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Piots.
Masterere warned against the danger of taking their vessels over the Taku Bar during the winter season without a pilot.
Vessels whose agents have given the necessary notice as laid down herein, will, if conditions permit, find an ice-breaker with pilot on board awaiting their arrival.
Notice by Agents.
Steamer agents are requested to make arrangements with their Agents at Chefoo and Dairen that the following information is telegraphed to "Customs, Tangku"
(a.) Date and time of steamer's departure from Chefoo or Dairen,
(b.) Time of steamer's expected arrival off Taku.
Ice Information.
Ice telegrams, giving information of the ice cónditions at Taku, Chinwangtao, and— as far as can be ascertained-in the Gulf, will be sent daily from Tangku and Chin- wangtao and will be posted at the Harbour Offices at Chefoo, Tangku, and Tientsin. They will also be sent to Dairen.
Masters of steamers are requested to co-operate in this matter by reporting the ice conditions met with to the Harbour Masters at Tientsin, Chinwangtao, and Chefoo immediately on arriving at one of these ports. Such reports will be posted.
To facilitate the making of these reports a special book of forms will be supplied on application to any of the Harbour Offices mentioned.
Masters of Steamers are further requested to co-operate by making it a routine. practice to signal to passing steamers the ice conditions experienced. The following special signals should be used for the purpose.
Ice Signals.
The nature of the numbered signals is given in Part III.
Part I:-Signals concerning Taku and the Gulf.
Ice conditions favourable,
Signal No. 1.
No ice.
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impracticable.
difficult.
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very difficult.
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likely to be impracticable.
becoming difficult.
At Taku Bar.
Signal No. 6.
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No ice.
Ice conditions favourable.
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impracticable.
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likely to be impracticable.
In the Gulf.
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