Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1865 – No. 28

Page 188

✨ Watermen and Lightermen Regulations



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  1. Any waterman or lighterman plying
    for hire, without a licence, shall be liable to
    a fine not exceeding five pounds.

  2. No boat shall be allowed to remain at
    any landing place, or to make fast to any
    steps or handrails belonging thereto, which
    may hereafter be erected, without some
    person in charge ready to remove the said
    boat, when required to do so by the Harbour
    Master or person deputed by him.

  3. Any boatman resisting, impeding, or
    obstructing the Harbour Master, Pilot, or
    other person deputed by either of them, in
    the execution of his duty, or using threatening
    or abusive language to them, or any of them,
    shall forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding
    fifty pounds.

  4. Any boatman charging more than the
    authorised rates or fares, or refusing to em-
    ploy his boat when required to do so, shall
    be liable to forfeit his licence, and pay a
    penalty of five pounds.

  5. Every waterman shall, upon payment of
    one pound sterling, receive a licence; to be in
    force for one year from the date of issue.

  6. The number of passengers allowed to
    be carried in any boat shall be specified in
    the licence, and any boatman conveying a
    larger number of passengers, or a greater
    quantity of luggage, than is allowed in his
    licence, shall forfeit and pay a sum not
    exceeding five pounds.

  7. The authorised charges are as follows,

From any wharf or landing place
on the north side of the Hokitika
River, to any wharf or landing place
opposite, single fare to or from ... 1 0
From any place on Gibson’s Quay, to
the Southern Flagstaff, single fare
to or from ... 2 0
For each horse ... 2 0
Other cargo at the rate of 1s per cwt.

  1. Each boat shall carry if required an
    ordinary swag with every passenger, and a
    pack with every horse without additional
    charge.

  2. Fares and charges for cargo to or from
    places up the river beyond the township of
    Hokitika as per agreement.

  3. No protection will be granted, nor any
    fare authorised for boatmen attempting to
    cross the bar.

  4. All ballast lighters, and cargo boats
    plying for hire, within the Port shall be
    measured, marked, and registered, and every
    master of such vessel shall, upon payment of
    three shillings per ton register, receive a
    licence to be in force for one year from the
    date of issue.

  5. Any person holding a licence for a
    cargo boat, who shall load the same in excess
    of the quantity allowed in accordance with
    his licence, shall forfeit his licence, and be
    liable to a penalty of five pounds.

Christchurch:
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.




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🏗️ Watermen’s and Lightermen’s Regulations for the Port of Hokitika (continued from previous page)

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
19 May 1865
Regulations, Watermen, Lightermen, Port of Hokitika, Licensing, Fares, Penalties