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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

from taking a Pilot, upon paying one-half the
usual rate of pilotage whatever that may be;
if a pilot is taken, however, full pilotage to be
paid.

12. All Vessels under 100 tons, trading
    from or to the neighbouring Colonies shall
    upon the Master proving himself qualified, be
    furnished with a certificate of exemption from
    pilotage, but shall in lieu thereof pay one full
    pilotage inwards and outwards per annum.

13. Every Master so qualified and exempted,
    shall, on approaching the Harbour within two
    leagues, hoist a white flag at the main, showing
    his exemption, or forfeit a sum not exceeding
    the full pilotage.

14. Every Master of every Ship or Vessel
    required to take a Pilot shall be furnished with
    a copy of the Harbour Regulations on her
    entry into Port, by the boarding Pilot, and
    any Pilot failing to deliver such copy before
    leaving the Vessel, shall forfeit and pay a fine
    not exceeding five pounds.

15. To the Master of every Vessel not re-
    quired to take a Pilot, or in the absence of the
    Master to the principal Officer on board, a
    copy of the Harbour Regulations shall be de-
    livered by the Harbor Master, provided how-
    ever, that it shall not be necessary in any case
    to issue a second copy of the regulations to the
    Master or Officer in charge of the same Ves-
    sel, 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.

16. 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 to
    the Pilot or other Officer delivering the said
    copy, and any Pilot failing to demand, or any
    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.

17. 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 writ-
    ing at the Harbour Master's office, or forfeit a sum
    not exceeding five pounds.

18. All Vessels moored or at anchor are to
    have both cables clear, and in readiness to
    slack away when required, or forfeit a sum not
    exceeding ten pounds.

19. All Vessels to have buoys and buoy-
    ropes to their anchors to show their position,
    and to hoist a conspicuous light at their peak-
    end, from dark to daylight, or forfeit a sum
    not exceeding ten pounds.

20. After a Vessel has been unloaded and
    properly ballasted, it will be at the option of
    the Harbour Master to remove her out clear o
    the shipping, to make room for vessels ref-
    quiring berths to unlead.

21. No person shall, without due authority,
    interfere with the Harbour Master or any
    Pilot in the execution of his duty, or resist,
    obstruct, or impede him in the performance
    thereof, under a penalty not exceeding five
    pounds.

Gunpowder.

22. The Master of every Vessel arriving with
    Gunpowder on board, exceeding the quantity
    necessary as Ship's 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 anchor-
    age grounds, or forfeit a sum not exceeding
    twenty pounds.

23. No Gunpowder is either to be received
    or issued by the keeper of the Magazine, except
    between the hours of seven in the morning and
    five in the afternoon.

24. The Master of every Vessel shall cause
    all Gunpowder to be conveyed to the Magazine
    immediately after its being landed, or forfeit a
    sum not exceeding ten pounds.

25. 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.

26. Previous to the delivery of any Gun-
    powder so stored, fees as per Schedule B shall
    be first paid.

NOTE. Henry St. Hill, Esq., Resident Ma-
gistrate, is specially authorised in accord-
ance with the Provisions of the Arms
Importation Ordinance, Session 6. No. 1,
to prevent the landing of Powder by
Masters of Vessels. The penalty for
landing Gunpowder (and also Arms or
other warlike stores) without a license is
any sum not exceeding £500.

The Harbour.

27. 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.

28. 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.

29. 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.

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

31. 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.

32. Vessels, unless specially permitted in
    writing by the Harbour Master, are prohibited
    from firing guns between the hours of sunset
    and sunrise and on the Sabbath (except in