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17. The owner or part owner of any timber or other articles left on the Wharf over the time specified of these Regulations shall forfeit and pay a penalty of £5 for every day such article remains unremoved: Provided that no such penalty shall exceed in the whole £20; and if the owner or person in charge is not known or cannot be found, the Port Master or Harbour Master may cause the same to be removed and sold, after three days’ notice in one or more of the newspapers published in Auckland; and out of the money arising from such sale pay the charges of advertising, clearing, and removing the same; the surplus, if any, shall be paid into the Provincial Treasury.

18. There shall be paid for all goods, wares, and merchandise of every description, and all and every other article (the produce of New Zealand only excepted), the sum of one shilling and sixpence per ton, weight or measurement, on the same being landed on the Queen-street Wharf, out of any Ship or Boat.

19. Unless by permission of the Port Master or Harbour Master, no bricks, slates, ballast, gravel, sand, coals, coke, stones, or dirt of any kind, shall be deposited from any Vessel or Boat on the Wharf, but shall be discharged into carts; and no bricks, slates, ballast, gravel, sand, coals, coke, stones, or dirt of any kind, shall be deposited from any cart upon the Wharf, but shall be put on board such vessel appointed to receive the same.

20. No lime in bulk shall be landed on the Wharf, or discharged into carts, before being put into bags and tied—and no casks, large or small, shall be rolled along the Wharf, either up or down, but in all cases carted off and on the Wharf.

21. No person shall, without due authority, interfere with the Port Master, Harbour Master, or other person deputed by either of them, in the execution of their duty; resist, obstruct, or impede them in the performance thereof; or use any threatening or abusive language to them, or either of them, under a penalty of any sum not exceeding £20, nor less than £5.

22. All Vessels and Boats of every description must keep clear of the watermen’s steps on both sides, so as not to obstruct the passage to and from the same; any warps, boats, timber, or other article made fast to or about the steps, with no person in charge of them the Portmaster or Harbourmaster may cast off or cut such obstruction, and let the Boat or other article go adrift, at the risk of the owner.

23. Every person taking a cart or any other vehicle on the Wharf shall walk at the head of his horse whilst on the Wharf, at a pace not faster than a walk; and no person shall ride either up or down the Wharf, on horseback, but shall in all cases lead his horse.

24. The following charges will be made for the use of the cranes on the Queen-street Wharf:—

For every licensed cargo-boat ...
1s. 6d.

For every registered coasting vessel ...
3s. 0d.

The above charges must be made prior to using the cranes.

25. The following charges will be made for the use of the Queen-street Wharf:—

For every cart or other vehicle drawn by one horse ...
6d.

For each additional horse ...
6d.

For every barrow or truck ...
3d.

For every vehicle with two wheels without horses ...
3d.

For every vehicle with four wheels without horses ...
6d.

For every horse, not drawing any cart or vehicle ...
6d.

For every head of great cattle ...
3d.

For every pig, sheep, or goat ...
1d.

26. Custom House Quay, for the purpose of these Regulations, shall be considered to be a portion of Queen-street Wharf.

27. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as in any manner altering or affecting the Regulations now in force for the Port and Harbour of Auckland.

28. So soon as the above Regulations shall come into operation, all previous Regulations made under the provisions of the Wharf Regulations Act, 1858, shall cease to be in operation.

N.B.—Any person guilty of a breach of, or non-performance of, any of the above Regulations, is liable to a penalty of £20, under “Wharf Regulations Act, 1858.”

CONTRACTS FOR THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT.

Superintendent’s Office,
Auckland, 27th Feb., 1853.

THE following TENDERS have been received, and are published for general information.

Robert Graham,
Superintendent.