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Port of London
Sanitarg Authoritp.
To MASTERS OF VESSELS, PILOTS, and other Persons
whom it may concern.
RIVER MEDWAY.
NOTICE.
By the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, it is required that a Vessel from
foreign ports, on entering any British Port, shall hoist the proper national
colour.
In default of compliance, the Master shall for every offence be liable to a
fine not exceeding 100/.
The Eastern Limit of the Port of London is represented by an imaginary
line drawn from Havengore Creek in the County of Essex, to Warden
Point in the Island of Sheppey in Kent, which line passes from two to
three miles Eastward of the Nore Lightship.
It is therefore required that the Masters of all Vessels from foreign ports,
arriving in the Port of London, shall Hoist the National Colour
Immediately on Entering within the Limits of the said Port, and
maintain the said signal until visited by His Majesty's Customs, and pratique
given.
At night a white light should be exhibited over the Port bow.
Masters of Vessels are reminded that they are required to report all cases of
illness occurring on the vessel, or that have occurred whilst in the port of
departure, and during the voyage of such vessel. If the above signals are
shown when entering the Eastern Limit of the Port of London, as above
defined, the Medical Officer of the Port of London Sanitary Authority will be
in attendance with His Majesty's Customs at Sheerness and so avoid delay,
and relieve Masters of Vessels from the responsibility of deciding whether any
case of illness is infectious or not.
BY ORDER.