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absence of the Harbour Master, of the
Resident Magistrate, shall forfeit a sum
not exceeding ten pounds.

27. A copy of the Harbour Regulations shall be delivered to the Master of
    every ship or vessel required to take a
    Pilot, on her entry into Port, by the
    boarding Pilot, and any Pilot failing to
    deliver such copy before leaving the
    vessel, shall forfeit and pay a fine not
    exceeding five pounds.

28. To the master of every vessel not
    required to take a Pilot, or in the absence of the Master to the principal
    Officer on board, a copy of the Harbour Regulations shall be delivered by
    the Harbour Master, provided, however, that it shall not be necessary, in
    any case, to issue a second copy of the
    Regulations to the master or Officer in
    charge of the same vessel, unless on
    demand of such Master or Officer, and
    in such case only on the payment of a
    fee of two shillings and sixpence, to be
    accounted for as other fees collected
    by the Harbour Master.

29. Every Master or other Officer of
    a ship or vessel to whom a copy of the
    Harbour Regulations shall have been
    delivered shall give on demand an acknowledgement thereof, to the Pilot or
    other Officer delivering the said copy,
    and any Pilot failing to demand, or any
    Master of a ship or vessel refusing on
    demand to give such acknowledgment,
    shall forfeit and pay a fine of not more
    than five pounds.

30. The ‘Passengers’ Act, 5 and 6
    Victoria, cap. 107,’ has been extended
    to this colony by Proclamation dated
    the 29th day of June, 1849.

QUARANTINE REGULATIONS.

31. The Master of every vessel arriving at any Harbour which shall be
    deemed by the Harbour Master to be
    liable to quarantine, shall, on being directed so to do by the Harbour Master,
    cause the same to be anchored in the
    Quarantine ground appointed for the
    Harbour or forfeit and pay for every
    such offence, the sum of one hundred
    pounds.

32. The Quarantine Station for Port
    Victoria shall be deemed to be any
    part of the Harbour in which the Harbour Master shall anchor a vessel under
    Sec. 31, to the eastward of a line
    running due North from Repa Island
    as defined on the charts of the Admiralty published by the Hydrographer
    as Te Whaka or Cooper Bay.

33. The Master of every vessel so
    anchored shall neither himself quit, or
    permit any seaman, passenger, or other
    person to quit the same,—until he shall
    have been duly admitted to pratique,
    or forfeit the sum of one hundred
    pounds.

34. Every seaman, passenger, or
    other person so quitting, shall for every
    such offence forfeit the sum of twenty
    pounds.

35. Every vessel so anchored is to
    hoist a yellow flag, of not less than six
    breadths of Bunting, at the Main, by
    day, and a light by night in a Lantern,
    such as are used in Her Majesty’s
    Navy, and to keep the same respectively hoisted until released from
    quarantine, or forfeit the sum of
    twenty pounds.

36. The Master of every vessel so anchored is to deliver to the Harbour
    Master, or other authorized person, his
    Bill of Health, Manifest, Log-book and
    Journal, and he is to fill up a report in
    the form and manner pointed out in
    the Schedule B. annexed.

37. The Master of every vessel so
    anchored who shall suffer any goods,
    wares, or merchandize; packets, books,
    letters, or other articles to be unshipped
    or landed, and any person or persons
    who shall be concerned in the unshipping or landing of the same shall forfeit for each and every article so unshipped or landed the sum of twenty
    pounds.

38. Every person or persons receiving any goods, wares, or merchandize,
    packets, packages, baggage, books, or
    letters, or any other article whatever,
    from any vessel so anchored, shall forfeit for each and every article the sum
    of twenty pounds.

39. Any person going within the
    limits of any Quarantine Station, when
    any vessel shall be there at anchor performing Quarantine, shall forfeit a sum
    not exceeding twenty pounds.

40. If any officer or person intrusted
    with orders respecting Quarantine
    shall in any way neglect his duty, he
    shall forfeit for each offence the sum
    of twenty pounds.

41. The Harbour Master shall immediately after his having so anchored
    any vessel, report the same to the Resident Magistrate and Health Officer, or
    to the person or persons acting, or
    appointed to act for those functionaries.

42. The Resident Magistrate and
    Health Officer, or Medical Practitioner
    appointed for that purpose by the Resident Magistrate, shall, upon receipt
    of such report, visit the vessel so anchored, and if they shall find that any
    sickness of an infectious or contagious
    nature exists on board of her, they