fourteenth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine shall, with the exception of Article 10 thereof, apply to ships belonging to their respective countries when beyond the limits of British jurisdiction:

Now, therefore, her Majesty, by virtue of the power vested in her by the said recited act, and by and with the advice and consent of her Privy Council, is pleased to direct:

That from and after the first day of September, one thousand eight hundred and eighty, the said new regulations for preventing collisions at sea, a copy whereof is hereunto appended, contained in the first schedule of the said recited Order in Council of the fourteenth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine shall, with the exception of Article 10 thereof, apply to ships belonging to the following countries, that is to say—

Khelat;
Muscat ;
Zanzibar;
Cochin;

whether within British jurisdiction or not.

Travancore;
Kutch; and
Kattyawar,

[Here follows a copy of the first schedule of the Order in Council of the 14th of August, 1879, supra, p. 173.]

IV.

At the Court at Windsor, the 27th day of November, 1880:

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The Merchant Regulations

Present, The Queen's most excellent Majesty in Council.
WHEREAS by an Order in Council made in pursuance of "
Shipping Act Amendment Act, 1862, and dated the 9th day of January,
1863, her Majesty was pleased to direct :

First, that the regulations contained in the schedule to the said act
should be modified by the substitution for such regulations of certain
regulations appended to the said order.
Secondly, that the said regulations appended to the said order should
on and after the first day of June, one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-three, apply to French ships, whether within British jurisdic-

tion or not:

And whereas by several Orders in Council subsequently made, her Majesty was pleased to direct that the regulations appended to the said recited order should apply to ships of the countries specified in the said orders, whether within British jurisdiction or not:

for preventing Collisions at Sea-

Extension to Ships belonging to Brazil, Japan, Turother Powers key, and

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And whereas by Order in Council dated the thirtieth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, her Majesty was pleased to make certain additions to the regulations appended to the said first-recited Regulations Order in Council: for prevent

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Japan, Turkey, and other Powers.

And whereas by Order in Council dated the fourteenth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine, her Majesty, on the joint recommendation of the Admiralty and the Board of Trade, was pleased to direct that on and after the first day of September, one thousand eight hundred and eighty, the said regulations and the additions thereto should be annulled, and that there should be substituted therefor the new regulations contained in the first schedule thereto, and that the same should, from and after the first day of September, one thousand eight hundred and eighty, apply to ships belonging to the following countries; that is to say,

Austria-Hungary ;
Belgium;
Chili;

Italy;
Netherlands;
Norway;

Denmark;

France;

Germany;

Great Britain;
Greece;

whether within British jurisdiction or not:

Portugal;

Russia;

Spain;
Sweden, and
United States,

And whereas by Order in Council dated the twenty-fourth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty, her Majesty, on the joint recommendation of the Admiralty and the Board of Trade, was pleased to direct that the operation of the article numbered 10 of the new regulations contained in the first schedule of the said Order in Council of the fourteenth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine, should be suspended until the first day of September, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one, and that in lieu thereof, and in substitution therefor, the article numbered 9 of the regulations appended to the said Order in Council of the ninth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, should continue and remain in force until the said first day of September, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one :

And whereas by Order in Council dated the sixth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and eighty, her Majesty on the joint recommendation of the Admiralty and the Board of Trade was pleased to direct that from and after the first day of September, one thousand eight hundred and eighty, the said new regulations for preventing collisions at sea contained in the first schedule of the said recited Order in Council of the fourteenth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and seventynine, should with the exception of the Article 10 thereof apply to ships belonging to the following countries; that is to say,

Cochin :
Kattyawar;
Khelat;

Kutch;

Muscat ;
Travancore; and
Zanzibar;

whether within British jurisdiction or not:

And whereas it has been made to appear to her Majesty that the Governments of the several foreign countries hereinafter mentioned; that is to say:

The Government of Brazil;

are respectively willing that from and after the first day of September, one thousand eight hundred and eighty, the said new regulations for preventing collisions at sea, a copy whereof is hereunto appended, contained

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in the first schedule of the said recited Order in Council of the fourteenth Navigation day of August, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine, shall, subject to the provisions of the said recited Order in Council of the twenty-fourth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty, apply to ships belonging to their respective countries when beyond the limits of British jurisdiction:

