5 6 800 and up- 500 to 800 1 18 Launches. Depth. Number. Length. Breadth. Boats. Depth. Number. Length. Breadth. Depth. Number. Life Boats. Ft. Ft. In. Ft. In. Ft. Ft. In. Ft. In. Ft. Ft. In. Ft. In. Ft. Ft. In. Ft. In. Ft. Ft. In. Ft. In. 5 6 2 3 2 24 5 6 2 6 1 27 86 38 2 22 5 6 26 2 28 8 6 3 6 23 2 26 Length. Breadth. Depth. Sailing Ships. 4 or 5 4 4 or 5 FIFTEENTH SCHEDULE. NUMBER AND DIMENSIONS OF BOATS WITH WHICH SEAGOING SHIPS ARE TO BE PROVIDED. No. 255. 28 VICTORIA, Section 111. as the case may be. 28 VICTORIA, No. 255. Note.-In sailing ships carrying the number of boats above specified and steam ships carrying the larger of the two numbers above specified the boats are to be considered sufficient if their aggregate cubic contents are equal to the aggregate cubic contents of the boats specified. In steam ships carrying the smaller of the two numbers above specified one of the boats must be a launch of the capacity specified in col. 2. In sailing ships of two hundred tons burden and under not carrying passengers a dingy may be substituted for the boat in col. 1. In sailing ships of one hundred and fifty tons burden and under not carrying passengers a substantial boat of capacity sufficient to carry the crew may be substituted for those above specified. In all steam ships two paddlebox boats may be substituted for any two of the boats in col. 3. Section 116. Preliminary. Lights to be carried. Lights for steam ships. Lights for steam tugs. Lights for sailing ships. Exceptional lights for small sailing vessels. Lights for ships at anchor. *Sic. SIXTEENTH SCHEDULE. REGULATIONS FOR PREVENTING COLLISIONS AT SEA. Art. 1. In the following rules every steam ship which is under sail and not under steam is to be considered a sailing ship and every steam ship which is under steam whether under sail or not is to be considered a ship under steam. Rules concerning Lights. Art. 2. The lights mentioned in the following articles and no others shall be carried in all weathers between sunset and sunrise. Art. 3. Seagoing steam ships when under weigh shall carry— (a) At the foremast head a bright white light so fixed as to show a uniform (b) On the starboard side a green light so constructed as to throw a uniform (d) The said green and red side lights shall be fitted with inboard screens pro- Art. 4. Steam ships when towing other ships shall carry two bright white masthead lights vertically in addition to their side lights so as to distinguish them from other steam ships. Each of these mast-head lights shall be of the same construction and character as the mast-head lights which other steam ships are required to carry. Art. 5. Sailing ships under weigh or being towed shall carry the same lights as steam ships under weigh with the exception of the white mast-head lights which they shall never carry. Art. 6. Whenever as in the case of small vessels during bad weather the green and red lights cannot be fixed these lights shall be kept on deck on their respective sides of the vessel ready for instant exhibition and shall on the approach of or to other vessels be exhibited on their respective sides in sufficient time to prevent collision in such manner as to make them most visible and so that the green light shall not be seen on the port side nor the red light on the starboard side. To make the use of these portable lights more certain and easy they shall each be painted outside with the color of the light they respectively contain and shall be provided with suitable screens. Art. 7. Ships whether steam ships or sailing ships when at anchor in roadsteads or fairways shall between *sunrise and sunset* exhibit where it can best be seen but at a height not exceeding twenty feet above the hull a white light in a globular lantern of eight inches in diameter and so constructed as to show a clear uniform and unbroken light visible all round the horizon and at a distance of at least one mile. No. 255. Art. 8. Sailing pilot vessels shall not carry the lights required for other sailing 28 VICTORIA, vessels but shall carry a white light at the mast-head visible all round the horizon and shall also exhibit a flare-up light every fifteen minutes. Lights for pilot Art. 9. Open fishing boats and other open boats shall not be required to carry vessels. side lights required for other vessels but shall if they do not carry such lights carry Lights for fishing a lantern having a green slide on the one side and a red slide on the other side and on vessels and boats. the approach of or to other vessels such lantern shall be exhibited in sufficient time to prevent collision so that the green light shall not be seen on the port side nor the red light on the starboard side. Fishing vessels and open boats when at anchor or attached to their nets and stationary shall exhibit a bright white light. Fishing vessels and open boats shall however not be prevented from using a flareup in addition if considered expedient. Rules concerning Fog Signals. Art. 10. Whenever there is fog whether by day or night the fog signals described Fog signals. below shall be carried and used and shall be sounded at least every five minutes viz.:— (a) Steam ships under weigh shall use a steam whistle placed before the funnel not less than eight feet from the deck. (b) Sailing ships under way shall use a fog horn. (c) Steam ships and sailing ships when not under weigh shall use a bell. Steering and Sailing Rules. Art. 11. If two sailing ships are meeting end on or nearly end on so as to involve Two sailing ships risk of collision the helms of both shall be put to port so that each may pass on the meeting. port side of the other. Art. 12. When two sailing ships are crossing so as to involve risk of collision Two sailing ships then if they have the wind on different sides the ship with the wind on the port side crossing. shall keep out of the way of the ship with the wind on the starboard side except in the case in which the ship with the wind on the port side is close hauled and the other ship free in which case the latter ship shall keep out of the way but if they have the wind on the same side or if one of them has the wind aft the ship which is