Provincial Harbour Regulations




PROVINCE OF AUCKLAND.
PILOTS AND MASTERS OF VESSELS.

  1. No person shall be deemed a Pilot un-
    less he be duly Licensed by His Excellency
    the Governor.
  2. All persons so Licensed shall be provided
    with a License according to the Form hereto
    annexed.
  3. Every Pilot shall carry his License with
    him, and shall produce it to the Master of any
    ship or vessel on its being demanded or for-
    feit a sum not exceeding Forty Shillings.
  4. Pilots are not bound to conduct any
    vessel to sea until payment of the Pilotage
    has been satisfactorily secured.
  5. Every Pilot detained on board a vessel
    longer than forty-eight hours, whether by
    stress of weather, Quarantine, or otherwise,
    is to be paid 8s. per day in addition to the
    regular Pilotage.
  6. Pilots refusing or neglecting their duty
    to forfeit a sum not exceeding twenty pounds.
  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.
  8. Pilotage—Auckland. It is optional
    with Masters of vessels entering the Harbour
    of Auckland, to take a Pilot. In case a Pilot
    be taken he is entitled to 3s. per foot in the
    Harbour, and 1s. per foot in any outer Road-
    stead.

PILOTAGE OF MANUKAU.

  1. Every vessel entering the Manukau
    Harbour (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 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 refu-
    sing to accept of his services when offered,
    shall be liable to the same amount of Pilotage
    if the services of a Pilot had been accepted.
  2. 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 "Paratuti," he shall be
    entitled to half the amount of Pilotage.
  3. When the services of a Pilot are re-
    quired to move a vessel from one inside an-
    chorage to another (not being at first entrance,
    or for the purpose of final departure) he shall
    be entitled to half Pilotage.
  4. 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 Harbour,
    viz.:—3s. per foot in the Harbour, and 1s.
    per foot in any outer Roadstead.

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  1. 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.

  1. 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.
  2. Every Master of a vessel is also to de-
    liver to the Custom House Officer, or other
    authorized person, 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 deliv-
    ered 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.

  1. 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.
  2. No Gunpowder is to be either received
    or issued by the Keeper of the Magazine, ex-
    cept between the hours of seven in the morn-
    ing and five in the afternoon.
    18 The Master of every vessel shall cause
    all Gunpowder to be conveyed to the Maga-
    zine immediately after its being landed, or for-
    feit a sum not exceeding ten pounds.
  3. All Gunpowder so landed to be packed
    in barrels, containing not more than one hun-
    dred 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 Officers of Customs
and Harbour Masters, at different Ports, are
specially authorized, in accordance with the
provisions of the Arms Importation Ordinance,
Session 6, No. 1, to permit the landing of Pow-
der by Masters of vessels.

HARBOURS.

  1. 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 exceed-
    ing five pounds.


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VUW Te Waharoa PDF NZ Gazette 1856, No 11





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🏘️ Regulations governing Pilot licensing, duties, and fees for Auckland and Manukau Harbours. (continued from previous page)

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
8 April 1856
Pilot licensing, Pilotage fees, Auckland Harbour, Manukau Harbour, vessel masters, exemption certificates

🚂 Requirements for vessel masters delivering public despatches and Post Office Mails.

🚂 Transport & Communications
Post Office, Mails, Customs clearance, public despatches, declaration

🏛️ Rules for landing and storing gunpowder arriving on vessels at the Magazine.

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Gunpowder, Magazine, landing regulations, Arms Importation Ordinance, vessel masters

🏘️ Prohibition on unauthorized landing of rubbish or filth on Crown lands.

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
Rubbish, filth, Crown lands, Harbour Master direction