8. 424. M. S. A. 1894, hundred and eighty-four, it has been made to appear to Her Majesty that the Governments of Sweden, Norway, and Brazil are willing that the said regulations appended to the said Order and to this Order shall apply to Swedish, Norwegian, and Brazilian ships 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 the said regulations appended to the said Order in Council bearing date the eleventh day of August, One thousand eight hundred and eighty-four, and to this Order, shall, on and after the date hereof apply to ships belonging to the said kingdom of Sweden and Norway and to the empire of Brazil whether within British jurisdiction or not; and the regulations shall be substituted as regards Swedish, Norwegian, and Brazilian ships and boats, for the regulations contained in the first schedule to the Order in Council of the fourteenth day of August, One thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine. C. L. PEEL. REGULATIONS FOR PREVENTING COLLISIONS AT SEA, APPROVED BY Turkey. At the Court at Windsor, the 9th day of July, 1885. Present: The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. Whereas . . . then as in first recital to Order in Council of 9th September, 1884, at p. 681, to . . . the said schedule : Order in Council, to . . . British ships. And whereas . . . then as in fourth recital to Order in Council 30th December, 1884, at p. 688, to . . . One thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine: And whereas since the date of the above-named Order in Council, bearing date the 11th day of August, 1884, it has been made to appear to Her Majesty that the Government of Turkey is willing that the said regulations appended to the said Order and to this Order shall apply to Turkish ships when beyond the limits of British jurisdiction: And whereas the said Government of Turkey is desirous that 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 pro 8. 424. vided and used as a sound signal for fog, &c., there may be placed M. S. A. 1894, 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 power vested in Her by the said recited Act, and by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, is pleased to direct that the said regulations appended to the said Order in Council bearing date the 11th day of August, 1884, and to this Order, shall, on and after the date hereof, apply to ships belonging to the said Government of Turkey, whether within British jurisdiction or not; and the regulations shall be substituted as regards Turkish ships and boats for the regulations contained in the first schedule to the Order in Council of the 14th day of August, 1879. Provided, however, that 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. C. L. PEEL. REGULATIONS For preventing COLLISIONS AT Sea, approveD BY Chile. At the Court at Balmoral, the 17th day of September, 1885 (a). Present: The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. Whereas . . . then as in first recital to Order in Council of 9th September, 1884, at p. 681, to the said schedule. And whereas . then as in second recital to above-mentioned Order in Council, to Order in Council, to jurisdiction or not. then as in third recital to above-mentioned British ships. And whereas then as in fourth recital to Order in Council, 30th December, 1884, at p. 688, to and seventy-nine. . . One thousand eight hundred And whereas since the date of the above-named Order in Council bearing date the eleventh day of August, One thousand eight (a) Article 10 only of the regulations of 1884 now applies to Chilian vessels. See Order in Council July 7th, 1897, post, p. 692. 8. 424. M. S. A. 1894, hundred and eighty-four, it has been made to appear to Her Majesty that the Government of Chile are willing that the said regulations appended to the said Order and to this Order shall apply to Chilian ships 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 of Her Privy Council, is pleased to direct that the said regulations appended to the said Order in Council bearing date the eleventh day of August, One thousand eight hundred and eighty-four, and to this Order, shall, from the date hereof, apply to ships belonging to the Republic of Chile, whether within the British jurisdiction or not, and shall be substituted, as regards Chilian ships and boats, for the regulations contained in the first schedule to the Order in Council of the fourteenth day of August, One thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine. C. L. PEEL. SCHEDULE referred to in the foregoing Order. REGULATIONS FOR PREVENTING COLLISIONS AT SEA, APPROVED BY Argentine Republic, Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Brazil, Chili, 1897. No. 572. At the Court at Windsor, the 7th day of July, 1897 (a). Present: The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. Whereas by section 424 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, it is provided that whenever it is made to appear to Her Majesty in Council that the Government of any foreign country is willing that the Collision Regulations (being Regulations which, by section 418 of the said Act, Her Majesty is empowered to make, by Order in Council, on the joint recommendation of the Admiralty and the Board of Trade, for the prevention of collisions at sea) should apply to the ships of that country when beyond the limits of the British jurisdiction, Her Majesty may, by Order in Council, direct that those regulations shall, subject to any limitations of time, conditions, and qualifications contained in the Order, apply to ships of (a) This Order was gazetted 9th July, 1897. 8. 