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7. The Master of every vessel shall anchor or moor where the Harbour Master or Pilot 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 Five Pounds.

PILOTAGE.

8. Every vessel entering any harbour in the Province of Nelson, where a Pilot is stationed, excepting Coasters belonging to New Zealand, and Mail Packets or others (regular traders, which may be provided with a certificate of exemption from the Governor of the colony, or from the Superintendent of the province), shall be placed in the charge of the first duly licensed Pilot who may offer his services; and Masters of vessels neglecting to heave to and take the Pilot on board, or refusing to accept of his services when offered, shall be liable to the same amount of pilotage as if the services of a Pilot had been accepted.

9. When a Pilot offers his services outside the Bar, he shall be entitled to the full amount of pilotage after the vessel is safely anchored in the Harbour. When the Pilot offers his services inside of the Bar, he shall be entitled to half the amount of pilotage.

10. When the services of a Pilot are required to move a vessel from one inside anchorage to another, not being at first entrance, or for the purpose of final departure, he shall be entitled to half pilotage.

11. Any Pilot detained on board a vessel longer than forty-eight hours, whether by stress of weather, quarantine, or otherwise, shall be entitled to Eight Shillings per diem, in addition to the regular pilotage. Rate of full pilotage the same as at Nelson Harbour, viz., Three Shillings per foot in the Harbour, and One Shilling per foot in any outer Roadstead.

12. Vessels provided with certificates of exemption shall carry a "Blue Peter" at the main, without any flag at the fore; and Masters of such vessels, neglecting this precaution, shall be liable to the same amount of pilotage as other vessels, when the services of a Pilot are tendered.

POST OFFICE AND MAILS.

13. The Master of every vessel shall give notice at the Post Office, at least twenty-four hours before clearing at the Custom House, except Masters of Coasters, who are exempted from this regulation, unless when bound from one port of entry to another, or forfeit a sum not exceeding Ten Pounds; and no Master of a vessel shall receive his Clearance from the Customs until he has received all mails made up for such vessel, and given a receipt to the Collector of Customs for the same.

14. Every Master of a vessel is also to deliver to the Custom House Officer, or other authorized persons, his Cockets and Clearances from the last port, also all Post Office despatches, letters, parcels, and all Post Office mails and letters, whether in parcels or loose, obtaining a receipt for the same; and repairing to the Post Office, he is there to make a declaration, as per Schedule B., of his having duly delivered up all letters as before mentioned, and is to produce the said declaration at the Custom House before making his Report at these places, under a penalty of a sum not exceeding Five Pounds.

GUNPOWDER.

15. The Master of every vessel arriving with Gunpowder on board, exceeding the quantity necessary as ship's stores, shall give immediate notice thereof to the Pilot, on his boarding the vessel, and shall land the same at the Powder Magazine before anchoring at the usual anchorage ground, or forfeit a sum not exceeding Twenty Pounds.

16. No Gunpowder is to be either received or issued by the Keeper of the Magazine, except between the hours of Seven in the morning and Five in the afternoon.

17. The Master of every vessel shall cause all Gunpowder to be conveyed to the Magazine immediately after its being landed, or forfeit a sum not exceeding Ten Pounds.

18. All Gunpowder so landed to be packed in barrels, containing not more than One Hundred weight, each, closely joined and hooped without any iron about the packages, and so secured, that no portion of the Gunpowder be in danger of being scattered in the passage, under a penalty of any sum not exceeding Ten Pounds.

NOTE.—The principal Officer of Customs and Harbour Masters, at different ports, are specially authorized, in accordance with the provisions of the Arms Importation Ordinance, Session VI., No. 1, to permit the landing of Powder by Masters of vessels.

HARBOURS.

19. No rubbish or filth is to be landed on any lands belonging to the Crown, except in such places as the Harbour Master may point out, under a penalty of any sum not exceeding Five Pounds.

20. No timber or any bulky article is to be left on any public Wharf or Landing Place, under a penalty of any sum not exceeding Five Pounds.