Our Union Jack, in its present form, has unquestionably been made as it was ordered to be made in 1707 and in 1800, and proclaimed in 1801, whether the description in the proclamation be correctly expressed or not. But in addition to the general form of the design, as given in the "Draft C, 1800," there were also detailed regulations issued for the making of the flag, which are the same as the rules prescribed by the Admiralty of the present day[133] for the several proportions of the Union Jack as always and now issued. [133] Admiralty Memorandum relative to the Union Jack, 1907. From these regulations it is clearly evident that the recognition which the white ground of St. George's Jack had been given in the flag of 1707 was intended to be continued. While the pattern drafts of the Councils were of square form, the Admiralty adopted a longer form, as "the practice has been, in regard to the dimensions of flags generally, to make the length twice the breadth at the head." This is the usual length adopted for flags which are not square, although the flag of an admiral, which is the old English St. George, still continues to be one and a half times as long as it is broad. The dimensions are given in full detail in the regulations. An outline drawing (51) of the flag of the same form as the Admiralty pattern is given for convenience of reference. The proportions of the several crosses and borders are directed in the regulations to be made according to the measurement called the "width of the flag," being the measurement on the "halliard" or "hoist," which is the side next to the flagstaff, and are as follows: REGULATIONS FOR THE SIZES OF THE PARTS OF THE UNION JACK, Whether square or oblong, in which latter case the length to be twice as long as the width. Red cross of St. George 1/5 of width of flag. White border to St. George 1/3 of red of St. George. Red cross of St. Patrick 1/3 " " " White border to St. Patrick 1/6 " " " Broad white of St. Andrew 1/2 " " " The paramount cross of St. George is to be one-fifth of the width of the flag on the flagstaff, and its width is made the factor by which the measurements of all the other parts are to be regulated in flags of varying sizes. The crosses of the two other Jacks, which were to be joined, are each allotted a proportion of _one-third_ the width of the cross of St. George. The divisions of the parts for the Irish Jack are stated separately, being _one-third_ for the red cross of St. Patrick, and _one-sixth_ for its white border; the two measurements, when added together, amounting to a proportion of one-half. The proportion of one-half allotted to the "broad white of St. Andrew" comprises the due share of _one-third_ for the Scotch cross, and _one-sixth_ for its border, being an exact equality to the proportions given to the Irish cross and its border.