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THE HONGKONG Government Gazette, auguST 20, 1909.

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Art. II.-Warning signals are divided into three kinds, and will be made by showing certain white symbols on the warning signal towers painted black in the daytime, and by exhibiting certain lights on the same towers at night.

I.

In the daytime.-By showing a round symbol on the front tower.

At night.-By showing a fixed white light on the same tower,

II.

In the daytime.—By showing a triangular symbol on the middle tower. At night. By showing an occulting red light on the same tower.

III.

In the daytime.—By showing a square symbol on the rear tower. At night.-By showing a fixed red light on the same tower.

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N.B. By the "front tower signal station, the "middle tower and the rear tower "the last one.

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is meant the tower situated on the watch-house of the refers to the one immediately in rear of the front tower ;

Art. III.-Tide signals are of four kinds, and in the daytime the signals will be made by turning the white painted lever, which is on the top of a post painted white, with a round plate, painted red. a one end, and a rectangular plate, painted black, at the other end; while at night the signals will be made by displaying a light from the tide signal tower painted white.

I.

In the da time.—By turning the lever to about 30 degrees downward from the vertical line, with the rectangular plate upwards.

At night. By showing an occulting white light at irregular intervals.

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In the daytime.-By turning the lever to about 70 degrees downward from the vertical line, with the rectangular plate upwards.

At night. By showing an occulting white light at regular intervals.

III.

In the daytime.-By turning the lever to about 30 degrees downward from the vertical line, with the round plate upwards.

At night. By showing an alternating red and white light at irregular intervals.

IV.

In the daytime.By turning the lever to about 70 degrees downward from the vertical line, with the round plate upwards.

At night.-By showing an alternating red and white light at regular intervals.

Art. IV. The time during which the tide is running in one direction will, for the purposes of signalling, be divided into three periods, namely:-

The first division cf time shall be known as "the first period," the second as middle period," and the third as "the last period."

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Art. V. When the signals can not be given owing to a breakdown of the apparatus or other causes, the following signals will be given :-

When the warning signals can not be made :—

In the daytime.-By hoisting a signal flag "W" at the flagstaff.

At night. By showing a red light on both the front and rear towers.

When the tide siguals can not be made :-

In the daytime.-By turning the lever upright with the round plat: upwards. At night.-By showing a green light from the tide signal tower.

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