1926

JAPAN HARBOUR REGULATIONS
Art. I.-—The limits of the undermentioned Ports open to foreign corfromee ar«
defined as follows
At Yokohama: the harbour limits are comprised within a line drawn mem th|i
Juniten (Mandarin Bluff) to. the light-ship, and thence due north, to a point on thd
coast east of the mouth of the Tsurumigawa.
At Kobe : the harbour limits are comprised within the area bounded by twlf
lines, one drawn from the former mouth of the Ikutagawa due south, and the othedd
running in a north-easterly direction from the point of Wada-no-misaki.
At Niigata : the harbour limits are comprised within the arc of a circle, th4l
centre being the light-house, and the radius being two and a half nautical miles. jra
At Ebisuminato : the harbour limits are comprised within a line drawn frown
Shiidomari-mura to Isori-mura on the outside, and a line drawn from Minotocho on <
the east shore of Lake Kamo to Kamomura on the north-west shore of the same lake?
At Osaka : the harbour limits are comprised within a line drawn from a poinlp
(Tree Point) at the mouth of the Mukogawa south by west, and a line from ths
mouth of the Yamatogawa, the two lines cutting each other at a distance of si
nautical miles from a point (Tree Point) and five nautical miles from the mouth <
the Yamatogawa.
At Nagasaki : the harbour limits are comprised within a line drawn fron
Kanzaki to Megami.
At Hakodate : the harbour limits are comprised within a line drawn from j
point off the coast, half a nautical mile south of Anoma Point, to a point on the eas
bank of the mouth of the Arikawa, Kamiiso-mura.
Art. II.—Every vessel on entering a port shall hoist its ensign and its sig]
letters. Regular Mail Packets may hoist the Company’s flag in lieu of the signsii
letters. |,
The ensign and signal letters or Company’s flag must not be lowered until th '
vessel’s arrival shall have been duly reported to the Harbour Master.
Such report shall be made within 24 hours after arrival, Sundays and holiaya (i
excepted, and no Customs facilities shall be extended to any vessel until such repojifj
shall have been made.
Art. III.—Every Master on arrival in port shall prevent all communicatio iti
between his ship and other vessels or the shore until it shall have been admitted 1 If.
“ free pratique.”
Art. IV.—The Harbour Master’s boat will be in attendance near the entrant us
of the harbour, and the Harbour Master will assign a berth to every ship on entej tit
ing, which berth it must not leave without special permission, unless forced to <3 o
so. The Harbour Master may cause a vessel to change its berth, should he consult m ;
it necessary.
Art. Y.—The Harbour Master shall always wear a uniform when on duty a
his boat shall carry a flag of the pattern prescribed.
The Harbour Master may at any time satisfy himself that his directions a bI -
regards anchorage, the movements of ships and the proper condition of moorinj rn
are carried out.
Art. YI.—No vessel shall anchor in the public fair-way or otherwise obstnw nd
free navigation. Vessels which have run out jib-booms shall rig them in at tfli t
request of the Harbour Master, if they obstruct free navigation.