✨ Harbor and Quarantine Regulations
nles shall, upon the Master proving
himself qualified, be furnished with a
certificate of exemption from Pilotage,
but shall in lieu thereof pay one full
Pilotage inwards, and outwards per
annum.
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Every Master so qualified shall,
on approaching the Harbour, within
two leagues, hoist a White Flag at the
main, showing his exemption, or forfeit a
sum not exceeding full Pilotage. -
The Master of every vessel shall
anchor or moor where the Harbour
Master or Pilot may direct, and he shall
not unmoor or quit the anchorage until
notice be given in writing at the Harbour Master’s Office, or forfeit a sum
not exceeding five pounds.
POST OFFICE AND MAILS.
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The Master of every vessel shall
give notice at the Post Office, at least
twenty-four hours before clearing at the
Custom House, except Masters of
Coasters, who are exempted from this
regulation unless when bound from one
port of entry to another, or forfeit a sum
not exceeding ten pounds. Before obtaining his clearance from the Collector,
the Master must produce a Certificate
from the Postmaster that notice as
above required has been given. -
Every Master of a vessel or person in command of a vessel for the time,
shall immediately on her arrival within
the limits of any Port in the Province
deliver to the Boarding Officer of Customs, or other person acting for such
Officer, all his Clearance papers, Shipping Bills, and other documents granted
at the Port from which such vessel last
cleared, also all public despatches, letters, parcels, and all Post Office Mails,
and letters, whether in parcels or loose,
obtaining a receipt for the same; and
repairing to the Post Office he is there
to make a declaration as per Schedule
C, of his having duly delivered up all
letters as before mentioned, and is to
produce the said declaration at the Custom House before making his Report
at that place, under a penalty of a sum
not exceeding five pounds.
GUNPOWDER.
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The Master of every vessel arriving with Gunpowder on board, exceeding the quantity necessary as ships'
stores, shall give immediate notice
thereof to the Pilot on his boarding the
vessel, and shall land the same at the
Powder Magazine before anchoring at
the usual anchorage ground, or forfeit
a sum not exceeding twenty pounds. -
No Gunpowder is to be either
received or issued by the Keeper of the
Magazine, except between the hours of
seven in the morning and five in the
afternoon. -
The Master of every vessel shall
cause all Gunpowder to be conveyed
to the Magazine immediately after its
being landed, or forfeit a sum not exceeding ten pounds. -
All Gunpowder so landed to be
packed in barrels, containing not more
than one hundred weight each, closely
joined and hooped without any iron
about the packages, and so secured that
no portion of the Gunpowder be in
danger of being scattered in the passage
under a penalty of any sum not exceeding ten pounds. -
Previous to the delivery of any
Gunpowder so stored, fees as per
Schedule A. shall be first paid.
Note.—The Principal Officer of Customs
and Harbour Masters, at different Ports,
are specially authorized, in accordance
with the provisions of the “Arms’ Importation Ordinance,” Session 6, No. 1, to
permit the landing of powder by Masters
of vessels.
HARBOURS.
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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 of any sum not exceeding five
pounds. -
No timber or any bulky article
is to be left on any Public Wharf or
landing place, under a penalty of any
sum not exceeding five pounds. -
No ballast, rubbish, gravel,
earth, stone or filth, is to be thrown
overboard from any vessel or boat, but
is to be landed at any place the Harbour Master may direct, under a penalty
of any sum not exceeding twenty
pounds. -
Any person removing, wilfully
injuring, or destroying any Buoy, Beacon, or Sea Mark, shall forfeit the sum
of twenty pounds. -
Any person throwing a dead
animal into the Harbour (within the
limits of the anchorage) without attaching to it sufficient weight to sink it,
is liable to a penalty of not more than
twenty nor less than five shillings. -
Vessels are prohibited from firing
guns between the hours of sunset and
sunrise, and on the Sabbath, (except
in case of distress), under a penalty of
any sum not exceeding five pounds. -
Any person removing shingle,
stone, shells, or any part of the soil
being the property of the Crown below
high water mark without permission
from the Harbour Master, or in the
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Harbor and Quarantine Regulations for the Province of Canterbury
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🏛️ Governance & Central Administration19 October 1855
Regulations, Pilots, Masters of Vessels, Quarantine, Harbor, Gunpowder, Post Office, Customs
Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1855, No 25