GREAT BRITAIN-Continued.

line, over one another, not less than 6 feet apart. The highest and lowest of these lights shall be red, and the middle light shall be white, and they shall be of such a character that the red lights shall be visible at the same distance as the white light. By day she shall carry, in a vertical line, one over the other, not less than 6 feet apart, in front of but not lower than her foremast-head, three shapes not less than 2 feet in diameter, of which the top and bottom shall be glob ular in shape and red in color, and the middle one diamond in shape and white.

(c) The ships referred to in this article when not making any way through the water shall not carry the side-lights, but when making way shall carry them.

(d) The lights and shapes required to be shown by this article are to be taken by other ships as signals that the ship showing them is not under command, and can not therefore get out of the way. The signals to be made by ships in distress and requiring assistance are contained in article twenty-seven.

UNITED STATES:

Identical.

AUSTRIA-HUNGARY:

[Translation.]

A ship, whether a steam-ship or a sailing ship, employed in laying or picking up a telegraph cable, and also a ship which, from any accident, is not under command, shall by day carry in front of, but not lower than her foremast-head, three dark balls, or other signal shapes, not less than 65 centimeters in diameter in a vertical line, one over the other, not less than 1 meter apart.

Such ships shall, at night, carry in the same position as the white light which steam-ships are required to carry, and, if a steam-ship, in place of that light three red lights in globular lanterns, each not less than 25 centimeters in diameter, in a vertical line, one over the other, not less than 1 meter apart.

These signal shapes and lights are to be taken by other ships as signals that the ship showing them is not under command, and can not, therefore, get out of the way.

The aforesaid ships, when not making any way, shall not carry the side lights, but when making way shall carry them.

BELGIUM:

Tout navire à voiles ou à vapeur employé, soit à poser, soit à relever un câble télégraphique, tout navire qui, par une cause accidentelle, n'est pas libre de ses mouvements, doit, si c'est le jour, porter en avant de la tête du mât de misaine, et pas plus bas que cette tête de mât, trois boules noires de 0,61 de diamètre chacune, placées verticalement l'une au-dessus de l'autre à une distance d'au moins 0,91; si c'est pendant la nuit, il doit mettre à la place assignée au

BELGIUM-Continued.

feu blanc brillant que les bâtiments à vapeur sont tenus d'avoir en avant du mât de misaine, trois feux rouges placés dans des lanternes sphériques d'au moins 0,25 de diamètre et disposées verticalement à une distance l'une de l'autre d'au moins 0m,91.

Ces boules ou ces lanternes servent à avertir les autres navires qui approchent que celui qui les porte n'est pas manoeuvrable et par suite ne peut se garer.

Les navires ci-dessus ne doivent pas avoir les feux de côté allumés lorsqu'ils n'ont aucun sillage. Ils doivent, au contraire, les tenir allumés s'ils sont en marche soit à la voile, soit à la vapeur.

CHILI:

[Translation.]

The signals indicated in this article are special signals, and are only carried by the ships which are defined as follows:

1. The steamers employed in laying or taking up submarine telegraph cables.

2. The steamers which, from any accident, are not under command. These ships shall carry by day in front of the foremast, at a height not exceeding the top of the foremast, three globular shapes of black color, each 60 centimeters in diameter, in a vertical line, and not less than 90 centimeters apart.

At night the same vessels shall, instead of the mast-head light, carry three red lights in globular lanterns, each not less than 25 centimeters in diameter, in a vertical line, and not less than 90 centimeters apart.

The aforesaid shapes and lights indicate that the ships showing them are not under command and can not manœuvre.

The ships referred to in this article, when not making any way through the water, shall not carry any side lights, but when making way shall carry them.

DENMARK:

Identical, with the following exception:

Subsection d. The words beginning "The signals," to the end of the subsection are omitted.

FRANCE:

Identical, with the following exceptions:

Subsections a and b. Instead of the words "ten inches" substitute the words "twenty-five centimeters," and instead of the words "two feet," substitute the words "sixty-one centimeters."

Subsection a. Instead of the words "three feet" substitute the words" ninety-one centimeters."

Subsection b. Instead of the words "six feet" substitute the words "one meter, eighty-two centimeters."

Subsection a. After the words "three black balls," the words "or shapes" are omitted.

GERMANY:

[Translation.]

