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JAPAN HARBOUR REGULATIONS
Art. IX.-Any vessel carrying explosives or highly inflammable mate: excess of ordinary requirements shall come to outside the harbour limits an await the Harbour Master's orders. Such vessels while so waiting shall, sunrise and sunset, fly at the foremast head the signal letter “B,” and sunset and sunrise shall hoist in same place a red lantern.
No vessel shall ship or discharge any such materials except at such pl the Harbour Master may indicate.
Art. X.-Every ship which is laid up or undergoing repairs, and all store-ships, lighters, boats, etc., shall be moored in special berths designated Harbour Master.
Art. XI.-In case of fire breaking out on board a ship within the limits, the ship's bell shall be rung until the arrival of assistance, and th letters "N. M." shall be hoisted between sunrise and sunset or a red lanter be continuously hoisted and lowered between sunset and sunrise.
If police assistance be required the signal letter "G" shall be hoisted 1 sunrise and sunset, and between sunset and sunrise blue or flash light be shown.
All discharging of fire-arms or letting off of fire-works within the limits is forbidden without permission from the Harbour Master, except in above-mentioned for the purpose of signalling.
Art. XII-Any vessel arriving from a place which has been declared official declaration of the Imperial Government as being infected with an epid contagious disease (such as cholera, small-pox, yellow-fever, scarlet-fever, o or on board of which any such disease shall have occurred during the voyage come to outside the harbour limits and shall hoist a yellow flag at the forema between sunrise and sunset, and shall show a red and a white light one ab other in the same place between sunset and sunrise. Such vessel must 1 inspection by the proper sanitary authorities.
The sanitary authorities shall, on approaching the vessel, be informed any cases of any such diseases have actually occurred during the voyage a nature of such diseases, in order that suitable precaution may be taken.
The said ship must not lower the yellow flag or the above-mentioned light it shall have been admitted to "free pratique," neither shall any person land nor shall any communication be held with other ships without the permission proper sanitary authorities.
The provisions of the preceding paragraphs apply to vessels anchored wit harbour limits on board of which any of the above-mentioned epidemic or con diseases have broken out.
Such vessels must change their berth on receiving an order to that effec the Harbour Master.
Any vessel arriving from a place infected with cattle-disease or on board o such disease has broken out during the voyage shall not land or tranship eit cattle, their dead bodies, skins, hides or bones, without the permission of the sanitary authorities.
Art. XIII. No carcases, ballast, ashes, sweepings, &c., shall be throw board within the harbour limits.
Whilst taking in or discharging coal, ballast or other similar materia necessary precautions shall be taken to prevent their falling into the sea.
If any materials detrimental to the harbour shall have been thrown in sea or shall have been allowed to fall in through negligence by any ship, the be removed by the ship upon receipt of an order to that effect from the B Master; and if not so removed the Harbour Master may cause them to be r at the ship's expense.
Art. XIV. Any ship intending to leave port shall give notice at the H Master's Office and hoist the Blue Peter.
Steamers which have fixed dates of departure need only make one decl on their arrival and departure.