7. That no detailed description should be internationally adopted for the construction of the lamp or lantern, so that a fair chance be given inventors to produce serviceable articles.

We have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servants,
Vice-Admiral N. KAZNAKOFF, Chairman,

1 M. A. Hautreux, lieutenant de vaisseau, and M. Lanneluc, capitaine au long cours.

2 F. F. Fletcher, lieutenant, U. S. Navy.

3 Modified Fletcher System

tem.

Short indication of measures proposed.

All sailing and steam-vessels to carry a white light at the
foremast and side lights. The steam-vessels to show, be-
sides these, a white light in front of mast-head light. The
line connecting these two to be 45 degrees with the vertical.
All lights for steam-ships to be electric. The foremast-light
to be sciutillating for steam-ships of over 12 knots speed.
Forward of the foremast, at a distance apart not less than the
beam of the ship, two bright white range lights of the same
character as the present mast-head light, visible from ahead
to two points abaft each beam. These lights shall be in the
vertical plane of the keel, with the lower one so placed for-
ward of the upper one that an imaginary line through them
will make an angle of 55 degrees with the vertical.
Forward range lights as in system No. 2; a white light to
show all round the horizon, and at the same height as the
forward upper range light, to be placed as far aft as possi-
ble, in lieu of the light at stern.

United States Inland Range Sys. With present system of mast-head light and side lights an after range light is employed, visible around the horizon, and placed at twice the height of the forward mast-head light, if possible.

5 M. L. Wood, lieutenant, U. S. Side lights, as at present used, both for sailing and steamNavy.

6 John M. Hudson, captain of the ship Red, White, Blue.

vessels: (1) a white top light under the foretop; (2) a white peak light, visible all around the horizon on a monkey gaff. In addition to these, steamers have to carry a red top light, 3 feet below the white top light, and a white bow light with a reflector, in a funnel shaped screen box, visible from the bow four points on either side.

All steam-vessels to be fitted with mast-head light and side lights, as at present, and to carry a central range of two white lights besides; the stern light to be placed near the flag-staff aft; the front light to be placed not more than 80 or 100 feet in front of this.

7 George P. Blow, ensign, U. S. Sailing vessels and steam-vessels to be fitted with two range Navy.

lights. The front light to show green on the starboard and red on the port side, visible from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on either side. The after light to be a light or combination of two lights, visible all around the horizon, proposed to denote the speed of steamers and the rig of sailing vessels. No side light and no stern light to be used with this system.

ADDITIONAL REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON LIGHTS.

WASHINGTON, December 12, 1889.

To Rear-Admiral S. R. FRANKLIN, U. S. Navy,

President of the International Marine Conference, etc.:

SIR: In accordance with the resolution passed by the Conference on the 9th instant, your committee have again considered the question whether it would be advisable to assign a certain position to the side lights, as has been done by extra amendment No. 41 to Article 3, which has led to the rule adopted by the Conference, viz:

"The said green and red side lights to be placed in steam-vessels not forward of the mast-head light and in sailing vessels as near abreast the foremast as practicable."

Doubts have been raised by the Collocation Committee on the advis ability of this rule on the ground that it involves a radical change and leads to great expense by compelling a very material alteration of the present construction of many ships, consequences which are said to outweigh the slight advantage of the introduction of the rule in question. Your committee, after having most carefully considered the subject, are unanimous in reporting that in their opinion the rule passed by the Conference ought to be maintained.

In the report dated November 4, 1889, the reasons have been given why in principle it would be advisable to have the side lights of all steam-vessels so placed that a vertical plane through the line drawn from them to the mast-head light would form a certain known angle with the keel. It has at the same time been acknowledged to be practically impossible to give the side lights a certain fixed position in regard to the foremast light, but it has been thought practicable and therefore has been recommended to introduce a rule by which steamers are compelled to carry the side lights abaft the foremast light, the connecting line forming an angle of six points with the keel, or as nearly so as possible.

The considerations which have led to this recommendation appear to your committee to be sound, and whilst confirming what has been said in the former report we beg to add the following remarks:

The rule as adopted by the Conference does not, it is true, go quite so far in assigning to the side lights a certain fixed position with regard to the mast-head lights as the recommendation contained in our report

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