A ship, whether a steam-ship or a sailing ship, employed in laying or picking up a telegraph cable, and also a ship which, from any accident, is not under command, shall by day carry in front of, but not lower than her foremast-head, three dark balls, or other signal shapes, of 65 centimeters in diameter in a vertical line, one over the other, not less than 1 meter apart.

Such ships shall, at night, carry in the same position as the white light which steam-ships are required to carry, and, if a steam-ship, in place of that light three red lights in globular lanterns, each not less than 25 centimeters in diameter, in a vertical line one over the other, not less than 1 meter apart.

These signal shapes and lights are to be taken by other ships as signals that the ship showing them is not under command, and can not, therefore, get out of the way.

The aforesaid ships, when not making any way, shall not carry the side lights, but when making way shall carry them. ITALY:

Identical, with the following exceptions:

Subsections a and b. Instead of the words "10 inches" and "two feet" substitute the words "twenty-five centimeters" and "sixty-five centimeters."

Subsection a. Instead of the words "three feet" substitute the words "one meter."

Subsection b. Instead of the words "six feet" substitute the words "one meter."

JAPAN:

Identical.

MEXICO:

This article is omitted entirely. (See note at the end.) NORWAY:

Identical, with the following exceptions:

Subsections a and b. Instead of the words "ten inches" substitute the words "twenty-five centimeters," and instead of the words "two feet" substitute the words "sixty centimeters."

Subsection a. Instead of the words "three feet" substitute the words "one meter."

Subsection b. Instead of the words "six feet" substitute the words "one meter, eighty centimeters."

SIAM:

Omitted. (See note at end.)

SWEDEN:

Identical, with the following exceptions:

Subsections a and b. Instead of the words "ten inches "substitute the words "twenty-five centimeters," and instead of the words "two feet" substitute the words "sixty centimeters."

SWEDEN-Continued.

Subsection a. Instead of the words "three feet" substitute the words "one meter."

Subsection b. Instead of the words "six feet" substitute the words 66 one meter, eighty centimeters."

THE NETHERLANDS:

Identical, with the following exceptions:

Subsections a and b. Instead of the words "ten inches" substitnte the words "two and one-half decimeters," and instead of the words "two feet" substitute the words "six decimeters."

Subsection a. Instead of the words "three feet" substitute the words" nine decimeters."

Subsection b. Instead of the words "six feet" substitute the words "one meter, eight decimeters."

Subsection d. Instead of the words "contained in Article 27" substitute the words "contained in our decree of October 10, 1875." GREAT BRITAIN :

ARTICLE 6. A sailing ship under way or being towed shall carry the same lights as are provided by Article 3 for a steam-ship under way, with the exception of the white light, which she shall never carry.

UNITED STATES:

Identical. AUSTRIA-HUNGARY:

Identical.

BELGIUM:

Identical.

CHILI:

Identical.

DENMARK:

Identical.

GERMANY:

Identical.

ITALY:

Identical.

JAPAN:

Identical.

MEXICO:

Identical.

NORWAY:

Identical.

SIAM:

Identical.

SWEDEN:

Identical.

THE NETHERLANDS:

Identical.

GREAT BRITAIN:

ARTICLE 7. Whenever, as in the case of small vessels during bad weather, the green and red side lights can not be fixed, these lights shall be kept on deck, on their respective sides of the vessel ready for use, and shall, on the approach of or to other vessels, be exhibited on their respective sides in sufficient time to prevent collis ion, in such manner as to make them most visible, and so that the green light shall not be seen on the port side nor the red light on the starboard side. To make the use of these portable lights more certain and easy, the lanterns containing them shall each be painted outside with the color of the light they respectively contain, and shall be provided with proper screens.

UNITED STATES:

Identical.

AUSTRIA-HUNGARY:

Identical.

BELGIUM:

Identical.

CHILI:

Identical.

DENMARK:

Identical.

FRANCE:

Identical.

GERMANY:

Identical.

ITALY:

Identical.

JAPAN:

Identical.

MEXICO:

Identical.

NORWAY:

Identical.

SIAM:

Identical.

SWEDEN:

Identical.

THE NETHERLANDS:
Identical.

GREAT BRITAIN :

ARTICLE 8. A ship, whether a steam-ship or a sailing ship, when at anchor, shall carry, where it can best be seen, but at a height not exceeding 20 feet above the hull, a white light, in a globular lantern of not less than 8 inches in diameter, and so constructed as to show a clear, uniform, and unbroken light, visible all round the horizon at a distance of at least 1 mile.