REPORT OF UNITED STATES DELEGATES TO

SECRETARY OF STATE.

WASHINGTON:

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.

1890,

CONTENTS.

Page.

PROGRAMME OF SUBJECTS..

3-8

List of Committees..

9-17

Reports of Committees

18–445

On International Rules of the Road ....

1854

Collocation of the Rules of the Road...

55-67

Lights...

68-79

Additional Lights...

80, 81

Sound Signals

82-155

Additional Sound Signals...

156–161

Systems and Devices..

162–166

Lights for Small Craft.....

167-171

General Divisions 2, 4, and 6 of Programme.

172-176

General Division 3 of Programme

177-180

General Division 5 of Programme ...

181-263

General Divisions 7 and 8 of Programme..

264-286

General Divisions 9, 10, 11, and 12 of Programme.... 287–345

General Division 13 of Programme

346–445

Report of United States Delegates....

DETAILED PROGRAMME

OF

SUBJECTS TO

TO BE CONSIDERED BY THE INTERNA-
TIONAL MARINE CONFERENCE.

[Framed by the American Delegates in accordance with instructions from the Depart

ment of State, March, 1889.]

GENERAL DIVISION 1.

Marine signals or other means of plainly indicating the direction in which

vessels are moving in fog, mist, falling snow, and thick weather, and at night.

RULES FOR THE PREVENTION OF COLLISIONS AND RULES OF THE

ROAD. •

1. Visibility, number, and position of lights to be carried by vessels.

(a) Steamers under way.
(6) Steamers towing.
(c) Vessels under way, but not under command, including steam-

ers laying cable.
(d) Sailing vessels under way.
(e) Sailing vessels towing.
(f) Vessels at anchor.
(9) Pilot vessels.

(h) Fishing vessels. 2. Sound-signals; their character, number, range and position of in

struments.
(a) For use in fog, mist, falling snow, and thick weather, as po-

sition signals.
For steamers under way.
For steamers towing.
For sailing vessels under way.
For sailing vessels towing.
(These siguals to show the approximate course steered

if possible.)
For vessels at anchor.
For vessels under way, but not under command, including
steamers laying cable.

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