flying jibboom and mizzenboom shall be rigged close in, and all the booms and boom irons shall be taken off the yards, the bumkins and boats davits shall be swung in or unshipped, and the topsail and lower yards shall be peaked or braced sharp up, and the vessel shall be otherwise dismantled if and as the harbour master shall direct.

5.—The anchors of every vessel when moored in the harbour shall be taken in clear of the gunwale or hung perpendicularly from the hawse pipe in such position as shall be least likely to cause or tend to cause damage or injury to such vessel or to any other vessel, or shall be dealt with partly in one mode and partly in the other as the harbour master may direct.

6.--Subject to Bye-law 7 the under-mentioned lights, and no other light, shall be carried and displayed upon every steam vessel while steaming under weigh in the harbour during night time:

1st. On or in front of the foremast at a height above the hull of not less than 20 feet, and if the breadth of the vessel exceeds 20 feet then at a height above the hull not less than such breadth, a bright white light, so fixed as to show a uniform and unbroken light over a horizontal arc of twenty points of the compass and to throw the light ten points on each side of the steam vessel (that is to say from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on each side), and of such a character as to be visible on a dark night with a clear atmosphere at a distance of at least two miles. Provided always that in the case of a steam vessel having no foremast it shall be sufficient if the said white light be at a height not less than 12 feet above the hull, fixed on a staff not more than 30 feet from the stem, and in the case of a steam vessel not exceeding 12 feet in breadth it shall be sufficient if such light be at a height not less than

6 feet above the hull, fixed on a staff not more than 12 feet from the stem.

2nd. On the starboard side a bright green light so fixed as to show a uniform and unbroken light over a horizontal arc of ten points of the compass, and to throw the light from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on the starboard side, and of such a character as to be visible on a dark night with a clear atmosphere at a distance of at least one mile.

3rd. On the port side a bright red light so fixed as to show a uniform and unbroken light over a horizontal arc of ten points of the compass, and to throw the light from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on the port side, and of such a character as to be visible on a dark night with a clear atmosphere at a distance of at least one mile. The said green light and red light shall each be fitted with an inboard screen projecting at least three feet forward from the light so as to prevent such light from being seen across the bow of the steam vessel.

7.-Every steam vessel while steaming under weigh and engaged in towing any other vessel in the harbour during night time shall, in addition to the lights prescribed by Bye-law 6, carry on or in front of the foremast, or if there be no foremast on the staff mentioned in that Bye-law, a second bright white light similar to and placed vertically at least 3 feet above or below the bright white light prescribed in that Bye-law.

8. Every steam vessel being towed or under sail, and not under steam in the harbour, and every sailing vessel under weigh or being towed in the harbour shall, during night time, carry the same lights as a steam vessel under weigh under steam, except the white light or white lights which shall not be carried.

9. A bright white light shall be shown from the stern

of every vessel which is being overtaken in the harbour by another vessel during night time.

10. Every steam vessel in the harbour shall be provided with a steam whistle or other efficient steam sound signal so placed that the sound may not be intercepted by any obstructions, and with an efficient fog-horn, and with an efficient bell. Every sailing vessel in the harbour shall be provided with a similar fog-horn and bell.

11.—In fog, mist, or falling snow, whether by day or night, the following signals shall be used by vessels in the harbour :

(a) Upon a steam vessel under weigh a prolonged blast shall be made with the steam whistle or other

steam sound signal, at intervals of not more than two minutes.

(b) Upon a sailing vessel, under weigh, a like blast shall be made with the fog-horn at intervals of not more than two minutes.

(c) Upon a steam vessel and a sailing vessel, if and when anchored, the bell shall be rung at intervals of not more than two minutes.

12.-Every vessel under weigh in the harbour shall, when proceeding seaward, be kept to the right hand of mid-channel, and when proceeding inward from sea or up the river to the right hand of mid-channel, and so that in either case such vessel shall with a port helm always be and be kept clear of any vessel proceeding in the opposite direction.

The term mid-channel applies to the deep water navigable channel.

13.-Every steam or other vessel (whether towing any other vessel or not or being towed) shall, unless prevented by stress of weather, be brought into the harbour to the

right of mid-channel, and be taken out of the harbour to the right of mid-channel.

A vessel coming from the westward and about to enter the harbour should keep outside the buoys at the entrance until she can so round herself as to enter the harbour nearer to the red buoy than to the bell buoy.1

14.-Every vessel crossing the river and every vessel turning in the harbour shall be navigated so as not to cause obstruction, injury or damage to any other vessel.

15. When any steam vessel in the harbour (except a steam vessel when towing a sailing vessel) is approaching any sailing vessel or steam tug with a sailing vessel in tow proceeding in the opposite direction the speed of such steam vessel shall, if necessary, be slackened when it is within thirty yards of and until it shall have passed the sailing vessel or steam tug and towed vessel.

16.-Sea-going steam vessels shall not be navigated in the harbour above the new entrance of the Alexandra Dock at a greater speed over the ground than six knots or seven statute miles per hour, whether going with or against the tide.

17.-Every sea-going steam vessel when under weigh in the harbour shall be so navigated as not to involve risk of collision, or by causing a swell to endanger any other vessel.

18. Every sailing or steam vessel overtaking any other vessel in the harbour shall be kept out of the way of the overtaken vessel, which shall be kept on her course, and no obstruction shall be wilfully caused by the overtaken vessel to the passage of the overtaking vessel, and any vessel having passed another shall not cross the bows of the passed vessel until at such a distance as will not necessitate the stopping or easing of the passed vessel to avoid a collision.

The Winstanley, (1896) 8 Asp. M. C. 154, 170.

19.-A vessel shall not be allowed to drift in any part of the harbour. Every vessel in the harbour must be properly navigated or moored clear of the navigable channel. Every vessel proceeding to the Alexandra Dock or the Old Dock, and arriving off the entrance of such dock before the signal for its admission is hoisted, must keep on either side of the navigable channel, and out of the fair way of the river or dock traffic until the signal is hoisted for its admission.

20.-Every vessel when navigating the river shall have its anchor and chain ready to be let go in the event of any emergency requiring their use for the safety of such vessel or of any other vessel.

21.-Every vessel shall be navigated in the harbour in a careful manner, especially in those parts of the river where there is much traffic.

22.-Every vessel under weigh in the harbour when overtaken by a fog shall be navigated at a very moderate speed, and shall as soon as practicable be moored or anchored out of the navigable channel.

35.-Every person, body corporate, or company who shall make default or breach in the performance or observance of, or offend against or contravene any of the preceding Bye-laws, shall for every such default, breach, or offence be liable to a penalty not exceeding 57., but it is expressly declared that the imposition and payment of any penalty shall not affect the liability of any person, body corporate, or company or vessel, to answer in damages for any injury to any property or person arising from such default, breach or offence as aforesaid.