Harbor and Quarantine Regulations




shall submit the information to a Board consisting of the Resident Magistrate,
and one or more Justices of the Peace
the superior officer of the Customs of the Port, and the Health Officer or
Medical Practitioner as aforesaid, to be convened for that purpose by the Resident Magistrate; which Board, or the majority of them, shall have authority
to detain such vessel in Quarantine until every symptom of the aforesaid disease has disappeared, when the same Board or the majority of them have hereby power to release such vessel from Quarantine, and admit her to pratique.

  1. During the period any vessel may be in Quarantine, the Resident Magistrate and Health Officer shall visit her alongside from time to time, and institute such regulations as the nature of the case may demand, and the Master or Commander shall carry such regulations into effect, or forfeit a sum not exceeding twenty pounds. Provided always,
    that all vessels that may be placed in Quarantine by Proclamation by the Governor in Council, shall be admitted to pratique at the expiration of the term therein named, unless any sickness shall exhibit itself during the performance of such Quarantine.

POWER TO CHIEF OFFICER OF CUSTOMS IN CERTAIN CASES.

  1. The Principal Officer of Customs at any port for which no Harbour Master is appointed, shall have all such powers as are hereinbefore given to Harbour Masters.

PILOT’S LICENSE.

By virtue of the power in me vested,
you are hereby authorized and directed to act as Pilot for the Port of
and you are enjoined to use your best skill and knowledge in all duties appertaining to that office, strictly conforming to the regulations of the Harbour aforesaid, and obeying such orders and instructions as you may from time to time receive from me.

Given under my hand this day of
Our Lord 185 , at Government House, New Zealand.

SCHEDULE A.

For each and every barrel or package containing 50lbs of Gunpowder, and upwards, for any period not exceeding six weeks 0 1 0
Do. Do. above six weeks, per week 0 0 2

For each and every barrel or package containing less than 50lbs for any period not exceeding six weeks 0 0 6
Do. Do. above six weeks 0 0 1

SCHEDULE B.

Questions required to be answered by the Master or other person in command of any ship or vessel arriving in the Port of from any infected place:

  1. What is the name of the vessel and tonnage?
    Answer.

  2. What is the Master’s name, and are you the Master?
    Answer.

  3. From whence do you come, and when did you sail?
    Answer.

  4. At what Ports have you touched on your passage?
    Answer.

  5. What vessels have you had intercourse or communication with on your passage, and from whence did they come?
    Answer.

  6. Have you any, and what Bills of health?
    Answer.

  7. Did the Cholera or any other highly infectious and dangerous disease prevail at the place from which you sailed, or at any of the places at which you have touched, or on board of any vessel with which you have had communication? If so, state when and where?
    Answer.

  8. In the course of your voyage, have any persons on board suffered from sickness of any kind, what was the nature of such sickness, and when did it prevail? How many persons were affected by it, and have any of them died in the course of the voyage?
    Answer.

  9. What number of Officers, Mariners, and Passengers have you on board?
    Answer.

  10. What was the whole number



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1855, No 25





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🏛️ Harbor and Quarantine Regulations for the Province of Canterbury (continued from previous page)

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
19 October 1855
Regulations, Pilots, Masters of Vessels, Quarantine, Harbor, Gunpowder, Post Office, Customs