✨ Harbour Regulations Text




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purpose by the pilot, or forfeit a sum not ex-
ceeding five pounds.
12. The master of every vessel shall anchor
and moor where the Harbour-Master or Pilot
may direct, and he shall not unmoor or
quit the anchorage until notice be given in writ-
ing at the Harbour-Master's office, or forfeit a
sum not exceeding five pounds.
13. The master of every vessel arriving at
any harbour within the colony which shall be
deemed by the harbour master to be liable to
quarantine, shall, on being directed, anchor in
the quarantine ground appointed for such har-
bour, or forfeit a sum not exceeding one hun-
dred pounds.
14. The master of every vessel so anchored
shall neither himself quit, nor permit any seaman,
passenger or other person to quit the same, until
he shall have been duly admitted to pratique, or
forfeit a sum not exceeding one hundred pounds.
15. The master of every vessel shall give
notice at the post office, at least twenty-four
hours before clearing at the Custom House; ex-
cept 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.
16. The master of every vessel arriving with
gun powder on board exceeding the quantity
necessary as ships 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.
17. 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.
18. The master of every vessel shall cause all
gunpowder to be conveyed to the magazine im-
mediately after its being landed, or forfeit a sum
not exceeding ten pounds.
19. 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 porti n of the gunpowder be in danger of
being scattered in the passage, under a penalty
of any sum not exceeding ten pounds.
20. Previous to the delivery of any gunpow-
der so stored, fees as per schedule B shall be first
paid.

THE HARBOUR.
21. 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.
22. No timber or bulky article is to be left
on any public wharf or landing place under a
penalty of any sum not exceecing five pounds.

  1. No ballast, rubbish, gravel, earth, stone,
    or filth, is to be thrown overboard from any ves-
    sel or boat, but is to be landed at such places as
    the harbour master may direct, under a penalty
    of any sum not exeeeding twenty pounds.
  2. Any person removing, wilfully injuring or
    destroying any buoy, beacon, or sea mark, shall
    forfeit the sum of twenty pounds.
  3. Vessels are prohibited from firing guns
    between the hours of sunset and sunrise and on
    the sabbath, (except in case of distress) under the
    penalty of any sum not exceeding five pounds.
  4. Any person removing any shingles, stone,
    shells, or any part of the soil, without permis-
    sion from the Harbour-Master, and in the ab-
    sence of the Harbour-Master from the Police
    Magistrate, shall forfeit a sum not exceeding
    ten pounds.

CUSTOMS.
27. All persons employed in the Customs, are to
be deemed officers for such service.
28. Every vessel arriving from beyond seas, is
to be boarded as soon as circumstances will allow
by an officer of the Customs, who will deliver to
the master a copy of the harbour regulations, and
to whom the master is to furnish such particulars
of his voyage, crew, and passengers, and to de-
liver such documents respecting the same as
may be required of him, under a penalty of a
sum not exceeding five pounds.
29. Every master refusing or neglecting to bring
to at any station appointed for the boarding of
the Customs officer, shall forfeit a sum of not
less than ten pounds, or not more than one hun-
dred pounds. (4th Vic., No. 3.)
30. Every master of any vessel is also to deliver
to the Custom-house officer, or other authorized
person, all public dispatches, 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 C., of his
having duly delivered up all letters, as before-
mentioned, and is to produce the said declara-
tion at the Custom-house, before making his
report at these places, under a penalty of any
sum not exceeding five pounds.
31. Masters are to report to the Custom-house
within twenty-four hours, their vessel and cargo,
under a penalty of any sum not exceeding five
pounds.
32. Officers of the Customs may be stationed on
board any vessel whilst within the limits of the
port.
33. If goods be not landed in twenty days, the
officers may land and secure the same.
34. Goods to be carried coastwise must not be
laden, and having been brought coastwise must
not be unladen, until written notice has been
given to the proper officer, and proper docu-
ments granted, under a penalty of any sum not
exceeding twenty pounds.



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🏘️ Publication of Harbour and Quarantine Regulations under Governor's Ordinance (continued from previous page)

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
13 June 1842
Harbour regulations, Quarantine, Master's duties, Gunpowder, Ballast, Customs, Penalties, Pilot, Harbour Master