Special Consular Reports, Volume 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1891 - Consular reports |
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1st Ord anchor anchorage ballast bill of health boat buoy Cape cargo cents channel charged cholera clear weather coast Consul discharged disease district docks east entrance exceeding fathoms fixed white flag flash foggy weather foot foreign vessels green Harbor dues Height in feet high water infected Island land lantern latitude 59 lazaretto Leading lights liable light dues light-house Light-vessel Loch Ryan Longi longitude longitude 18 mast Miles seen minute Morecambe Bay Mull of Galloway Number outwards passengers penalty person pier head pilot pilotage Point Point of Ayre port or place quarantine rates ratus red light red sector registered tons regulations river Rock sailing vessels seaward seconds ship shoal shore side smallpox square steamers thick or foggy tonnage dues tower tude vessels arriving vice versa visible 5 miles voyage wharf white and red White F white light wood yards yellow fever
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Page 478 - ... 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 480 - In obeying and construing these rules due regard shall be had to all dangers of navigation and collision, and to any special circumstances which may render a departure from the above rules necessary in order to avoid immediate danger.
Page 341 - ... (b) A vessel of 150 feet or upwards in length, when at anchor, shall carry in the forepart of the vessel, at a height of not less than 20 feet above the hull, one such light, and at or near the stern of the vessel and at such a height that it shall be not less than 15 feet lower than the forward light, another such light. Both these lights shall be visible all round the horizon at a distance of at least 3 miles.
Page 155 - ... shall not have costs against the defendant, unless the judge before whom the trial shall be, shall certify his approbation of the action, and of the verdict obtained thereupon.
Page 477 - The said green and red side lights shall be fitted with inboard screens projecting at least 3 feet forward from the light, so as to prevent these lights from being seen across the bow.
Page 455 - ... may, on a certificate signed by a legally qualified medical practitioner, and with the consent of the superintending body of such hospital or place, be removed, by order of any justice, to such hospital or place at the cost of the local authority...
Page 480 - Nothing in these rules shall exonerate any vessel 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 lookout, 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 477 - under way " within the meaning of these rules when she is not at anchor, or made fast to the shore, or aground. II. LIGHTS AND so FORTH The word
Page 478 - ... 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 469 - On free waves, ie, waves in deep water, the effect is greatest. 2. In a surf, or waves breaking on a bar, where a mass of liquid is in actual motion in shallow water, the effect of the oil is uncertain, as nothing can prevent the larger waves from breaking under such circumstances, but even here it is of some service.