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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 "Paratuti,"
he shall be entitled to half the amount of Pi-
lotage.

10. When the services of a Pilot are re-
    quired to move a vessel from one inside an-
    chorage to another (not being at first en-
    trance, 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 Auckland Har-
    bour.

12. Vessels provided with certificates of
    exemption shall carry a "Blue Peter" at the
    main, without any flag at the fore, and mas-
    ters of such vessels neglecting this precau-
    tion 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.

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 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 delivered up all letters as before
    mentioned, and is to produce the said decla-
    ration 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 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.

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 Maga-
    zine 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 Gun-
    powder 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 Ordi-
nance, Session 6, No. 1, to permit the landing
of Powder by Masters of vessels.

THE HARBOUR.

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.

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

22 Any person removing, wilfully injuring,
or destroying any Buoy, Beacon, or Sea
Mark, shall forfeit the sum of twenty pounds.

23. Any person throwing a dead animal
    into the Harbour, (within the limits of the
    anchorage) without attaching to it sufficient
    weight to sink it, is liable to a penalty of not
    more than twenty nor less than five shillings.

24. 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.

25. Any person removing shingle, stone,
    shells, or any part of the soil below high
    water mark 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.

26. To the Master of every vessel not re-
    quired to take a Pilot, or in the absence of
    the Master to the principle 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 Offieer 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.

27. 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,