And whereas the said Government of Japan is desirous that Article numbered 12 of the said regulations should as applied to Japanese ships be modified as follows, viz. that it shall not be necessary for the fog horn, by the said article required to be provided and used on board steam and sailing ships as a sound signal for fog, &c., to be sounded by a bellows or other mechanical means when the same is carried on board ships belonging to Japan:

And whereas the said Government of Turkey is desirous that the said article numbered 12 of the said regulations shall, as applied to Turkish ships, be modified as follows, viz.: that, in lieu of and in substitution for the bell required by the said article to be provided and used as a sound signal for fog, &c., there may be placed and kept on board Turkish ships an efficient drum which shall be sounded under the same circumstances and at the same intervals as by the said article a bell is required to be rung:

Now, therefore, her Majesty by virtue of the powers vested in her by the said recited act, and by and with the advice of her Privy Council is pleased to direct:

That from and after the first day of September, one thousand eight hundred and eighty, the said new regulations for preventing collisions at sea, a copy whereof is hereunto appended, contained in the first schedule of the said recited Order in Council of the fourteenth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine, shall, subject to the provisions of the said recited Order in Council of the twenty-fourth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty, apply to ships belonging to the following countries; that is to say,

Brazil;
Ecuador;
Hawaii;

whether within British jurisdiction or not:

Japan; and
Turkey,

Provided, however, that as regards (1) Japanese and (2) Turkish ships, the article numbered 12 of the said regulations shall be modified as follows, viz.:

(1) It shall not be necessary for the fog horn by the said article required to be provided and used on board steam and sailing ships as a sound signal for fog, &c., to be sounded by a bellows or other mechanical means when the same is carried on board ships belonging to Japan;

And (2) it shall not be necessary for the bell, required by article numbered 12 of the said regulations, to be provided and used on board steam and sailing ships as a sound signal for fog, &c., to be placed and kept on board Turkish ships, but that in lieu thereof and in substitution therefor, there may be placed and kept on board such Turkish ships an efficient drum, which shall be sounded under the same circumstances and at the same intervals as by the said article a bell is required to be rung.

[Here follows a copy of the first schedule of the Order in Council of the 14th of August, 1879, supra, p. 173.]

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An Order in Council defining the limits of the Dockyard Port of Portland was made on the 29th of June, 1878, under the provisions of "The Dockyard Ports Regulation Act, 1865," and was gazetted on the 2nd of July, 1878.

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At the Court at Windsor, the 18th day of March, 1880:
Present,-The Queen's most excellent Majesty in Council.

Thames River. WHEREAS by "The Thames Conservancy Act, 1857," it is enacted that the Conservators of the River Thames shall have power and authority from time to time to make bye-laws for the regulation, management and improvement of the River Thames and the navigation thereof, in the manner thereby provided, and to impose penalties not exceeding five pounds for the breach or non-performance of such bye-laws:

Interpretation.

[Here follow four recitals the same in terms as the corresponding recitals in the Order in Council of the 5th of February, 1872, supra, p. 50.]

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And whereas by the twelfth section of The Thames Conservancy Act, 1867," and by the eighth, ninth, and thirty-fifth sections of "The Thames Navigation Act, 1870," further powers were vested in the conservators respecting the making of bye-laws:

And whereas the said conservators have, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by the said recited acts, made and submitted for the allowance of her Majesty in Council certain rules and bye-laws for the regulation, management and improvement of the navigation of the river Thames, and amongst others certain bye-laws which have been allowed by Orders in Council, dated respectively the fifth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two(s), the twentieth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three (t), the seventeenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five (u), and the eleventh day of July, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven (x): And whereas it has been deemed expedient by the said conservators to repeal in part the said last-mentioned bye-laws, and to make new byelaws in lieu of the portions so repealed, in the manner set forth in the schedule hereunto annexed:

And whereas the said new bye-laws have been duly published in accordance with the said recited acts; and it has been made to appear to her Majesty that the said new bye-laws are reasonable and proper:

Now, therefore, her Majesty by virtue of the powers vested in her by "The Thames Conservancy Act, 1864," and of every other power enabling her in that behalf, by and with the advice of her Privy Council, is pleased to allow the said new bye-laws, and to direct that the same shall come into force from and after the first day of June, one thousand eight hundred and eighty.

