And whereas, by an Order in Council made in pursuance of the said recited Act, and dated the ninth day of January one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, Her Majesty was pleased to direct that there should be substituted for the Regulations contained in the Schedule to the said Act certain Regulations appended to the said Order, and that the said appended Regulations should, on and after the first day of June one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, apply to French ships, whether within British jurisdiction or not:
And whereas by several Orders in Council subsequently made, Her Majesty was pleased to direct that the Regulations appended to the said recited Order should apply to ships of the countries specifie! in the said Orders, whether within British jurisdiction or not:
And whereas by Order in Council dated the thirtieth day of July one thousand eight hundrevi and sixty-eight, Her Majesty was pleased to make certain additions to the Regulations appended to the said first-recited Order in Council:
And whereas by Order in Council dated the fourteenth day of August one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine, Her Majesty, on the joint recommendation of the Admiralty and the Board of Trade was pleased to direct that on and after the first day of September one thousand eight hundred and eighty, the said Regulations and the additions thereto should be annulled, and that there should be substituted therefor the new Regulations contained in the First Schedule thereto, and that the same should, from and after the first day of September one thousand eight hundred and eighty, apply to ships of the countries mentioned in the said Second Schedule thereto, whether within British jurisdic-
tion or not:
And whereas Article numbered 9 of the Regulations appended to the said recited Order in Council of the ninth day of January one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, is as follows; that is to say, Art. 9. Open fishing boats and other open boats shall not be required to carry the side lights required for other vessels; but shall, if they do not carry such lights, carry a lantern having a green slide on the one side and a red slide on the other side; and on the approach of or to other vessels, such lantern shall be exhibited in sufficient time to prevent collision, so that the green light shall not be seen on the port side, nor the red light on the starboard side. Fishing vessels and open boats when at anchor, or attached to their nets and stationary, shall
exhibit a bright white light.
Fishing vessels and open boats shall, however, not be prevented from using a flare-up in addition.
if considered expedient.
And whereas the Article numbered 10 of the said new Regulations, contained in the First Schedule of the said recited Order in Council of the fourteenth day of August one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine, which said Article is to be in substitution for the said recited Article numbered 9, is as follows; that is to say,
Art. 10. (a.) Open fishing boats and other open boats when under way shall not be obliged to carry the side lights required for other vessels; but every such boat shall in lieu there! have ready at hand a lantern with a green glass on the one side and a red glass on the other side; and on the approach of or to other vessels, such lantern shall be exhibited in sufficient time to prevent collision, so that the green light shall not be seen on the port side, nor the red light on the starboard side.
(b.) A fishing vessel, and an open boat, when at anchor, shall exhibit a bright white light. (c.) A fishing vessel, when employed in drift net fishing, shall carry on one of her masts two nd
lights in a vertical line one over the other, not less than three feet apart.
(d) A trawler at work shall carry on one of her masts two lights in avvertical line one over the other, not less than three feet apart, the upper light red, and the lower green, and shall also either carry the side lights required for other vessels, or, if the side lights cannot be carried. have ready at hand the coloured lights as provided in Article 7, or a lantern with a red and a green glass as described in paragraph (a.) of this Article.
(e.) Fishing vessels and open boats shall not be prevented from using a flare-up in addition. if
they desire to do so.
(f) The lights mentioned in this Article are substituted for those mentioned in the 12th, 13th. and 14th Articles of the Convention between France and England, scheduled to the British Sea Fisheries Act, 1868.
(g.) All lights required by this Article, except side lights, shall be in globular lanterns
constructed as to show all round the horizon.
And whereas the Admiralty and the Board of Trade have jointly recommended to Her Majesty that the operation of the said recited Article numbered 10 of the New Regulations, contained in the First Schedule of the said Order in Council of the fourteenth day of August one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine, shall be suspended until the first day of September one thousand eight