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risk and expense of the owner or consignee as may be sufficient only for and be on board
thereof.
as ships' stores, but in no case to exceed the
weight of 50 lbs.
14. No rubbish or filth is to be landed on
any land belonging to the Crown except in
such places as the Harbour Master may point
out, under a penalty not exceeding £5, to be
paid by the person landing the same.
15. No ballast, rubbish, gravel, earth, stone, or
filth is to be thrown overboard from any vessel
or boat, but is to be landed at such place as
the Harbour Master may direct, and proper
taupaulings are to be used in discharging or
taking in ballast, coals, rubbish, gravel, earth,
or filth of any kind so as to prevent any part
thereof falling into the Harbour; and any per-
son who shall offend against any of the pro-
visions of this regulation shall be liable to a
penalty not exceeding £20.
16. No pitch, tar, resin, or other combustible
matter, shall be lighted or heated on board any
vessel or boat while lying alongside or near
any wharf or vessel in the Harbour; and any
person who shall offend against this regulation
shall be liable to any penalty not exceeding
£20.
17. No wreck is to be left stranded in any part
of the Harbour, but must be conveyed on shore
above high water mark, and if any wreck is so
left, the owner thereof shall be liable to a
penalty not exceeding £20.
18. Any person making fast any vessel, raft,
timber or other article to, or in any way re-
moving or wilfully injuring or destroying any
buoy, beacon, or sea mark, shall forfeit a sum
not exceeding £20.
19. Any person throwing a dead animal into
the Harbour, or placing any dead animal below
high water mark, shall be liable to a penalty
not exceeding £5, and to an additional penalty
of £1 for every day during which any such
animal remains in the Harbour or below high
water mark, or unburied. on the beach above
high water mark. Provided that no such
penalty and additional penalty shall together
exceed the sum of £20.
20. Vessels, unless specially permitted in writ-
ing by the Harbour Master, are prohibited from
firing guns between the hours of sunset and
sunrise, and on Sunday (except in cases of dis-
tress) and any person who shall offend against
this regulation shall be liable to a penalty not
exceeding £5.
21. 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 from
a Resident Magistrate, shall forfeit a sum not
exceeding £10.
Gunpowder.
22. All vessels arriving, having gunpowder on
board, exceeding thirty pounds, shall hoist the
"Union Jack" at the main, and remain clear of
the shipping until such gunpowder be landed;
and any person offending against this regula-
tion shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding
£20.
23. Provided that the foregoing regulation
shall not apply to gunpowder in such quantity

NOTES.
Gunpowder, &c.
The penalty for landing gunpowder (and
also arms and other warlike stores) without a
license is any sum not exceeding £500.

Merchant Shipping Act.
The third part of the Act of the Imperial
Parliament, the "Merchant Shipping Act,
1854," has been brought into operation in
New Zealand so far as the same is applicable.

General Directions.
All masters of vessels are requested to heave
the lead constantly when crossing the bar or
passing through the channels at the entrance
of the Harbour, in order that any change in the
soundings may be noted, and any such change
must be reported to the Harbour Master as
soon as practicable.
All persons navigating vessels are to observe
the following established nautical rules:-
Sailing vessels having the wind fair are to
give way to vessels on a wind.
When two vessels are going by the wind
the vessel on the starboard tack shall keep her
wind, and the vessel on the port tack shall bear
up, thereby passing each other on the port
hand.
When two vessels have the wind free or
abeam and meet, they shall pass each other on
the port hand, the helm of each being put to
port.
Steam vessels when passing or near other
vessels are always to be considered as vessels
navigating with a fair wind, and as far as
practicable, due regard must be paid to the
tides, and the dangers and position of each
vessel, but the law is to pass on the port hand.

Signals.
Code of Signals for entering and leaving
the Harbour of "Manukau," and when a vessel
is seen approaching the Harbour. The follow-
ing signals will be hoisted at the Pilot station
(Paratutai), for their guidance.
The master of every vessel entering or
leaving the Harbour is requested to answer the
signals by hoisting and dipping the ensign at
the peak.
No. 1.-Second Distinguishing Pendant at
Mast head with one ball underneath-
The Vessel is seen from the Station.
No. 2.-White Flag at Mast head, with two
balls underneath-
First Quarter Flood.