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(Vessels trading round the North and East Cape excepted), shall pay the sum of £2 per quarter, and all Vessels or Boats holding a licence from H. M. Customs shall pay the sum of £1 per quarter, in advance, for the right of hauling alongside the Queen-street Wharf; and no Master or person in charge of such Vessel or Boat will be allowed to haul alongside to discharge or take in cargo until such quarterly payment has been made.

All Vessels of 150 tons register and under, not paying quarterly, shall pay one halfpenny per ton per day. Every Vessel above 150 tons register shall pay the sum of one farthing per ton for every day — such Vessel occupies a berth alongside, or is fastened to the Wharf in any way whatever. Any person guilty of a breach of this clause will be liable to a penalty not exceeding £20, nor less than £5.

5. Subject to the last clause, Vessels occupying berths alongside the Queen-street Wharf will be allowed to remain according to the following scale, exclusive of Sundays and holidays:—

For Vessels under 100 tons register, 4 days,
" " 100 to 150 " 6 "
" " 150 „ 200 " 8 "
" " 200 „ 250 " 10 "
" " 250 „ 300 " 12 "

and so on at the rate of four days for every additional 100 tons. Should the berth so occupied not be required, Vessels will be allowed to remain alongside after the time specified above; should the berth be required, twelve hours’ notice will be given to the Master or person in charge.

6. When several Vessels arrive together, the Portmaster or Harbourmaster shall use his discretion in placing them alongside the Wharf according to their tonnage and draught of water; and in all cases vessels taking in cargo shall make way for vessels requiring to discharge—that is to say, after her lay-days are expired, of which twelve hours’ notice will be given to the Master or person in charge.

7. Proper tarpaulins or sails of not less than eight square yards must be used by all Vessels or Boats alongside the Wharf in discharging or taking in ballast, coals, coke, rubbish, gravel, sand, earth, or any other dirt, so as effectually to prevent any part thereof falling overboard, and no ballast or other dirt shall be taken on board or discharged from any Vessel or Boat after sunset.

8. No pitch, tar, resin, oil, or other combustible matter shall be heated on board any Vessel whilst lying alongside the Wharf; but a Boat may be anchored off for that purpose not less than 20 fathoms from any Vessel and the said Wharf.

9. It shall be competent at any time for the Port or Harbour Master to order the Master, Owner, or person having charge of any Vessel, Boat, or Timber, to remove the same from alongside the Wharf, when in his opinion it is necessary for the interest and accommodation of the shipping.

10. No firewood, palings, shingles, stone, or timber of any kind shall be placed or deposited on the Queen-street Wharf, out of any Ship or Boat, to the northward of the cranes, nor shall be hoisted into carts. And no heavy weights of any kind shall be placed or deposited on any part of the Wharf. And no firewood, timber, or other articles shall occupy more than ten feet of space from the side of the Wharf, except only while landing. All goods, wares, and merchandise of any description, including timber of every kind, shall be removed off the Wharf within forty-eight hours after being landed; and no Boat or Vessel of any kind shall discharge cargo at either of the cranes before eight o’clock in the morning, or after five o’clock in the evening, without permission from the Port or Harbour Master. Any person guilty of a breach of this clause of the Regulations shall be liable to a penalty of not more than £20, nor less than £5.

11. No goods (except personal luggage), merchandise, cattle, horses, sheep, or pigs, shall be landed or shipped at the Queen-street Wharf on Sundays, neither shall any Vessel be hauled to or from the Wharf on that day (Mail Boats only excepted), without permission from the Port or Harbour Master. Any person guilty of a breach of this clause of the Regulations shall be liable to a penalty of not more than £20, nor less than £5.

12. Tame Cattle and Horses may only be landed and shipped on the Queen-street Wharf at such time as may be approved by the Port or Harbour Master, whose permission must be first obtained, and all Cattle or Horses landed or shipped must be led on and off the Wharf.

13. Masters must not occupy space on the Wharf with Cargo discharged from or received for the purpose of taking in beyond the length of the vessel, without consent of the Port or Harbour Master. Any infringement of this clause of the Regulations will subject the offender to a penalty of not more than £20, nor less than £5.

14. No Boat or Vessel shall remove from, or quit the Wharf until the Master or person in charge has caused all dirt or rubbish to be thoroughly cleared from that portion of it occupied by such Boat or Vessel; such dirt or rubbish to be deposited at certain places appointed by the Port Master or Harbour Master.

15. No fire shall be lighted or allowed to burn on board any Vessel alongside the Queen-street Wharf between the hours of 9 p.m. and 5 a.m., nor shall any Vessel be fumigated or smoked, for the extermination of vermin, alongside the Wharf, under a penalty not exceeding £20, nor less than £5.

16. No person shall haul any Vessel or Boat alongside Custom House Quay, or make fast any rope or other tackle to or across the street, or land or ship any cargo, without permission from the Port or Harbour Master.