issued by the Ministry of Transport; and instructions on matters relating to the registry of ships are contained in the "Instructions to Registrars of British Ships under the Merchant Shipping Acts" issued by Order of the Commis- sioners of Her Majesty's Customs and Excise with the consent of the Ministry of Transport.
159. At the end of each year the officer performing the duties of Registrar of Shipping shall prepare and transmit to the Registrar-General of Shipping and Seamen, Llantrisant Road, Llandaff, Cardiff, S. Wales, an account made up to the 31st December showing:
(a) the names and particulars of all ships on the register of the port on the previous 1st January, and
(b) the names and particulars of all ships registered at the port during the year and of those whose register has been closed. In the latter case, the cause of closing the register should be stated. At the end of the list an abstract should be given of the number, tonnage and crews of vessels belonging to the port on 31st December. It is important that this list should be transmitted as early as possible in the month of January.
160. Notice of any new lighthouses, buoys, beacons, or radio beacons placed or erected on the shores of the Territory, and of any alterations in those already existing, shall be forwarded as early as possible by the Governor to the Hydrographic Department of the Admiralty.
These notices should be given in the form shown in Appendix 7, which in the case of buoys or beacons should be amended as necessary.
161. Any information of interest to navigators, such as the information or discovery of new reefs, shoals, or currents, shall also be forwarded as early as possible by the Governor to the Hydrographic Department of the Admiralty.
162. For the purposes of the Wreck Abstract which is presented annually to Parliament, particulars of every casualty to shipping on the shores of any British possession, or to any British shipping at sea concerning which informa- tion can be obtained, shall be forwarded by the proper officer in the Territory to the Assistant Secretary, Marine Safety Division, Ministry of Transport, as soon as possible after the occurrence.
Forms for the purpose of making such returns will be supplied by the Ministry of Transport on application.
F. Governments of Commonwealth or Foreign Countries
163. Communications to the Governments of members of the Common- wealth or foreign governments on matters of a routine nature (e.g. visa applications) shall be addressed to the Ministry of External Affairs (or equivalent) in the capital of the country concerned, or else to the Consulate or Commission of that country in the territory if such exists.
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