[APPENDIX.]
Rules of the Port of Buenos Ayres; Dues to be paid by Foreign and National Vessels; Penalties to which those are subject who violate the Laws of the Police, or who attempt to destroy in any manner the line of Buoys established on the Ortiz and Chico Banks, Mount Santiago, and Point Lara, or those which the Government may hereafter establish on other points of the river for the safety of navigators.
RULES OF THE PORT.
Article 1. THE guard ship, in the inner roads, on observing a vessel anchor in the outer roads, will hoist a red flag at the mizen mast, as a signal to the captain of the vessel which has arrived, to proceed towards the shore in his boat.
2. The said captain, taking with him his papers, will go on board the guard ship.
3. On the arrival of the boat, the commandant of the guard ship will desire her to anchor astern, and will then hoist a yellow flag, for the health boat to come and pass the visit.
4. The commandant of the guard ship must not permit any communication between his crew and those of the boat, until after the health visit.
5. The captain will be interrogated by the health and war visit; and if he does not answer truly, he will be tried by the laws of the country.