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PORT, CONSULAR, CUSTOMS, PILOTAGE, AND HARBOUR REGULATIONS, &c. 377

HARBOUR REGULATIONS FOR WOOSUNG.

I. The anchorage for foreign vessels at Woosung is between Woosung Creek and the White Cottage above the Chinese Camp.

II.-Inward bound vessels having to anchor at Woosung must hoist the Rendezvous Flag (Marryat's Code) at fore when passing the Woosung Spit Buoy, and they will then be boarded, between the Woosung Creek and the Harbour Master's Station, by the Berthing Officer, who will direct them where to anchor.

The Pilot or Officer in charge of every such vessel shall see that proper facilities are afforded the Berthing Officer to enable him to come on board.

III.—No vessel is allowed to anchor in the line of the Fairway Marks across the Bar, or within three hundred feet above or below said line.

IV. The Officer in charge of the Harbour Master's Station at Woosung is authorized to keep a clear chaunel from the Inner Bar as far out as the Woosung Spit Buoy, and to notify any vessel which may be anchored in such a position as to obstruct or endanger the navigation of this channel, to remove to such berth as he may point out.

V.-Should the Commanding Officer of a vessel refuse to move her, after the Berthing Officer has informed him that he considers the vessel to be obstructing or endangering navigation, such vessel will be held presumptively responsible for all damage which may be caused by other vessels colliding with her.

VI. No vessel will be allowed to discharge or take on board cargo at Woosung until she is moored in a berth approved by the Berthing Officer.

VII. The management of vessels when taking up the berths to which they are directed, will, in all cases, be left in the hands of the Pilot or Commanding Officer.

VIII.-The officer in charge of the Harbour Master's station at Woosung will board all inward bound sailing vessels between the Woosung Creek and the Station, for the purpose of receiving their reports, and, in case of a vessel being towed, the tug must slow down or stop while the vessel is being boarded.

Masters of vessels committing breaches of the foregoing Regulations will be dealt with by the Consular authorities.

N.B.-Permit to discharge or load cargo at Woosung can only be obtained by special application to the Commissioner of Customs at Shanghai.

Shanghai, January, 1879.

CUSTOMS' REGULATIONS.

I.-The port is limited by a line drawn from Paou-shan Point to the Battery on the right bank of the river below Woosung.

II.-Customs' officers will board ships entering the port, and examine them after clearance outwards.

III. The anchorage is between the Teen-how Temple and the new or lower Dock. No vessel must move from her berth without express permission.

IV.—Masters must deposit their ship's papers and manifest with their Consul (if they have no Consul, with the Customs) within forty-eight hours after entering the port. For failing to do this, they are liable to fine.

V. The manifest must contain an account of the marks, numbers, and contents of every package on board. For exhibiting a false manifest, the master is liable to fine. Errors must be corrected on the day on which the manifest is handed in to the Customs. If any portion of the cargo be for re-exportation, it must be so entered upon the manifest; goods found on board not specified in the manifest are liable to confiscation.

VI.--Neither cargo nor ballast can be shipped or unshipped, except within the limits of the anchorage, and between sunrise and sunset on all days, Sundays and holidays excepted.

VII.-When a vessel is entered and her manifest received, the consignees of her cargo shall hand in to the Customs their Applications to Land. These must give the

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line running west to east from the house under the city wall formal'y occupied by Mr. Culbertson,