SCHEDULE referred to in the above Order.

Bye-laws numbered 28, 29, with subsections (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (b) (i) (j), and 32 with subsections (a) (b) (c) (d), 33, 34, 35 with subsections (a) and (b), and 46 allowed by Order of her Majesty in Council on the 5th February, 1872, and the bye-law so allowed on the 20th November, 1873, and bye-laws numbered 1, 4, 5, so allowed on the 17th March, 1875, and bye-law No. 5, so allowed on the 11th July, 1877, shall after these present bye-laws have been allowed by Order of her Majesty in Council be, and the same are hereby repealed.

The word "vessel" shall mean any ship, lighter, barge, boat, wherry, punt, canoe and any kind of craft whatever, whether navigated by steam or otherwise. The word "river" shall mean that part of the river Thames which is within

the jurisdiction of the conservators between Cricklade, in the county of Wilts, and Yantlet Creek, in the county of Kent.

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1. In obeying and construing the following rules due regard shall be had to all dangers of navigation; and to any special circumstances which may render Thames River. a departure from the rules necessary in order to avoid immediate danger.

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2. Nothing in the following rules shall exonerate any vessel, or the owner, or Not to neglect master, or crew thereof, from the consequences of any neglect to carry lights, proper preor signals, or of any neglect to keep a proper look-out, or of the neglect of any precaution which may be required by the ordinary practice of seamen, or by the special circumstances of the case.

BYE-LAW for the REGULATION of the NAVIGATION of the RIVER.

3. Every steam vessel navigating the river shall be navigated with care and Steam vessels caution, and at a speed and in a manner which shall not endanger the safety of to be naviother vessels or moorings, or cause damage thereto, or to the banks of the river. gated with Special care and caution shall be used in navigating such steam vessel when care as to passing vessels employed in dredging or removing sunken vessels or other speed. obstructions.

If the safety of any vessel or moorings is endangered or damage is caused thereto or to the banks of the river by a passing steam vessel, the onus shall lie upon the owner of such steam vessel to show that she was navigated with care and caution, at such speed and in such manner as directed by this rule.

BYE-LAWS and RULES for the REGULATION of the NAVIGATION of the RIVER between YANTLET CREEK and TEDDINGTON LOCK.

Rules concerning Lights.

4. The lights mentioned in the following rules, numbered 5 to 10 and no others, shall be carried in all weathers, from sunset to sunrise. 5. A steam vessel when under way shall carry :

Steamers'

(a.) On or before the foremast, or if there be no foremast, on a staff at the lights.
forepart of the vessel at a height above the hull of not less than twenty
feet, and if the breadth of the vessel exceeds twenty feet, then at a
height above the hull not less than such breadth, a bright white light,
so constructed as to show a uniform and unbroken light over an arc of
the horizon of twenty points of the compass; so fixed as to throw the
light ten points on each side of the vessel, viz., from right ahead to two
points abaft the beam on either side; 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. Provided that steam vessels which navigate both above
and below London Bridge shall not be required to carry their lights at
a greater height than twelve feet above the hull.

Steam vessels navigating only above London Bridge may carry the
white light at any convenient height above the stem.

(b.) On the starboard side, a green light so constructed as to show a uniform Above London and unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of ten points of the com- Bridge.

pass; so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to two points
abaft the beam on the starboard side, and of such a character as to be
visible on a dark night, with a clear atmosphere, at a distance of at
least one mile.

(c.) On the port side, a red light, so constructed as to show a uniform and
unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of ten points of the compass;
so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to two points abaft the
beam on the port side; and of such a character as to be visible on a
dark night, with a clear atmosphere, at a distance of at least one mile.
(d.) The said green and red side lights shall be fitted in such a manner as to
prevent these lights from being seen across the bow.

(e.) A steam vessel, when towing another vessel, shall, in addition to her side Steamers lights, carry two bright white lights in a vertical line one over the when towing other, not less than four feet apart. Each of these lights shall be of to have two the same construction and character, and shall be carried in the same white lights. position as the white light which other steam vessels are required to carry.

(f) A steam vessel towing may also carry a light showing astern as a guiding Stern light light to the vessel or vessels towed, but this light must be so screened when towing. as not to be visible further forward than four points abaft her beam. 5 X

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