CO129-585-5 Sino-Japanese conflict- shipping on Pearl River 3-1-1940 - 25-8-1940 — Page 112

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ENCLOSURE NO. 2 IN CANTON DESPATCH No. 30 of 5/1/1940 to B.E. SHANGHAI.

THE TEMPORARY REGULATION OF THE PEARL RIVER PILOTAGE SERVICE.

Article 1. The Pilotage service on the Pearl River is placed under the administration of the Japanese Army and Navy and enforced in accordance with the regulations contained herein.

Article 2. The Regulations are inapplicable to Japanese warship and Military chartered vessel. Pilots on non-official staff of the Army or the Navy serve for the time being as pilots.

Article 3.

Any person without the above qualification is not permitted to pilot a vessel within the limits of the Pilotage Ground of the Pearl River.

Article 4.

Should the Captain or the Commanding Officer of a vessel wish to engage Pilot in day time he has to exhibit the signal (G) in accordance with the International Signal Code and in night time to emit blue flame every 15 minutes or to exhibit red and white lamps in vertical sequence.

Article 5. Upon seeing the signal requesting Pilot, Pilot has to endeavour promptly to meet the request under instruction of the Army and the Navy.

Article 6.

Upon boarding a vessel, Pilot is required to inform the Captain or the Commanding Officer of the vessel of his name and his being a Pilot.

Article 7.

Upon receiving a Pilot aboard the vessel, the Captain or Commanding Officer is required to remove the signal for Pilot and to inform him of the draught of the vessel and kind and quantity of cargo on board, and, if the vessel is non-Japanese, the Captain or Commanding Officer is required to inform him of the name of the Vessel, and her owner, the port of registration and the carrying capacity of the vessel, etc., in addition to the informations required above.

Article 8. When the Pilot has guided the vessel and reached the destination, the Captain or the Commanding Officer is required to hand over to the Pilot the Certificate of Form No. 1 attached to this regulation duly filled in, signed and chopped by him.

Article 9. The limits of the Pilotage Ground of the Pearl River are defined as from a line drawn across the River at Chuen Pi Point up to the berth in the Port of Canton, excluding Whampoa.. The Regulation does not debar any vessel with a tonnage of less than 500 gross tonnage or less than 8 feet draught from navigating without the Pilot on the above-mentioned Pilotage Grounā. The way of transaction of the Pilotage Service on the waterway below the line drawn across the Riber at Chuen Pi Point will be provided in other regulations.

Article 10. Pilotage fee is charged to the Captain or the Commanding Officer of the vessel piloted in accordance with the Tariff, prescribed in the following article, except in case of Japanese warship of Military chartered vessel.

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