tive, the "Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea," made in pursuance of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, and which may hereafter be similarly made from time to time in substitution therefor, shall be observed and obeyed. Every person not obeying the harbour master's directions, or committing any offence against the aforegoing Bye-law, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds. WOOLWICH. See THAMES BYE-LAW 12 (ante, p. 276). The following Regulations were made by Order in Council, February 29, 1868: 4. No merchant or other private vessel (except such as are engaged in the service of the dockyard) shall be anchored between the dockyard and any of Her Majesty's vessels moored off the dockyard. 5. No merchant or other private vessel shall, without licence in writing from the superintendent of the dockyard, be moored or fastened to any of Her Majesty's moorings, buoys, piles, or vessels at or near the dockyard, unless forced thereto by unavoidable accident. 6. If at any time any merchant or other private vessel hooks any of Her Majesty's moorings, the master of the vessel shall not proceed to unhook the same, but shall forthwith give notice to the superintendent of the dockyard, in order that aid may be given for clearing the moorings without damage. 7. A merchant or other private paddle-wheel steamer, while passing within the following limits-namely, between the north-west angle of the dockyard, near Charlton Pier, and the eastern or lower end of the dockyard wharf wall, shall not proceed at a rate exceeding five miles an hour over the ground. 8.-Verbatim with Deptford Regulation 9 (ante, p. 139). YOUGHAL PORT AND HARBOUR. Bye-laws made by the Youghal Harbour Board, the 16th of June, 1879, pursuant to the Provisions of the Youghal Harbour Order, 1878. 1. Whenever any vessel, lighter, or other craft shall be anchored abreast of the quays, from the dock at Dolphin's Square to the southern end of the pier head, within 60 fathoms of the edge of the quay nearest to the anchor, the master or other person in charge shall cause the exact position of such anchor to be indicated by a conspicuous buoy attached thereto during the whole time the said anchor shall be within said distance from said quays. And for violation hereof the owner or owners of the every vessel, lighter, or other craft shall forfeit a sum not exceeding five pounds. 2.-All vessels lying in the harbour shall have their yards peaked or topped up, their booms and outriggers in, their jibboom and running bowsprits run in as far as practicable, their spritsail-yards laid fore and aft, so as to avoid doing damage to other vessels, under a penalty against the master or other person in charge, not exceeding five pounds. 4.-All persons guilty of assaulting, resisting, obstructing or molesting the harbour master or his assistants, the collector of dues, or any other officer in the execution of his duty, and all masters, pilots, and other persons having the command of any sailing or steam vessel, or other craft, acting contrary to the directions of the harbour master, or neglecting his signals in relation to placing or shifting their vessels or craft in the harbour, or in any way hindering them or any of them in the execution of their duty, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds. 6. The master or other person in charge of any vessel or other craft lying in the harbour, shall, from sunset to sunrise, exhibit in such vessel or craft, a bright light, or anchor light, in such a manner as to show clearly the position of such vessel or craft in the harbour, under a penalty not exceeding three pounds. REGULATIONS FOR ART. 1. In the following Rules every steamship which is under sail and not under steam is to be considered a sailing ship; and every steamship which is under steam whether under sail or not, is to be considered a ship under steam. RULES CONCERNING LIGHTS. ART. 2. The lights mentioned in the following Articles numbered 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11, and no others shall be carried in all weathers, from sunset to sunrise. ART. 3. A sca-going steamship when under way shal carry (a) On or in front of the foremast, at a height abov the hull of not less than 20 feet, and if th breadth of the ship exceeds 20 feet, then at height above the hull not less than such breadth, a bright white light, so constructe as to show an uniform and unbroken light ove an arc of the horizon of 20 points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light 10 points on each side of the ship, viz., from righ ahead to two points abaft the beam on eithe side, and of such a character as to be visible of |