The Chinese Commercial Guide, Containing Treaties, Tariffs, Regulations, Tables, Etc: Useful in the Trade to China & Eastern Asia; with an Appendix of Sailing Directions for Those Seas and Coasts |
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The Chinese Commercial Guide, Containing Treaties, Tariffs, Regulations ... Samuel Wells Williams No preview available - 2015 |
The Chinese Commercial Guide, Containing Treaties, Tariffs, Regulations ... Samuel Wells Williams No preview available - 2015 |
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Amoy anchor anchorage bank Bate island bearing N.E. boats British subjects cable's length candareens Canton Canton river Cape cargo catty cent centre channel chih China Chinese Chinkiang Chusan Chusan archipelago coast consul custom-house Customs depth distance dollars duty east east point eastern eastward entrance export extreme fathoms fathoms water feet high foreign Formosa Français Freight full and change half a mile harbour high water hill Hongkong inches island bears islet Japan Japanese junks land lies low water lying Macao mile wide monsoon named native nearly Ningpo North-east monsoon north-west northern northward pagoda pass peak Pei-ho picul pilot port reef extending river rocky Rupees Saddle island Shanghai shelter ship shoal shore silver sima small islet south point south-east south-west southern southward steep-to steer strait summit taels tide trade treaty vessel weight west point western side westward wind Yedo
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Page 60 - and construing these Rules, due regard must be had to all Dangers of Navigation ; and due regard must also be had to any special Circumstances which may exist in any particular Case rendering a departure from the above Rules necessary in order to avoid immediate Danger.
Page 60 - Nothing in these rules shall exonerate any ship, or the owner, or master, or crew thereof, from the consequences of any neglect to carry lights or signals, or of any neglect to keep a proper look.out, or of the neglect of any precaution which may be required by the ordinary practice of seamen, or by the special circumstances of the case.
Page 1 - ... mutual benefit, and, for that purpose, have named as their Plenipotentiaries, that is to say: || Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland...
Page 58 - On the starboard side, a green light so constructed as to show an uniform and unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of 10 points of the compass ; so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to 2 points abaft the beam on the starboard side; and of such a character as to be visible on a dark night, with a clear atmosphere, at a distance of at least two miles.
Page 59 - Whenever, as in the case of small vessels during. bad weather, the green and red side lights cannot be fixed, these lights shall be kept on deck, on their respective sides of the vessel, ready for use ; 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.
Page 59 - Lights required for other Vessels ; but shall, if they do not carry such Lights, carry a Lantern having a Green Slide on the One Side, and a Red Slide on the other Side ; and on 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.
Page 240 - All questions in regard to rights, whether of property, or person, arising between citizens of the United States in China, shall be subject to the jurisdiction of, and regulated by, the authorities of their own government.
Page 59 - ... use : 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, nor, if practicable, more than two points abaft the beam on their respective sides.
Page 60 - ... (c.) When both are running free, with the wind on different sides, the vessel which has the wind on the port side shall keep out of the way of the other.
Page 243 - Pekin, within a year from this day of signature. In token whereof, the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed and sealed this Treaty.