538 ORIENTAL COMMERCE- [Isle of France, $c. 



approach, make the private signal, and forward your boat with a letter to 

 the Governor, laying to at a proper distance till the signal is answered, and 

 your boat is returning ; nor are you to pass Banks's Battery till you have 

 the Governor's leave. 



You are not to depend on a supply of salt provisions from St Helena, 

 or appropriate to your ship's use any of the stores Intended for the island. 



You are particularly cautioned not to let your officers or crew be the 

 occasion of any tumult or disturbance there, as you will answer to us for 

 any mischief your authority or exertion could have prevented. 



Anchors, cables, topmasts, and other stores being sent to St. Helena, 

 in order to prevent any plea or motive for putting into Ireland, or any 

 western port, you are directed, if in want of those articles, to apply to our 

 Governor in Council, who, being satisfied of your wants, will supply you 

 accordingly, at 50 per cent, advance. 



On your arrival at St. Helena in war time, in order to prevent surprise, 

 or the consequences of any attack, you are required to attend to the direc- 

 tions of your senior officer for the birthing of your ship, in order to resist 

 an enemy in the most effectual manner, by veering away, and thus bringing 

 the guns of the whole fleet to bear, or by any other disposition which may 

 be concerted for your defence. 



Port Regulations. — Ships touching at the island, are to have the 

 preference of assistance in the following order : — 



I. British men of war, which are to have the use of both cranes, if 

 they require it, until they are watered. 



II. Ships with Company's stores are to have one crane to themselves, 

 and their turn at the other. 



III. English Indiamen. 



IV. English whalers. 



V. Foreign men of war. 



VI. Foreign merchant ships. 



Any commander of a British ship, who wishes to water at Lemon 

 Valley, must first apply to the Town Major for permission. 



No boat is to make fast to the hawsers, or buoys, at either crane, but 

 the boat that is under the crane ; those waiting for their turn, must ride by 

 their respective grapnels, or lie^upon their oars, until the boat, then under 

 the crane, haul out, and leave a vacancy. 



No boat is to lie close to either stairs longer than necessity absolutely 

 requires; but to keep at a sufficient distance to allow other boats to approach. 



None but King's boats, or the boats of Government, are permitted to 

 pass to windward beyond the battery, at the point under Sugar-loaf, 



