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JAPAN HARBOUR REGULATIONS

Art. I. The limits of the undermentioned Ports open to foreign commerce are efined as follows:

At YOKOHAMA: the harbour limits are comprised within a line drawn from the uniten (Mandarin Bluff) to the light-ship, and thence due north, to a point on the bast east of the mouth of the Tsurumigawa.

At KOBE: the harbour limits are comprised within the area bounded by two nes, one drawn from the former mouth of the Ikutagawa due south, and the other tunning in a north-easterly direction from the point of Wada-no-misaki.

At NIIGATA: the harbour limits are comprised within the arc of a circle, the tentre being the light-house, and the radius being two and a half nautical miles.

At EBISUMINATO: the harbour limits are comprised within a line drawn from hiidomari-mura to Isori-mura on the outside, and a line drawn from Minotocho on he east shore of Lake Kamo to Kamomura on the north-west shore of the same lake. At OSAKA: the harbour limits are comprised within a line drawn from a point Tree Point) at the mouth of the Mukogawa south by west, and a line from the outh of the Yamatogawa, the two lines cutting each other at a distance of six Mautical miles from a point (Tree Point) and five nautical miles from the mouth of

he Yamatogawa.

At NAGASAKI: the harbour limits are comprised within a line drawn from Kanzaki to Megami.

At HAKODATE: the harbour limits are comprised within a line drawn from a oint off the coast, half a nautical mile south of Anoma Point, to a point on the east ank of the mouth of the Arikawa, Kamiiso-mura.

Art. II.-Every vessel on entering a port shall hoist its ensign and its signal Betters. Regular Mail Packets may hoist the Company's flag in lieu of the signal

etters.

The ensign and signal letters or Company's flag must not be lowered until the essel's arrival shall have been duly reported to the Harbour Master.

Such report shall be made within 24 hours after arrival, Sundays and holidays cepted, and no Customs facilities shall be extended to any vessel until such report hall have been made.

Art. III.-Every Master on arrival in port shall prevent all communication etween his ship and other vessels or the shore until it shall have been admitted to free pratique.'

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Art. IV.-The Harbour Master's boat will be in attendance near the entrance f the harbour, and the Harbour Master will assign a berth to every ship on enter- ghg, which berth it must not leave without special permission, unless forced to do iD. The Harbour Master may cause a vessel to change its berth, should he consider

necessary.

Art. V.-The Harbour Master shall always wear a uniform when on duty and is boat shall carry a flag of the pattern prescribed.

The Harbour Master may at any time, satisfy himself that his directions as egards anchorage, the movements of ships and the proper condition of mooringt re carried out.

Art. VI.-No vessel shall anchor in the public fair-way or otherwise obstrucs gree navigation. Vessels which have run out jib-booms shall rig them in at the Sequest of the Harbour Master, if they obstruct free navigation.

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