accounted for amongst the other fees taken by the Harbour Master.

18. Every Master or other officer of a ship or vessel to whom a copy of the Harbour Regulations shall have been handed, shall give, on demand, an acknowledgment thereof to the Pilot or officer delivering such 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 not exceeding £5.

19. All vessels moored, or at anchor are to have both cables clear and in readiness to slack away when required; and in default thereof, the Master shall forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding £10.

20. All vessels are to have buoys and sufficient buoy ropes to their anchors to show their position, and to hoist a conspicuous light at their peak-end from dark to daylight, and in default thereof, the Master shall forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding £10.

21. Any anchor, kedge, or cable, slipped or cut from, if not weighed within 24 hours may be weighed by order of the Harbour Master or Pilot, at the risk of and the expense of the owner; and when no buoy rope has been attached, the anchor, kedge, or cable shall be forfeited.

22. After a vessel has been unloaded and properly ballasted, it will be at the option of the Harbour Master to remove her out clear of the shipping, to make room for vessels requiring berths to unload; and if there shall not be on board any vessel which has been unloaded sufficient men, or ballast, or requisite tackle to enable her to be removed, the Harbour Master or Pilot may remove such vessel at the expense and risk of the owner thereof.

23. Any person obstructing or impeding the navigation of any channel, river, inlet, or creek, or obstructing any public landing-place by placing a vessel, cable, boat, or warp, or other article in the way, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £10; and in case any person causing such obstruction or impediment will not remove, or cause to be removed, the same when ordered by the Harbour Master or Pilot, the Harbour Master or Pilot may cast off or cut any such obstruction.

24. The owner or part owner in, or the commander of any vessel or boat which has been sunk, stranded, or run on shore, or the owner of any baulk of timber, or other bulky article which is in the water who does not clear the Harbour of such vessels or boats, or remove such baulk of timber or other bulky article upon being required so to do, by notice in writing under the hand of the Harbour Master, or any Justice of the Peace, within such reasonable time as may be mentioned for the purpose in such notice, shall, for every such offence, forfeit a penalty not exceeding £10.

25. Any Justice, upon the complaint of the Harbour Master or any other person, may issue his warrant for the clearing of the Harbour, or removing of such baulk of timber or other bulky article, in such manner as such Justice shall direct, and for causing such vessel or boat, baulk of timber, or other bulky article to be sold, and out of the money arising from such sale may pay the charges of such clearing or removal, as the case may be, paying the surplus to the Harbour Master, to be accounted for as fees collected by him.

26. Any person who makes any vessel, boat, timber, or other article fast to any buoy, beacon, or sea-mark, and any master or owner of a vessel being navigated without having a Pilot on board, or the owner of any boat by which any such buoy, beacon, or sea-mark is accidentally removed, injured, or destroyed, who does not forthwith make good such damage, or pay to the Harbour Master a sum sufficient to cover the expense of so doing, shall, for every such offence, forfeit a penalty not exceeding £20.

27. Whenever a vessel not employed in coasting only arrives within the Harbour, the Harbour Master shall appoint the place where she is to cast anchor or be moored; and as often as the Master of any vessel is desirous of removing her from one place of anchorage to another, he shall notify in writing such his desire to the Harbour Master, who shall thereupon, unless he sees sufficient reason to the contrary, direct the removal accordingly; and the Harbour Master may remove any vessel, timber, or any other article from any berth alongside any wharf or elsewhere, if such removal is, in the opinion of the Harbour Master, desirable and proper for the general accommodation of the shipping; and for any such service so to be performed by such Harbour Master, there shall be paid by the Master or owner of such vessel to such Harbour Master the sum of 7s. 6d. for each vessel under 100 tons register, and for each of the articles; and a sum at the rate of 1d. per ton register for each vessel above 100 tons register, to be accounted for as aforesaid.

28. In the performance of any such service by the Harbour Master, the Master of the vessel and the crew thereof are required to give and afford to such Harbour Master all possible aid and assistance to effect the same; and in effecting any such service, or any other service in the execution of his duty, the Harbour Master is empowered to make fast and attach any rope or other tackle to any other vessel, and if there is no crew of the vessel to be removed, or the crew thereof refuse or fail to aid and assist as aforesaid, or if the crew, or tackle, or quantity of ballast on board of such vessel is not sufficient to enable the Harbour Master to effect such removal, he is empowered to hire and employ such other assistance and tackle, and to purchase and put on board such vessel such other quantity of ballast as to him seems requisite, at the cost or charges of the master or owner of such vessels, and such cost and charges such master or owner is required to pay to the Harbour Master, to be accounted for as aforesaid; and if any person, without the consent or authority of the Harbour Master, cuts or casts off any such rope or tackle so made fast and attached to any other vessel