in future the Commercial Code of Signals should also be used in the Colonies.
Having conferred with Commodore Oliver Jones and with the Harbor Master,
The subject has been notified by Gazette on the first of recent October, by which signals will be answered from Government shores, ships at sea, except by those of the Commercial Codes.
I have the honor to be, My Lord, Your Lordship's most obedient humble Servant,
Governor
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