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that purpose by the Resident Magistrate,
shall, upon the receipt of such report, visit
the vessel so anchored, and if they shall find
that any sickness of an infectious or con-
tagious nature exists on board of her, they
shall submit the information to a Board, con-
sisting of the Resident Magistrate, and one or
more Justices of the Peace, the superior officer
of the Customs of the Port, and the Health
Officer or Medical Practitioner as aforesaid,
to be convened for that purpose by the Re-
sident Magistrate; which board, or the ma-
jority of them, shall have authority to detain
such vessel in Quarantine until every symp-
tom of the aforesaid disease has disappeared,
when the same board or the majority of them
have hereby power to release such vessel from
Quarantine, and admit her to pratique.

40. During the period any vessel may be
    in Quarantine, the Resident Magistrate and
    Health Officer shall visit her alongside from
    time to time, and institute such regulations as
    the nature of the case may demand, and the
    Master or Commander shall carry such regu-
    lations into effect, or forfeit a sum not exceeding twenty pounds.

POWER TO RESIDENT MAGISTRATE

IN CERTAIN CASES

The Resident Magistrate, at any port for
which no Harbour Master is appointed, shall
have all such powers as are hereinbefore
given to Harbour Masters. All penalties
hereby imposed, shall be recoverable in a
summary way.

SCHEDULE A

Questions required to be answered by the Master or
other person in command of any ship or vessel
arriving in the Port of #
from any infected place:—

1. What is the name of the vessel and ton-
   age?
   Answer.

2. What is the Master’s name, and are you
   the Master?
   Answer.

3. From whence do you come, and when
   did you sail?
   Answer.

4. At what ports have you touched on your
   passage?
   Answer.

5. What vessels have you had intercourse
   or communication with on your passage, and
   from whence did they come?
   Answer.

6. Have you any, and what Bills of Health?
   Answer.

7. Did the Cholera or any other highly in-
   fectious and dangerous disease prevail at the
   place from which you sailed, or at any of the
   places at which you have touched, or on
   board of any vessel with which you have had
   communication? If so, state when and
   where?
   Answer.

8. In the course of your voyage, have any
   persons on board suffered from sickness of
   any kind, what was the nature of such sick-
   ness, and when did it prevail? How many
   persons were affected by it, and have any of
   them died in the course of the voyage?
   Answer.

9. What number of Officers, Mariners, and
   Passengers have you on board?
   Answer.

10. What was the whole number of persons
    on board your vessel when you sailed?
    Answer.

11. What is the whole number of persons
    now ill on board your vessel?
    Answer.

12. If there be no sickness now on board,
    when did the last attack of disease appear,
    and when did it entirely disappear?
    Answer.

PILOT’S LICENCE

By virtue of the power in me vested, you
are hereby authorised and directed to act as
Pilot for the Port of ____ and you are
enjoined to use your best skill and knowledge
in all duties appertaining to that office, strictly
conforming to the regulations of the Harbour
aforesaid, and obeying such orders and in-
structions as you may from time to time re-
ceive from me.

Given under my hand this __ day of __
in the year of
our Lord 185__, at Government
House, Auckland, New Zealand.

SCHEDULE B. DECLARATION.

I, A. B., of the ____ do
solemnly declare that I have delivered all
Public Despatches, Letters, Parcels, News-
papers, and all Post Office Mails and Letters,
both in parcels and loose, which were on
board my vessel.

Signature of Master.

Witness

Auckland—Printed by WILSON & HORTON,
for the New Zealand Government.