of his duty, or using threatening or abusive language to them, or any of them, shall forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding twenty pounds, nor less than five pounds.

23. Any vessel arriving, having on board mail, shall, on approaching the usual anchorage, hoist a white flag on the foremast head, and keep the same flying until the said mail is landed; and in default thereof the master shall forfeit and pay any sum not exceeding twenty pounds.

24. No timber, or bulky article, is to be left on any public wharf or landing place; and any person infringing this regulation shall forfeit and pay any sum not exceeding five pounds: and any timber or other article left on any public wharf or landing place, if not removed at the request of the Harbour Master, or person authorized by him, may be removed at the risk and expense of the owner or consignee thereof.

25. No rubbish or filth is to be landed on any lands belonging to the Crown, except in such places as the Harbour Master may point out, under a penalty not exceeding five pounds, to be paid by the person landing the same.

26. No ballast, rubbish, gravel, earth, stone, filth, is to be thrown overboard or laid down by any means whatever from any vessel or boat, but is to be landed at such place as the Harbour Master may direct; and no gravel, earth, stone, earthenware, glass, bottles, filth, or rubbish, dead animals, or other matter is to be placed by any other means, below the high water mark within the harbour; and proper tarpaulins are to be used in discharging or taking in ballast, coals, rubbish, gravel, earth, or filth of any kind, so as to prevent any part thereof falling into the harbour; and any person who shall offend against any of the regulations shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty pounds.

27. No pitch, tar, resin, or other combustible matter shall be lighted or heated on board any vessel or boat while lying alongside or near any wharf or vessel in harbour, unless by permission in writing first obtained from the Harbour Master, and any person who shall offend against this regulation shall be liable to any penalty not exceeding twenty pounds.

28. If the master, or owner, or part owner of any vessel or boat that has been sunk or stranded in the harbour, or any of the coves or creeks thereof, upon notice in writing from the Harbour Master, does not remove the same within such time as may be mentioned in such notice for that purpose, any Justice of the Peace may issue his warrant for the removal and sale thereof, deducting the amount of all expenses from the proceeds of such sale, and pay the surplus, if any, to the Provincial Treasurer; and if the proceeds be insufficient to cover such expenses, he may demand the balance from such owner or master, and may levy the same by distress if not paid within fourteen days.

29. Any person who wilfully injures, removes, or destroys any buoy, beacon, or sea mark used for the convenience of navigation, or the preservation of vessels, shall be guilty of felony, and on conviction of the said offence shall be liable to penal servitude for a period not exceeding four years.

30. If any person wilfully breaks down, destroys, or in anywise damages, or injures any wharf, pier, or dock shed, roadway, building, or other work whatsoever which is under the charge of any Superintendent, every person so offending shall for every such offence forfeit a penalty not exceeding fifty pounds, over and above the amount of injury or damage done.

31. If any person wilfully or negligently breaks, throws down, damages, or takes away any lamp, lamp-post, lamp-iron, or other work set up for the purpose of lighting any such wharf, quay, pier, or dock, as aforesaid, or any such adjoining roadway or street as aforesaid, or wilfully extinguishes any light within such lamp, every person so offending shall forfeit for every such offence a penalty not exceeding twenty pounds over and above the amount of the injury or damage done.

32. All masters of vessels exceeding two hundred tons register shall cause a sufficient guard or watch to be kept on deck both by day and night. All other description of decked vessels must have at least one person on board by day or night, and in default thereof shall be liable to a penalty of ten pounds.

33. No waterman or other person in charge of any boat or craft shall be allowed to leave any such boat or craft in the way so as to obstruct the accommodation for getting to or from the steps of any vessel or public landing place; and if such obstruction be not removed by the person or persons so offending when requested to do so by the Harbour Master, or officer deputed by him, such person shall forfeit a sum not exceeding five pounds.

34. All masters or other persons in charge of vessels are immediately to strike any yard or topmast, or rig in any boom, and move or clear hawse when called upon by the Harbour Master, and are generally to follow such directions as the state of the weather or other circumstances may render necessary or expedient in the judgment of the Harbour Master for the safety and interest of the shipping, and in default thereof shall forfeit and pay any sum not exceeding ten pounds.

Gunpowder.

35. All vessels arriving having gunpowder on board exceeding fifty pounds weight shall hoist the "Union Jack" at the main, and remain clear of the shipping until such gunpowder be landed; and any person offending against this regulation shall be liable to a