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The number of passengers allowed to be carried in any boat shall be specified in the license, and shall be legibly painted on some conspicuous part of the boat in respect of which such license is issued, and any boatman conveying a larger number of passengers, or a greater quantity of luggage, than is allowed in his license, shall forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding five pounds.
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The authorised fares shall be as follows:—
From any wharf or jetty to the s. d.
steamers, single fare to or from ... 1 6
From any wharf or jetty to any place or to any vessel other than steamers lying within a space bounded on the east by a line drawn from Stodart’s to Sticking Point, and on the west by a line drawn from Naval Point to the eastern point of Church Bay ... 2 0
From any wharf or jetty to Church Bay ... 6 0
" " Gollan’s Bay ... 4 6
" " Rhodes’ Bay, one passenger ... 5 0
" " two or more, each ... 2 6
" " Quarantine Station, one passenger ... 20 0
" " two or more, each ... 10 0
To the Heads, or head of the Bay, as per agreement.
Return fares will be allowed at the same rate in each case.
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Each boat shall carry, if required, 8 lbs weight of luggage with every passenger, without additional charge; and any passenger detaining a boat for a period exceeding twenty minutes, shall be liable to an extra charge at the rate of four shillings per hour.
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All ballast lighters, cargo and water tank boats plying for hire shall be measured, marked, and registered, and upon payment of three shillings per ton register shall receive a license, to be renewed on the 1st July in each year.
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Any person holding a license for a cargo boat who shall load the same, in excess of the quantity allowed to be carried in accordance with his license, shall forfeit his license, and be liable to a penalty of five pounds.
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Any boatman charging more than the authorised rates or fares, or refusing to employ his boat when required to do so, shall be liable to forfeit his license and to pay a penalty of five pounds.
Printed, under the authority of the Provincial Government of the Province of Canterbury, at the ‘Press’ Office, Cashel-street, by James Edward Fitzgerald, Official Printer for the time being to the said Government.
Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1864, No 44
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🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works22 October 1864
Port Regulations, Boatmen, Lyttelton, Fares, Licenses
- James Edward Fitzgerald, Official Printer