to windward shall keep out of the way of the ship which is to leeward. Art. 13. If two ships under steam are meeting end on or nearly end on so as to Two ships under involve risk of collision the helms of both shall be put to port so that each may pass steam meeting. on the port side of the other. Art. 14. If two ships under steam are crossing so as to involve risk of collision Two ships under the ship which has the other on her own starboard side shall keep out of the way of steam crossing. the other. Art. 15. If two ships one of which is a sailing ship and the other a steam ship Sailing ship and are proceeding in such directions as to involve risk of collision the steam ship shall ship under steam. keep out of the way of the sailing ship. Art. 16. Every steam ship when approaching another ship so as to involve risk of Ships under collision shall slacken her speed or if necessary stop and reverse and every steam steam to slacken speed. ship shall when in a fog go at a moderate speed. Art. 17. Every vessel overtaking any other vessel shall keep out of the way of Vessels overthe said last-mentioned vessel. taking other vessels. Art. 18. Where by the above rules one of two ships is to keep out of the way the Construction of other shall keep her course subject to the qualifications contained in the following articles 12 14 15 article. and 17. Art. 19. In obeying and construing these rules due regard must be had to all Proviso to save dangers of navigation and due regard must also be had to any special circumstances special cases. which may exist in any particular case rendering a departure from the above rules necessary in order to avoid immediate danger. Art. 20. Nothing in these rules shall exonerate any ship or the owner or master No ship under or crew thereof from the consequences of any neglect to carry lights or signals or of any circumstances to neglect any neglect to keep a proper look-out or of the neglect of any precaution which proper precaube required by the ordinary practice of seamen or by the special circumstances of the tions. case. may bute rates. An Act to amend "The Passengers Harbors and [6th September 1867.] BE it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly in this present Parliament assembled, and by and with the authority of the same, as follows: 1. The sixty-sixth section of "The Passengers Harbors and Navigation Statute 1865" shall be and the same is hereby repealed, and in lieu thereof the following shall from the passing of this Act be and be deemed to be and may be cited as the sixty-sixth section Board to distri- of the said Statute (that is to say) :-" The Pilot Board may from "time to time, out of the rates of pilotage and all penalties and "moneys which they have so received, defray the fees to be paid to "the members thereof for attendance as aforesaid, and the expenses "necessarily incurred in the salary of clerks and the holding of "the meetings of such Board; and may establish and maintain a "pilot fund for the benefit of such pilots as are incapacitated for "the performance of their duty by reason of age infirmity sickness "or accident, and for the benefit of the widows and children of "pilots; and may distribute the remainder of such rates penalties " and moneys among the pilots of each port, in accordance with the "rules now in force or hereafter to be made as aforesaid; and no "pilot shall be deemed entitled to receive any greater payment than "the sum awarded to him according to such rules.” 2. The seventy-seventh section of "The Passengers Harbors and Navigation Statute 1865" shall be and the same is hereby repealed, and in lieu thereof the following shall from the passing of 66 (AMENDMENT). No. 312. Navigation local boards. fub 2008 $3 this Act be and be deemed to be and may be cited as the seventy- 31 VICTORIA, 66 surveyed and 3. The seventy-ninth section of "The Passengers Harbors and Navigation Statute 1865" shall be and the same is hereby repealed, and in lieu thereof the following shall from the passing of this Act be and be deemed to be and may be cited as the seventy-ninth section of the said Statute (that is to say) :-"The owner of every steam Steam ships to be "ship trading to or from any port in Victoria (except steam ships "employed in the conveyance of the royal public mails or despatches declaration to "under contract with and under the superintendence of the Govern- year. "ment of Victoria, and except steam vessels in respect of which a "sea-going certificate or a river-going certificate which remains unexpired and uncancelled and which has not been suspended "under the power hereinafter conferred has been or shall hereafter "be granted under the provisions of any law now or hereafter in "force in the colonies of New South Wales Queensland Tasmania "New Zealand or South Australia) shall if the same be propelled by "a low-pressure engine, cause such steam ship and all machinery "thereof to be surveyed twice at least in every year; and if the same "be propelled by a high-pressure engine, shall cause the hull of "such ship to be surveyed twice a year and the machinery thereof "four times a year at the times hereinafter directed by a shipwright "surveyor and by an engineer surveyor appointed for the purposes of "this Part of this Act by any such board as aforesaid, such ship"wright surveyor in case of an iron steam ship being a person "properly qualified to survey iron steam ships; and such owner "shall obtain a declaration under the hand of such shipwright surveyor of the sufficiency and good condition of the hull of such steam ship and of the boats and other equipments thereof required "by this Act, and also, if such board so require, a statement of the "number of passengers (whether deck passengers or other passengers) "which such ship is constructed to carry; and a declaration under "the hand of such engineer surveyor of the sufficiency and good "condition of the machinery of such steam ship and that the master "mate and engineer respectively of such steam ship are at the time "of making such declaration entitled to and possessed of the certi"ficates hereinafter mentioned: and in every such declaration it shall 66 |