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PORT, CONSULAR, CUSTOMS, PILOTAGE, AND HARBOUR REGULATIONS, &c. 37%

SHANGHAI.

HARBOUR REGULATIONS.

I. The anchorage for foreign vessels is between the East Gate Creek and the Creek below the British Naval Yard.

II-Vessels entering the anchorage will, when they come abreast of the British Naval Yard, be boarded by the Assistant Harbour Master, who will direct them to proper berths. In the case of a vessel being towed, the tng steamer must stop, before passing the Harbour Master's Lower Station, at Pootung, to be boarded.

III.--River, Coast, and Mail Steamers having determined berths are allowed on arrival to proceed to them without stoppage, unless they have dangerous or explosive cargo on board, in which case they are to be governed by Clauses 11, 12, and 14 of these Regulations.

IV.—Four berths in the Upper Reach of the Harbour will be kept open for the use of men-of-war.

V.-Vessels are to moor in accordance with the orders received from the Harbour Master, and not to shift their berths or remove from the anchorage without a special Permit.

VI.-Applications for berths, or for permission to shift, must be made to the Harbour Master's office or to the Lower Station by the Shipmaster, the First Officer, or Pilot in charge, when the necessary instructions respecting the berth will be given. VII.-All vessels are required to keep a light burning bright and clear at the starboard yard-arm, or starboard fore-rigging when vessels have no yards, from dark until daylight.

VIII.-No vessels except men-of-war may use swinging booms. The swinging booms of men-of-war shall be rigged in from sunset to sunrise.

IX.-Vessels are required to keep their chains clear, especially towards the full and change of the moon, and not to have lines out from one vessel to another ang longer time than necessary. Boats towing astern are to have short lines, in order not to block up the passage.

X.-Merchant vessels -hall not fire off cannon or small arms within the limits of the Port, without written permission from the Harbour Master,

XI.-Vessels arriving at this port and having on board, as cargo, any number of Loaded Shell, or more than One Hundred pounds of Gunpowder, or more thar Twenty Thousand Rounds of Rifle, Sporting, Gatling, Mitrailleuse, Pistol, or Revolver Cartridges, shall anchor not less than one mile below the lower limit of the Harbour and fly a red flag [“No. 5” Marryat's or "B" Commercial Code] at the fore during the daytime and shall abide by the instructions received from the Customs concerning the discharge of the same.

-Vessels arriving at this port and having on board, as cargo, in whatever quantry, any of the following mentioned articles, viz.:-Nitro-glycerine or Glonoin Oil, Gan Cotton, Fulminating Mercury, Dynamite, Lithofracteur, or any other substances used for Blasting purposes, shall be subject to the same conditions as to anchorage, &c., as are laid down in Clause 11 of these Regulations.

XIII.-Vessels shall not be allowed to take on board, as cargo, any of the articles mentioned in Clauses 11 and 12 of these Regulations in weight or number exceeding what is therein specified, without first proceeding to an anchorage not less than one mile below the lower limit of the Harbour, from which, while having such cargo on board, they shall only depart for the purpose of proceeding outside of Woosung.

XIV.-Vessels arriving with Kerosine Oil or Petroleum on board as cargo shall be berthed on the Pootung side of the 9th Section of the Harbour and must remais there until all such cargo has been discharged.

XV. A vessel arriving with a contagious disease on board, shall not come nearer the lower limit of the Harbour than one mile, shall fly at the fore a yellow flag, and shall not allow any one to disembark or come on board, without permission from the Harbour Master's Office.