4989-1906-Notices-to-Mariners — Page 1

1422 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, AUGUST 10, 1906.

No. 690.

NOTICES TO MARINERS.

HARBOUR NOTIFICATION.

No. 7 of 1906.

WOOSUNG INNER AND OUTER BARS.

Rules to be observed by vessels when navigating the Woosung Inner and Outer Bars and their vicinity.

ATTENTION is hereby drawn to the following rules, which have been sanctioned by the Consular Body and approved by the Shanghai General Chamber of Commerce, and which are now embodied in the Woosung Har- bour Regulations:-

"In order to prevent accidents to shipping when navigating the Woosung Inner and Outer Bars and their

immediate vicinity, the following rules shall be strictly observed :—

(1). A very careful look-out shall be kept on board all vessels approaching either of the Woosung Bars, and vessels having the tide against them shall wait for those going with the tide to pass first; also a vessel overtaking another shall regulate her speed so as to allow the one ahead to get clear of the Bar first.

The look-out enjoined by the above rule shall begiu a mile below the Woosung Outer Bar on board vessels inward bound, and at or above the upper end of Gough Island on board vessels ontward bound.

(2).-Captains and Pilots shall not attempt to cross either of the Woosung Bars when the signals at the Woosung Signal Satious indicate less water than a vessel is drawing unless they have previously obtained information as provided for in the following note.

Note. It is sometimes the case that a greater depth of water than is signalled can be obtained by following a track which cannot be indicated by the Bar Marks. Captains and Pilots wishing for further information thau that shown by the signals should apply at the Harbour Master's Office at Shanghai, or to the Berthing Officer at Woosung, shortly before the occasion on which they may wish to make use of such knowledge.

).-Vessels when anchoring outside Woosung shall not do so in too close a proximity to the line of Leading Marks over the Woosung Outer Bar, so as to avoid risk of collision with vessels entering and leaving Woosung.”

Approved:

H. ELGAR HOBSON,

Commissioner of Customs.

HARBOUR MASTER'S OFFICE,

SHANGHAI, 28th July, 1906.

WM, CARLSON,

Harbour Master.

No. 429.

CHINA SEA.

KitsGCHÓW DISTRICT.

HAINAN (STRAITS.

CHANGE IN COLOUR OF TOWER OF CAPE CAMI LIGHTHOUSE.

NOTICE is hereby given that on the 1st August the colour of the Cape Cami Light-tower was changed from white to white with one black horizontal band.

By Order of the Inspector General of Customs,

T. J. ELDRIDGE, Acting Coast Inspector.

IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS,

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COAST INSPECTOR'S OFFICE.

SHANGHAI, 1st August, 1906.

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