✨ Provincial Harbour Regulations
PROVINCE OF AUCKLAND.
PILOTS AND MASTERS OF VESSELS.
- No person shall be deemed a Pilot un-
less he be duly Licensed by His Excellency
the Governor. - All persons so Licensed shall be provided
with a License according to the Form hereto
annexed. - 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. - Pilots are not bound to conduct any
vessel to sea until payment of the Pilotage
has been satisfactorily secured. - 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. - Pilots refusing or neglecting their duty
to forfeit a sum not exceeding twenty pounds. - 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. - 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.
- 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. - 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. - 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. - 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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- 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.
- 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. - 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.
- 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. - 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. - 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.
- 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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Regulations governing Pilot licensing, duties, and fees for Auckland and Manukau Harbours.
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🏘️ Provincial & Local Government8 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 & CommunicationsPost Office, Mails, Customs clearance, public despatches, declaration
🏛️ Rules for landing and storing gunpowder arriving on vessels at the Magazine.
🏛️ Governance & Central AdministrationGunpowder, Magazine, landing regulations, Arms Importation Ordinance, vessel masters
🏘️ Prohibition on unauthorized landing of rubbish or filth on Crown lands.
🏘️ Provincial & Local GovernmentRubbish, filth, Crown lands, Harbour Master direction
NZ Gazette 1856, No 11