Province of Auckland, with the limited
powers specified in the proviso of the fourth
section of "The District Court Act, 1858."

E. W. Stafford.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
(Judicial Branch),
Wellington, 28th May, 1866.

His Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint

William Francis Longe, Esq.,
to be Clerk of the District Court of Auckland.

E. W. Stafford.

WATERMAN’S REGULATIONS.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 17th May, 1866.

The following Bye-Laws (Waterman’s Regulations)
for the Ports of Auckland and Onehunga, approved
by His Excellency the Governor in Council, on the
fourteenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-six, are published for general information.

James Parrison,
Postmaster-General.

Bye-Laws—Waterman’s Regulations.

1. Every person who wishes to ply as a waterman
   in the Port of Auckland must make application in
   writing to His Honor the Superintendent for a license,
   such application to be signed by two respectable per-
   sons, who, together with the applicant must enter into
   a bond to the amount of fifty pounds (£50) for the
   good behaviour and due performance of the duty re-
   quired to be performed in his capacity as a water-
   man.

2. Before a license is granted to any boat she must
   be inspected by two or more competent persons
   appointed by the Superintendent, who will, if sat-
   isfied as to her dimensions and the number of passengers she
   is entitled to carry, issue a certificate to
   that effect, and such certificate must be produced
   before a license will be granted.

3. For every such license a fee of two pounds ster-
   ling per annum must be paid at the time the appli-
   cant receives his license, and the said license must be
   renewed on or before the 15th day of January in each
   year, subject to clauses one and two of these regu-
   lations.

4. Every licensed waterman plying for hire must
   have his name legibly painted in letters two inches
   long, together with his number, on the inside part of
   the gunwale of the stern sheets of his boat: also the
   number of passengers his boat is licensed to carry,
   and the name of his boat, as inserted in his license,
   legibly painted at the back board.

5. Any person carrying passengers for hire without
   a license, or any person lending his license to another
   to make use of, or any licensed waterman charging
   more than the authorized rate of fares, or refusing to
   employ his boat when required to do so, shall forfeit
   his license, and will be liable to a penalty not exceed-
   ing five pounds. But any licensed waterman who,
   from sickness, is prevented from plying, may, on
   the production of a medical certificate, be permitted
   to transfer his license to a person approved by the
   Harbour Master, for a period not exceeding one
   month.

6. No boat shall be allowed to remain at any landing place after discharging her passengers, or to make
   fast to any steps or hand-rails belonging thereto, or
   in any way obstruct the passage to and from the
   same, and no boats, casks, timber, bulky or heavy
   article of any description shall be hauled up or down
   the steps so as to obstruct passengers from landing
   or embarking, under a penalty not exceeding five
   pounds.

7. It shall be imperative for one of the licensed
   watermen to act as night waterman every night
   throughout the year, such watermen taking their
   respective turns, and upon no consideration shall the
   stairs be left, except only while conveying passengers
   on board ship or elsewhere. The time the night
   waterman shall be on duty is from sunset till sunrise;
   any breach of this clause of the regulations will sub-
   ject the offender to a penalty of one pound. A list of
   licensed watermen, showing the rotation for night
   duty, shall be placed in the Harbour Master’s office,
   and any dispute shall be determined by that officer.

8. The house on the Queen-street Wharf in Auck-
   land, known as the waterman’s house, and the house
   in Onehunga known as the Mangarei ferry, will be
   set apart for the use of the licensed watermen, and no
   other person will be allowed to occupy these build-
   ings. Should any person persist in doing so, the
   waterman on duty are requested to report the same
   to the water police, or the policeman doing duty on
   the wharf, who will cause such intruders to be re-
   moved.

9. Watermen, boatmen, carters, porters, and all
   other persons engaged on the wharves in the ports of
   Auckland and Onehunga, shall be under the control
   of the harbour authorities. Any person resisting
   impeding, or obstructing the said authorities in the
   execution of their duty, or using threatening or
   abusive language to any of them, shall forfeit and pay
   a sum of not less than five pounds, or not more than
   twenty pounds.

10. The authorized fares shall be as follows:—

For the Port of Auckland.

From the Queen-street Wharf to vessels lying
in the stream at the usual anchorage, single
fare to or from ..................... 1s 6d
Two or more passengers each way ......... 1s 0d

From Queen-street Wharf to any vessel lying
off Freeman’s Bay or the Wynyard Pier
single fare to or from ..................... 2s 0d
Two or more passengers each way ......... 1s 6d

From Queen-street Wharf to Stokes’ Point,
Shoal Bay, and Holmes’ Wharf, a single
passenger to or from ..................... 5s 0d

From the Queen-street Wharf to the Quaran-
tine Ground, Rangitoto, a single passenger
to or from ............................. 12s 0d
Two or more passengers, each way ......... 8s 0d

From the Wynyard Pier to vessels lying off
the Queen-street Wharf at their usual
anchorage, single fare to or from .......... 2s 0d
Two or more passengers, each way ......... 1s 6d