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CHAPTER VI (ÏÏ).

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SIGNAL Gun and Stores, 7-pr. R.M.L.

1 Ordinary R.M.L. 7-pr., 200 lb., with

fittings special.

1 Carriage, special.

1 Brush, piasaba.

1 Cover, vent.

1 Case, cartridge, No. 6.

2 Caps, sponge, No. 3.

2 Lanyards.

1 Pricker, vent.

1 Pockets, tube and strap.

2 Sponges.

1 Tampeon.

1 Vent server.

1 Worms' wad hook, No. 4.

100 Cartridges, filled, R.M.L. 7-pr., saluting. 100 Tubes, friction.

4 Cases, powder, M.L., quarter.

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keys.

5. The Harbour Master will provide for the examination steamers the following personnel, which includes a regular system of reliefs :-

1 Senior Examining Officer.

10 examining officers.

12 engineers.

12 firemen

12 coxswains.

24 sailors.

18 signallers (found by R.G.A., and dis- tributed to the examination steamers marked with a * in paragraph 3).

The Senior Examining Officer will represent the Chief Examining Officer afloat, and will be on board the sixth launch, to which reference is made in paragraph 3. The examining officers will be selected for their intimate knowledge of the shipping usually frequenting the port.

All pilots will be placed by the Governor under the orders of the Chief Examining Officer, who will retain under his immediate directions as many of them as may from time to time be necessary to carry out these regulations.

6. The examination ground, where vessels are to be brought to for examination, is outside the examination lines, and is shown on the chart or map accompanying the Defence Scheme. The inner limit of the examination ground, beyond which arriving vessels will not be allowed to pass without permission, is termed the examination line. It is drawn at the eastern entrance from Pak-sha-wan Battery, N. 40° E. (true), through Lyemun Point. At the western entrance from Upper Belcher Battery, N. 40° W. (true). This line intersects at a point on the Kellet Bank with a line drawn from Stonecutters West Battery, S. 27° 30′ W. (true). To the north of Stonecutters the line is drawn from Stonecutters West Battery, N. 7° 30′ W. (true). These batteries, which are termed the examination batteries, will communicate with the examination steamer by the flashing system at night and the semaphore by day, supplemented by the megaphone.

7. The Chief Examining Officer will expedite, as far as possible, the passage through the defences of vessels which are known to him as friendly.

8. Should the circumstances (i.e., if mines are laid or the ordinary channels in any way obstructed), in the opinion of the Military Officer Commanding, render it advisable, permission to cross the examination line will not be granted to any vessel which has not on board a pilot approved by the Chief Examining Officer.

9. Every ship on arrival in the port will anchor or moor in the position assigned to her by the Chief Examining Officer.

10. If the regulation contained in paragraph 8 is in force, no vessel shall be allowed to leave the port until she has received a pilot approved by the Chief Examining Officer.

11. The pilots will work from the examination steamers and be made acquainted with such of these regulations as may be necessary.

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