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PAGE REFERENCES. — These are supplied by the Coast Pilot Section and entered on the page 

 proof. Cross-references are essential in many places, but should not be used indiscriminately. In a 

 complicated area, like southeast Alaska, a great many will be required, but on a straightaway coast, 

 there need be very few. In some cases considerable repetition may be avoided by using them. 



PARAGRAPHS. — Each page of the manuscript must start with a new paragraph. This is a 

 requirement of the Government Printing Office Style Manual. If a paragraph is too long to go on 

 one sheet, add to the length of the sheet. Short paragraphs are desirable. 



P. D. AND E. D. DANGERS AND SOUNDINGS.— Give available information, with date. 

 Give extent of investigation made, if any. 



PILES. — Piles are sometimes left in place when a bridge or structure is removed. In such 

 cases the condition should be described in the Pilot. (See Dolphins, piles, etc.) 



PILOTAGE. — State whether it is required by law or is necessary because of difficulties of naviga- 

 tion for strangers. Give information as to whether pilots take vessels at night; where ships are 

 boarded; description of pilot boat and signals; and location of cruising ground. State if prior or 

 special arrangements can be made for pilots, and describe how they can be made. Copies of State 

 and local Pilot Rules and Regulations should be obtained and used as authorities. 



Give special regulations of importance. Describe where to anchor while waiting for a pilot, and 

 state if tug is available and used for towing, docking, and shifting berth. Pilot rates and charges 

 should not be given. 



State whether a vessel is liable for payment of fee if pilot is not taken and give any exceptions. 

 It is not necessary to give all of the details of the pilot regulations, but that part of value to an 

 incoming stranger should be given. 



POPULATION.— The population of the various ports described in the Pilot should not be 

 given unless that information serves some special purpose. 



PORT AND TERMINAL CHARGES.— Too much detail of a changeable nature must be 

 avoided. It is usually sufficient to state that charges are or are not made for certain services. (See 

 Port Series.) 



PORT INFORMATION. — The following data are commonly required for each port described 

 in the Pilot. So far as practicable this information should be given in the Pilot in approximately 

 this order for all ports of commercial importance. If tile port is described in the Port Series of the 

 U. S. Corps of Engineers, a reference may be made to that publication, and some of the information 

 in the Pilot may then be more generalized, but the fact that it is so described does not lessen the 

 responsibility of the reviser to include in his record all information essential to the safe navigation 

 of a vessel entering the port. All details must be included for any port regulations which the navi- 

 gator should know before arriving at the port. Give the address of the office of port administration. 



General description of port: Directions. 



Location. Port Services: 



Landmarks. Dockage and wharfage. 



Channels, depths, etc. Facilities. 



Dangers. _, 



T^•, r Storage. 



Pilotage. 



Towage. Supplies: 



Quarantine (fumigation). Fuel; oU, Diesel oU, gasolme, coal, provi- 



Customs. sions, water, and electricity. 



Port of entry. Lighterage. 



Marine documents, if Issued. Salvage and wrecking gear. 



Immigration. Marine repairs: 



Hospitals and Relief Stations. Drydocks, capacities, etc. 



Anchorages: 



Quarantine. 



General. General port activities: Type and kind of commerce. 



Shops. 



Forbidden. Commimications. 



Government vessels. Government offices. 



Explosive. 



Special (yachts, etc.) 



Mooring buoys. Weather: 



Ranges for compass adjustment. 



Regulations, if important. Fog. 



Harbor Regulations. Prevailing winds. 



Tides. Storms. 



Currents. j^e. 



Bridges: 



Clearances. 



Storm warnings. 



Signals. Time signals, visual. 



Regulations. 



