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APPENDIX (A).
Duties of Officer in charge of Port War Signal Stations, A.N.I.O., Victoria Peak, and Assistant Paymaster, D'Águilar.
1. You are to make yourself familiar with the "Regulations governing the entry of His Majesty's Ships and Vessels of War.'
2. On receipt of a communication that the "Warning" telegram has been received indicating that hostilities are imminent, you are to mobilize and issue War Orders to the Signal Stations.
3. You are to work in cordial co-operation with the Military authorities, and to render them every assistance in your power.
4. The personnel for manning the Signal Stations, and lists of stores provided, or to be provided, are shown in Schedule B.
5. Coolie labour will also be used for keeping up the supply of all provisions, consumable and other stores, to Victoria Peak and Jubilee Post Stations. Eight coolies have been engaged by the Compradore of the Dockyard for this purpose. Commander of the "Tamar" is responsible for this duty.
6. You are to give early information of the approach of all vessels to :----
The
(a.) The selected Military Officers for Eastern and Western Entrances,
and also report hourly.
(b.) The Fortress Commander.
(c.) The Commodore.
7. To take in any signals made by incoming vessels.
8. To note their appearance and identify them if possible.
9. No signals other than the acknowledgment are to be made from the Signal Station to vessels in sight unless specially authorised.
10. In the event of the incoming vessel being a merchant ship, she will be dealt with by the Examination Steamer.
11. If a foreign, but neutral man of-war, it may be expected that she will take means to show her identity.
12. The responsibility for this lays with her, and she will be boarded by the Examination Steamer.
13. As regards British men-of-war, the following procedure is to be carried out :-
(a.) When any of His Majesty's ships are sighted showing the Secret Signal for the day, and her name by day (made with international code flags), or with the search- light by day or by flashing lamp by night, the officer in charge will at once communicate with the selected Battery, the General Staff Officer, Commodore, and Chief Examining Officer in the order named. When the Batteries have been warned, the officer in charge of the Station will hoist "TX A" international (proceed into Harbour), to be kept flying until the ship has passed the Signal Station.
At night instead of “T X A" two white rockets will be fired in succession. (b.) The above conditions apply to His Majesty's torpedo craft by day only. At night these are not allowed to enter the Harbour, and should they make the Secret Signal to the Signal Station they are to be ordered by flashing signal to anchor until daylight in Taitam Bay or some other named anchorage.
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