358 PORT, CONSULAR, CUSTOMS, PILOTAGE, AND HARBOUR REGULATIONS, &c.
offender in accordance with the laws of his country. Any Pilot lending his Licence to another will be proceeded against and dealt with in the same way in addition to forfeiting his Licence.
4. Any Commanding Officer employing an unlicensed person to pilot his vessel will be liable to be fined in the sum of One Hundred Taels by the Authorities to whose jurisdiction he is amenable.
VIII. Pilot Boats: regulations to be observed.-1.--Pilot Boats shall be regis- tered with their crews at the Harbour Master's office, where each boat will be given a certificate and number. The words, "Licensed Pilot Boat," shall, with the num- ber, be legibly painted at the stern, and on the head of the mainsail; and a flag, of which the upper horizontal half shall be yellow and the lower green, shall be flown. Such registered Pilot Boats shall deposit their national papers with their Consul or the Customs; they shall be at liberty to move freely within the limits of the Port and Pilotage ground, and shall be exempt from Tonnage Dues. On the requisition of the Harbour Master or his deputies, it will obligatory on registered Pilot Boats to convey, from place to place within the limits, employés belonging to either Customs or Harbour Master's department, with such stores as may be wanted for either Light-houses or Light-ships.
2.--Every licensed Pilot Boat shall pay a fee of Twenty Taels for renewal of licence on the first of July each year.
3.—In case of a Pilot going off in an unregistered boat, he will be authorized to carry the Pilot Boat Flag during the time he is on board; but no Pilot is authorized to cruise in an unregistered boat, without special permission from the Harbour Master.
4.-The owner or hirer of an unregistered boat making use of a Pilot Flag, and not having a licensed Pilot on board, shall be prosecuted before the authorities to whom he is amenable, or whose flag or national ensign he has the right to use.
5. A registered Pilot boat is not permitted to fly the Pilot flag, save when there is either a licensed pilot 'or certificated apprentice on board.
IX.-Flags to be exhibited on arrival. When nearing anchorage, the Pilot shall cause to be exhibited-
A Red and White Flag (No. 3-H) if the vessel is from Hongkong, Japan, or any Chinese Port.
A Blue and White Flag (No. 2-J) if from any Foreign Port.
A Yellow and Blue (No. 10-K) if the vessel is in ballast.
A Red Swallow Tail (No. 5-B) if the vessel has gunpowder or other com- bustible on board.
X.-Harbour Pilots: Vessels in Harbour, Berthing, &c.-1.-The duties of the Harbour Pilots, where such exist, will be to take charge of vessels at the outer limit of the anchorage, berth them in accordance with the orders received from the Harbour Master's Department, take charge of vessels shifting berths, going in or out of dock, or to and from a wharf or out of the anchorage, and to assist and report to the Harbour Master's office all matters concerning the shipping in Port, and the conservancy of the river or harbour.
2. In berthing vessels, the Harbour Master will, as far as possible, meet the wishes of Commanding Officers and Consignees, and the entrance, working, or clearance of vessels taking berths not assigned to them shall be stopped by the Customs until the Harbour Master's orders are complied with.
3.-Vessels are to moor in accordance with orders received from the Harbour Master, and are not to remove from the anchorage without his permission.
4.--The Harbour Pilotage Fees payable to the Harbour Master are as follows:
For berthing a vessel, or taking her out of port.
Docking, undocking, mooring, &c.
Shifting a vessel's berth....
Taking a vessel to or from a wharf
The above Rules and Regulations are provisional and may be amended, or added to according to circumstances.
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