MERSEY AND IRWELL NAVIGATION. The Duke of Bridgwater's Canal. The Manchester and Salford Junction Canal. The Runcorn and Weston Canal. Rules made by Orders in Council, 18th May, 1870. These Orders in Council were made under the provisions of the Merchant Shipping Act Amendment Act, 1862. NOTE.-As the rules made by the above Orders in Council are almost identical in effect, they have been printed as one set of rules. The numbers of the rules correspond with the numbers in the respective Orders in Council. The rules marked with are compiled by combining the corresponding rules in the Orders in Council. *1.-In this order the term "vessel" includes ships, boats, barges, crafts, packets, and vessels of every kind, navigating, or being upon or in any part of the Duke of Bridgwater's Canal, the Manchester and Salford Junction. Canal, and the Runcorn and Weston Canal, or any of them, the Mersey and Irwell Navigation, or on or in any cut, canal, or other works belonging to the said navigation. *2.-No vessel shall, unless duly authorised by some agent of the owners of, or body exercising jurisdiction on the navigations referred to in the foregoing order, be navigated without a rudder at the stern. 3. No vessel shall be navigated without one person, at the least, on board competent to steer and manage her, and acquainted with the ordinary rules of navigating on rivers and canals. 4. No vessel shall lie, or be left, without a person on board capable of taking care thereof. 5.-No vessel shall lie, or be left, between sunset and sunrise without having a bright white light so fitted, placed, or arranged that it shall be visible fore and aft. This light shall be of such a character as to be visible on a dark night, with a clear atmosphere, at a distance of at least one mile. 6. No vessel shall be navigated through a tunnel, either by day or by night, without carrying a light visible fore and aft; such light to be of the description and power named in the preceding rule. of 7.-Nothing shall be allowed to project beyond the sides vessel. any 8.-No vessel shall be placed or lie so as to obstruct the passage of any other vessel into or out of any lock, dock, bridgeway, stop place, aqueduct or tunnel, or enter any such lock, dock, bridgeway, stop place, aqueduct or tunnel out of its turn. * 9.-No vessel shall remain or be placed so as to obstruct the passage upon and along any part of the said canals respectively. 10. No vessel shall be moored in any dock entrance, bridgeway, stop place, aqueduct or tunnel. 11.-No attempt shall be made to moor a vessel in any basin, dock or cut, or near any wharf, warehouse, or crane contrary to the orders of an agent of the owners of, or body interested in, the said navigation respectively. 12. Every vessel which would, if not stopped, meet another vessel on a part of the said navigation where two vessels cannot pass each other, shall stop at the passage place until the other vessel shall have passed clear of her. 13. No vessel shall be or remain at the entrance to any dock or basin, or in any bridgeway, stop place, aqueduct, or tunnel, or at any crane or wharf longer than is necessary for passing through or using the same. 14.-No attempt shall be made so to load, unload, moor or berth any vessel in any lock, dock, basin, bridgeway, stop place, tunnel or aqueduct, or so near thereto as to obstruct the passage thereof. 15. The line of every vessel going down the navigation shall be lowered, and give way to every passing vessel going up the navigation, unless the vessel going down the navigation is a passenger packet, in which case the vessel going up the navigation and not being a passenger packet shall give way to such passenger packet. 16.—The line of every vessel, whether light or loaded, not being a passenger packet, shall be lowered and give way to a passenger packet. 17. Every vessel not being a passenger packet shall, whenever a passenger packet is within 100 yards from any lock, bridge, aqueduct, or tunnel, give way to such passenger packet, and let it pass first through such lock, bridge, aqueduct, or tunnel. 19. Every steam vessel shall be furnished with a loud and shrill steam whistle, and such steam whistle shall be placed before the funnel not less than three feet above the deck or gunwale of such vessel, and shall be so fitted that it shall be blown by the steam from the boiler of the vessel. 20. The steam whistle of every vessel under steam shall be sounded as follows, namely, when such vessel is about to round and is rounding any turnings in the navigation, as well as when such vessel is meeting, approaching, or overtaking any vessel. 21.-Every vessel under steam when passing a vessel not under steam shall pass the vessel not under steam on the off-side thereof. 22.-Every vessel not under steam shall take the towing path side when meeting or passing or approaching to, or being overtaken by a vessel under steam. 23.-Every vessel under steam meeting another vessel under steam shall, if going down the navigation, take the off-side, and shall, if coming up the navigation, take the towing path side. 24. Every vessel under steam overtaking another vessel under steam shall take the off-side. 25.-Every vessel under steam when being overtaken by another vessel under steam shall take the towing path side. 26.-Every vessel under steam shall check her speed when meeting, overtaking, or approaching any vessel, and shall stop and reverse if necessary. 27.-No person shall, without being duly authorised by some agent of the owners of, or body interested in, the said several navigations respectively, cut any mooring line, or unmoor or cut adrift any vessel. MILFORD HAVEN. See PEMBROKE, post, page 222. NEWPORT (MONMOUTH). Bye-laws made by the Newport Harbour Commissioners under the Newport (Monmouthshire) Harbour Act, 1890, and the Harbours, Docks, and Piers Clauses Act, 1847, and approved by the Board of Trade on the 8th March, 1894. 33. The following words and expressions have where used in the following Bye-laws the following meanings unless there be something in the subject or context repugnant to such construction (that is to say): The expression "The Harbour" means the port or harbour of Newport, in the county of Monmouth, as defined by the Newport (Monmouthshire) Harbour Act, 1890, and includes those parts of the Bristol Channel and the Rivers Usk and Ebbw which lie between an imaginary line drawn in a S. 79° W. true direction from Goldcliff until it meets the shore of the Bristol Channel eastward of Peterstone Wentlooge Church and the bridge over the River Usk at Newbridge, and the bridge carrying the South Wales railway of the Great Western Railway Company over the River Ebbw, and the banks and shores of such parts of the said channel and rivers, and any works on such banks and shores, and all streams, pools, creeks, havens, bays and inlets within those limits. The expression "The River" means the parts of the River Usk within the limits of the harbour as described above. The word "vessel" means any ship, lighter, keel, The expressions "The Alexandra Dock" and "The 1.-Every vessel shall be, and be kept, properly and effectually moored whilst at any public or private mooring place, or at any public or private quay, wharf, jetty, drop, spout or landing place within the harbour, and especially shall be kept effectually moored during high winds, freshes, or accumulations of ice. Every vessel shall be, and be kept, moored otherwise than by means of anchors, except in case of emergency from whatever cause arising. 2.-No anchor shall be put down from any vessel, whether at moorings or in any other place in the harbour, except where necessary for swinging or in cases of sudden emergency or with the previous sanction of the harbour master, and if such sanction be granted the anchor shall be placed clear of the navigable channel and so as not to endanger any other vessel, and a buoy rope and buoy shall be attached thereto. Any anchor put down shall be removed as and when the harbour master shall direct. 4. The sails of every vessel, whether moored or at anchor in the harbour, shall be furled, the standing and |