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same; and also for the watering, ballasting, and discharging of ballast of or from vessels; and all other matters relating to the safe and commodious navigation of harbours and rivers, and the order and management of vessels resorting thereto; and also the placing of vessels in quarantine and the performance of such quarantine, and to appoint officers for carrying such regulations into effect; and also from time to time to appoint, by Proclamation, stations or places for the performance of quarantine, by such vessels as may be liable thereto, and to construct and maintain lazarettes, and to take all such measures as may be necessary for securing the due performance of such quarantine: Now, therefore, in pursuance of the power and authority in him vested under the said Ordinance, His Excellency the Officer administering the Government, with the advice of the Executive Council, directs that the following regulations be published for general information.

By His Excellency’s command,

Andrew Sinclair,

Colonial Secretary.

PILOTS AND MASTERS OF VESSELS.

1. No person shall be deemed a Pilot unless he be duly Licensed by His Excellency the Governor.

2. All persons so Licensed shall be provided with a License according to the Form hereto annexed.

3. Every Pilot shall carry his License with him, and shall produce it to the Master of any ship or vessel on its being demanded or forfeit a sum not exceeding Forty Shillings.

4. Pilots are not bound to conduct any vessel to sea until payment of the Pilotage has been satisfactorily secured.

5. Every Pilot detained on board a vessel longer than forty-eight hours, whether by stress of weather, Quarantine, or otherwise, is to be paid 8s. per day in addition to the regular Pilotage.

6. Pilots refusing or neglecting their duty to forfeit a sum not exceeding twenty pounds.

7. The Master of every vessel shall anchor or moor where the Harbour Master or Pilot may direct, and he shall not unmoor or quit the anchorage until notice be given in writing at the Harbour Master’s Office, or forfeit a sum not exceeding five pounds.

8. When a Pilot offers his services outside the Bar, he shall be entitled to the full amount of Pilotage after the vessel is safely anchored in the Harbour. When the Pilot offers his services inside of the “Paratuti,” he shall be entitled to half the amount of Pilotage.

9. When the services of a Pilot are required to move a vessel from one inside anchorage to another (not being at first entrance, or for the purpose of final departure) he shall be entitled to half Pilotage.

10. Any Pilot detained on board a vessel longer than forty-eight hours, whether by stress of weather, Quarantine, or otherwise, shall be entitled to eight shillings per diem in addition to the regular pilotage. Rate of full Pilotage the same as at Auckland Harbour.

11. Vessels provided with certificates of exemption shall carry a “Blue Peter” at the main, without any flag at the fore, and masters of such vessels neglecting this precaution shall be liable to the same amount of pilotage as other vessels, when the services of a Pilot are tendered.

PILOTAGE OF MANUKAU.

8. Every vessel entering the Manukau Harbour (excepting Coasters belonging to New Zealand, and Mail Packets or others—regular traders which may be provided with a certificate of exemption from the Governor of the Colony, or from the Superintendent of the Province) shall be placed in charge of the first duly licensed Pilot who may offer his services; and masters of vessels neglecting to heave to and take the Pilot on board, or refusing to accept of his services when offered, shall be liable to the same amount of Pilotage as if the services of a Pilot had been accepted.

POST OFFICE AND MAILS.

13. The Master of every vessel shall give notice at the Post Office, at least twenty-four hours before clearing at the Custom House, except Masters of Coasters, who are exempted from this regulation unless when bound from one port of entry to another, or forfeit a sum not exceeding ten pounds.

14. Every Master of a vessel is also to deliver to the Custom House Officer, or other authorized persons, his Cockets and Clearances from the last port, also all public despatches, letters, parcels, and all Post Office Mails, and letters, whether in parcels or loose, obtaining a receipt for the same; and repairing to the Post Office he is there to make a declaration as per Schedule B. of his having duly delivered up all letters as before mentioned, and is to produce the said declaration at the Custom House before making his Report at these places under a penalty of a sum not exceeding five pounds.

GUNPOWDER.

15. The Master of every vessel arriving with Gunpowder on board, exceeding the quantity necessary as ships’ stores, shall give immediate notice thereof to the Pilot on his boarding the vessel, and shall land the same at the Powder Magazine before anchoring at the usual anchorage ground, or forfeit a sum not exceeding twenty pounds.

16. No Gunpowder is to be either received or issued by the Keeper of the Magazine, except between the hours of seven in the morning and five in the afternoon.

17. The Master of every vessel shall cause all Gunpowder to be conveyed to the Magazine immediately after its being landed, or forfeit a sum not exceeding ten pounds.

18. All Gunpowder so landed is to be packed in barrels, containing not more than one hundred weight each, closely joined and