ORDER IN COUNCIL

Making Harbour Regulations for the Harbour of Picton.

AT THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE AT AUCKLAND,
THIS 31st DAY OF JUNE, 1861.

Present:
His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by the "Harbour Regulations Ordinance," No. 15 of Session 2, it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council, from time to time, to make all such Regulations respecting Pilots and Pilotage, Quarantine, and Harbours as in the said Ordinance provided.

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of New Zealand, doth hereby make the following Regulations for the Port and Harbour of Picton.

F. G. STEWARD,
Clerk of Council.

PORT AND HARBOUR OF PICTON.

HARBOUR REGULATIONS.

Pilots and Masters of Vessels.

1. No person shall be deemed a Pilot unless he be duly licensed by His Excellency the Governor.

2. All persons so licensed shall be provided with a license according to the form hereunto annexed.

3. Every Pilot shall carry his license with him, and shall produce it to the master of any ship or vessel on its being demanded, or forfeit a sum not exceeding forty shillings.

4. The rates of pilotage into or out of the Port of Picton, from or to the distance of one mile from the Island of Motuara, at the North entrance, and one mile from the Heads at the Tory Channel entrance are as follows, viz.:

   • Vessels of 100 tons and under, £2 10s.
   • Every ton above, to 300, 3d. extra,
   • Every ton above 300, 2d. extra,
     but no pilotage is to be chargeable on any vessel engaged in the coasting trade, unless the assistance of a Pilot be required by the master of the vessel.

5. The master of every vessel requiring a Pilot to conduct her to sea, must make an application at least twenty-four hours previously at the office of the Harbour Master.

6. Pilots are not bound to conduct any vessel to sea until the pilotage has been paid or satisfactorily secured at the Harbour Office.

7. Every Pilot detained on board a vessel longer than forty-eight hours, whether by stress of weather, quarantine, or otherwise, is to be paid ten shillings per day, in addition to the regular pilotage.

8. Pilots on being appointed to take charge, are to ascertain that their decks are clear, and that they are sufficiently manned and in a proper state for working, as regards masts, rigging, sails, and anchors.

9. Pilots refusing or neglecting their duty are to forfeit a sum not exceeding twenty pounds.

10. The master of every vessel shall anchor when the Harbour Master may direct, and he shall not unmoor or quit the anchorage until notice be given in writing at the Harbour Master’s Office, or forfeit a sum not exceeding ten pounds.

11. When it is required to move a vessel from one inside anchorage to another not being first entrance, or for the purpose of final departure, the Harbour Master shall be entitled to a fee of £1.

12. The Master of any vessel who shall make a signal for a Pilot to take his vessel to sea, and shall not proceed to sea within six hours of the arrival of the Pilot on board such vessel, shall forfeit and pay such Pilot a sum at the rate of £1 per day for every day such Pilot may be detained on board or otherwise, in addition to the regular pilotage, and the pilot shall not be compelled to take such vessel to sea, until such forfeiture shall be paid.

13. Masters of vessels neglecting to heave-to, to take the Pilot on board, or refusing to accept his services when offered, shall be liable to double the amount of pilotage.

14. The Harbour Master while removing any vessel from one anchorage to another may make her fast to any other vessel, or to any warp, or wharf, and any person resisting the same, or cutting away, or casting off the warp or fastening, shall be liable to a penalty of five pounds.

15. All vessels moored or at anchor are to have both cables clear, and in readiness to slack away when required, or forfeit a sum of ten pounds.

16. All vessels to have buoys and buoy ropes to their anchors to show their position, and to hoist a conspicuous...