376 PORT, CONSULAR, CUSTOMS, PILOTAGE, AND HARBOUR REGULATIONS, &c.
XVI.-Masters of vessels shall not permit ballast or ashes to be thrown overboard. XVII.-All vessels in Port must keep on board a sufficient number of hands to clear and pay chain, &c., when required.
XVIII.-Vessels on arriving in Port must, as soon as possible, rig in their jib- booms, and must not subsequently rig them out, while within the Harbour limits, without permission from the Harbour Master.
XIX.-No Buoy may be laid down without the sanction of the Harbour Master and his approval of the moorings by which it is to be held in position. Unoccupied Buoys must be lighted from sunset to sunrise.
XX-Buoys that are already laid down are subject to the control of the Harbour Master, and where they are so placed as to obstruct the passage of vessels through the Harbour or are not moored in such a way as to economize berthing space, the Harbour Master will be at liberty to order them to be shifted. In case of refusal or neglect on the part of the owners of a Buoy to shift its position, as directed by the Harbour Master, the latter may cause it to be removed at the risk of the owners thereof. XXI.-In case of fire occurring on board a vessel in Port. the bell must be rung immediately by that vessel and by those above and below her, and the signal 2109 Marryat's or BTF Commercial Code ("Ship on fire") hoisted by the burning vessel, if possible, and by those above and below her, during the day, or the yard-arm light lowered and hoisted continually during the night. Notice should be sent immediately to the River Police Hulk, Harbour Master's Station, or Pootung Signal Tower, and to the nearest Municipal Police Station.
XXII.-Vessels infringing Clauses 11 and 12 of these Regulations, by coming within the Har our limits with dangerous or explosive cargo on board in excess of the quantity therein allowed, will be notified by the Harbour Master to proceed to an anchorage not less than one mile below the lower limit of the Harbour, and their Entrance, Working, and Clearance will be stopped by the Customs until this notice is complied with. All other vessels not occupying the berth assigned to them, as required by the 2nd, 5th, and 6th Clauses of the above Regulations, are likewise liable to have their Entrance, Working, and Clearance stopped by the Customs until the Harbour Master reports them as berthed in accordance with his directions.
Masters of vessels committing breaches of the other Regulations will be dealt with by the Consular authorities.
NOTICE.
I.-On approaching the anchorage vessels should show their number in order that the same may be signalled from the Harbour Master's Signal Stations.
II.-Masters of vessels are requested to furnish the Assistant Harbour Master, Pilot, or Harbour Pilot, with any information they may possess, relative to the dis- coveries of rocks, shoals, islands, wrecks, or distressed vessels, vessels signalled and their positions, state of weather during the voyage, special information with details of Typhoons, time of leaving last port, time of arrival. They are also requested to report if any change has taken place in the position of Buoys or if any of the Lights are out of order.
III.-Masters of vessels having fault to find with Pilots, whether as regarda professional competencv or personal conduct, are especially requested to report the same in writing to the Harbour Master, from whom such cases will receive immediate attention.
IV. At the Harbour Master's office will be found a board, on which all notices pertaining to the department will be exhibited, also any information received from Shipmasters of interest to shipping. It will also show the names of Pilots, &c.
V.-Vessels are recommended not to sail or steam through the shipping with the tide, it being highly dangerous to do so, especially during spring tides. Vessels so doing will incur responsibility for all damages.
VI.-The Master of a vessel may refuse to pay inward pilotage, until a certificate is produced from the Harbour Master or his deputies, that the vessel is property moored. (Pilotage Regulations, General Rule VII., Local Rule XIV.)