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casting off the warp or fastening, shall be liable
to a penalty of Five Pounds.

POST OFFICE AND MAILS.

15. 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, before the
    said period of twenty-four hours has expired.

16. Every Master of a vessel is also to de-
    liver to the Custom House Officer, or other
    authorized persons, his Cockets and Clearances
    from the last port, also all public 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 deli-
    vered 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.

17. 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, within twelve hours of anchoring at
    the usual anchorage ground, or forfeit a sum
    not exceeding Twenty Pounds.

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

19. 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, nor until
    the Storage rent due for the same has been
    paid.

20. 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 Gun-
    powder be in danger of being scattered in the
    passage, under a penalty of any sum not ex-
    ceeding 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.

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

22. 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.

23. No ballast, rubbish, gravel, earth, stone,
    or filth, is to be thrown overboard from any
    vessel or boat, but it is to be landed at any
    place the Harbour Master may direct, under a
    penalty of any sum not exceeding Twenty
    Pounds.

24. Any person removing, wilfully injuring,
    or destroying, any Buoy, Beacon, or Sea Mark,
    shall forfeit the sum of Twenty Pounds.

25. Any person throwing a dead animal into
    the Harbour (within the limits of the au-
    chorage), without attaching to it sufficient
    weight to sink it, is liable to a penalty of not
    more than Five Pounds nor less than One
    Pound.

26. Vessels are prohibited from firing guns
    between the hours of sunset and sunrise, and
    on the Sabbath, except in case of distress,
    under a penalty of any sum not exceeding
    Five Pounds.

27. Any person removing shingle, stone,
    shells, or any part of the soil below highwater
    mark, from any lands belonging to the Crown,
    without permission from the Harbour Master,
    or, in the absence of the Harbour Master, the
    Resident Magistrate, shall forfeit a sum not
    exceeding Ten Pounds; and a rate of One
    Shilling per ton may (at the discretion of the
    Superintendent) be charged for ballast removed
    from within the limits of the Harbour.

28. To the Master of every vessel not re-
    quired to take a Pilot, or, in the absence of
    the Master, to the principal Officer on board,
    a copy of the Harbour Regulations shall be
    delivered by the Harbour Master, provided,
    however, that it shall not be necessary in any
    case to issue a second copy of the Regulations
    to the Master or Officer in charge of the same
    vessel, unless on demand of such Master or
    Officer, and in such case only on the payment
    of a fee of Two Shillings and Sixpence, to be
    accounted for as other fees collected by the
    Harbour Master.

29. Every Master or other Officer of a ship
    or vessel to whom a copy of the Harbour
    Regulations shall have been delivered shall
    give, on demand, an acknowledgment thereof
    to the Pilot or other Officer delivering the said
    copy, and any Pilot failing to demand, or any