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" of the coast of any part of England or Wales, or is within the limits
" of a Port, cause to be hoisted—
" (i.) At the masthead or where it can be best seen, during the
" whole of the time between sunrise and sunset, a day signal,
" consisting of a large flag of yellow and black borne quarterly ; or
" (ii.) At the peak or other conspicuous place where it can be
" best seen, and at a height of not less than twenty feet above
" the hull of the ship, during the whole of the time between
" sunset and sunrise, a night signal, consisting of three lights,
" which shall be arranged, at a distance of not less than six feet
" apart, in the form of an equilateral triangle, and of which the
" light at the apex of the triangle shall be white, and the other
" lights at the ends of the base of the triangle shall be red in
" colour.
" No person (other than an Officer of Customs or a person acting in
" the execution of this Order) shall leave the aforesaid ship until after
" such visit of the Officer of Customs as is mentioned in Article II., or
" until after the visit of the Medical Officer of Health in pursuance of
" Article VIII."
Article II.—The Gloucester Regulations shall apply and have effect
as if for Article XIX. of the Gloucester Regulations the following; Article
o
were substituted, that is to say :—
" Article XIX.—The Master of every ship bound to the Port of
" Gloucester, and infected with Cholera, Yellow Fever, or Plague,
" shall, when the ship is within three miles of the coast of any part of
" England or Wales, or is within the limits of a Port, cause to be
" hoisted—
" (i.) At the masthead or where it can be best seen, during the
" whole of the time between sunrise and sunset, a day signal,
" consisting of a large flag of yellow and black borne quarterly ; or
" (ii.) At the peak or other conspicuous place where it can be
" best seen, and at a height of not less than twenty feet above
" the hull of the ship, during the whole of the time between
" sunset and sunrise, a night signal, consisting of three lights,
" which shall be arranged, at a distance of not less than six feet
" apart, in the form of an equilateral triangle, and of which the
" light at the apex of the triangle shall be white, and the other
" lights at the ends of the base of the triangle shall be red in
" colour.
" No person (other than an Officer of Customs or a person acting in
" the execution of this Order) shall leave the aforesaid ship until after
" such visit of the Officer of Customs as is mentioned in Article II.,
" or in Article III., or until after the visit of the Medical Officer of
" Health of the Bristol Port Sanitary Authority, or of the Medical
" Officer of Health of the Gloucester Port Sanitary Authority, in
" pursuance of Article IV."