424. the said foreign country, whether within British jurisdiction or not, M. S. A. 1894, 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 Her Majesty is empowered 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 Her 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 said Act for that application, Her 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, subject to any special provisions of that Act, upon the publication of any Order in Council which Her Majesty has power under that Act to make, the Order shall, as from the date of the 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 14th day of August, 1879, and expressed to be made in pursuance of the Merchant Shipping Act Amendment Act, 1862, and, as to the first part thereof, on the joint recommendation of the Admiralty and the Board of Trade, and, as to the second part thereof, with the consent of the Governments of the several foreign countries mentioned in the second schedule thereto, Her Majesty was pleased to direct, first, that on and after the 1st day of September, 1880, the regulations (being Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea) appended to an Order in Council of the 9th day of January, 1863, and the additions to the said regulations contained in an Order in Council of the 30th day of July, 1868, shall be annulled, and that there should be substituted for the said regulations and additions respectively, the regulations contained in the first schedule thereto; second, that the said regulations contained in the said first schedule thereto should, from after the 1st day of September, 1880, apply to ships of the countries mentioned in the second schedule thereto, whether within British jurisdiction or not. And whereas by several Orders in Council subsequently made, Her Majesty was pleased to direct that the regulations contained in the first schedule to the said Order in Council of the 14th day of August, 1879, should apply to the ships of the countries specified in the said several Orders, whether within British jurisdiction or not but subject to the modifications mentioned in the said several Orders, or any of them. And whereas by an Order in Council dated the 11th day of August, 1884, and expressed to be made in pursuance of the Merchant Shipping Act Amendment Act, 1862, and on the joint recommendation of the Admiralty and the Board of Trade, Her Majesty was pleased to direct that, on and after the 1st day of 8. 424. M. S. A. 1894, September, 1884, the regulations contained in the schedule thereto (being Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, and as to signals of distress) should, so far as regards British ships and boats, be substituted for the regulations contained in the first schedule to the hereinbefore recited Order in Council of the 14th day of August, 1879. And whereas by several Orders in Council subsequently made, Her Majesty was pleased to direct that the regulations contained in the said schedule to the said Order in Council of the 11th day of August, 1884, should apply to the ships of the countries specified in the said several Orders, whether within British jurisdiction or not, but subject to the modifications mentioned in the same Orders, or any of them, and that such regulations, subject as aforesaid, should as regards the ships and boats of the said several countries in the said several Orders now in recital specified, to which the regulations contained in the first schedule to the hereinbefore recited Order in Council of the 14th day of August, 1879, applied by virtue of any Order in Council, be substituted therefor. And whereas by an Order in Council, dated the 27th day of November, 1896, and expressed to be made in pursuance of section 418 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, and on the joint recommendation of the Admiralty and the Board of Trade, Her Majesty was pleased to direct that, on and after the first day of July, 1897, the Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, contained in the said recited Order in Council dated the 11th day of August, 1884, except the Article numbered 10 in such regulations, should be annulled, and the Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea contained in Schedule I. thereto annexed, should be substituted therefor (with the exception aforesaid), and come into operation as regards British ships and boats, and by the same Order and in pursuance of section 434 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, Her Majesty was further pleased to direct that, on and after the 1st day of July, 1897, the Regulations or Rules as to signals of distress contained in the schedule to the said Order in Council dated the 11th day of August, 1884, should be annulled, and the rules as to signals of distress contained in Schedule II. to the Order now in recital annexed, should be substituted therefor and come into operation as regards British ships and boats. And whereas the provisions of sub-section 2 of section 738 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, have been complied with in regard to the said lastly herein before recited Order in Council. And whereas it has been made to appear to Her Majesty in Council that the Governments of the several countries specified in Schedule III. hereto, are willing that the said Regulations contained in Schedule I. to the said recited Order of the 27th day of November, 1896, and in Schedule I. to this Order, should apply to the ships of those countries when beyond the limits of British jurisdiction. And whereas it has also been made to appear to Her Majesty that the Governments of the same countries are also desirous that the rules made in pursuance of the provisions of section 434 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894 (being the rules contained in Schedule II. to the said recited Order of the 27th day of November, |