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Master of a ship or vessel refusing on demand to give such acknowledgment, shall forfeit and pay a fine of not more than Five Pounds.

  1. The Passengers Act, 18 and 19 Victoria, cap. 119, is in force in this colony, and a Proclamation under it was issued in the New Zealand Gazette, No. 8, of the 16th March, 1856.

POWER TO RESIDENT MAGISTRATE IN CERTAIN CASES.

The Resident Magistrate, at any port for which no Harbour Master is appointed, shall have all such powers as are hereinbefore given to Harbour Masters. All penalties hereby imposed shall be recoverable in a summary way.

SCHEDULE A.

Questions required to be answered by the Master or other Person in command of any Ship or Vessel arriving in the Port of from any infected place :—

  1. What is the name of the vessel and tonnage?
    Answer.

  2. What is the Master\'s name, and are you the Master?
    Answer.

  3. From whence do you come, and when did you sail?
    Answer.

  4. At what ports have you touched on your passage?
    Answer.

  5. What vessels have you had intercourse or communication with on your passage, and from whence did they come?
    Answer.

  6. Have you any and what Bills of Health?
    Answer.

  7. Did the Cholera or any other highly infectious and dangerous disease prevail at the place from which you sailed, or at any of the places at which you have touched, or on board any vessel with which you have had communication? If so state when and where?
    Answer.

  8. In the course of your voyage, have any persons on board suffered from sickness of any kind, what was the nature of such sickness and when did it prevail? How many persons were affected by it, and have any of them died in the course of the voyage?
    Answer.

  9. What number of Officers, Mariners, and Passengers have you on board?
    Answer.

  10. Have you any Immigrants on board, and, if so, what are their names?
    Answer.

  11. What was the whole number of persons on board your vessel when you sailed?
    Answer.

  12. What is the whole number of persons now ill on board your vessel?
    Answer.

  13. If there be no sickness now on board, when did the last attack of disease appear, and when did it entirely disappear?
    Answer.

PILOT\'S LICENCE.

By virtue of the power in me vested, you are hereby authorized and directed to act as Pilot for the Port of and you are enjoined to use your best skill and knowledge in all duties appertaining to that office, strictly conforming to the regulations or the Harbour aforesaid, and obeying such orders and instructions as you may from time to time receive from me.

Given under my hand this day of in the year o. our Lord 185 , at

SCHEDULE B.—DECLARATION.

I, A. B., of the do solemnly declare that I have delivered all Public Despatches, Letters, Parcels, Newspapers, and all Post Office Mails and Letters, both in parcels and loose, which were on board my vessel.

Signature of Master.
Witness

RATES OF PILOTAGE.

Five shillings per foot in any harbour.
Two shillings per foot in any outer roadstead.

PRINTED BY C. AND J. ELLIOTT, AT THE "EXAMINER" OFFICE, NELSON.




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PDF PDF Nelson Provincial Gazette 1856, No 15





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