THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 65

removal accordingly; and the Harbour
Master may remove any vessel, timber, or
any other article, from any berth, alongside
ahy wharf or elsewhere, or from or to any
part of the harbour, whenever such removal
is in the opinion of the Harbour Master
desirable and proper for the general accom-
modation of the shipping; and for any such
service so to be performed by such Harbour
Master, there shall be paid by the
master or owner of such vessel to such
Harbour Master, the sum of 7s. 6d. for each
vessel under 100 tons register and for each
other article, and a sum at the rate of 1d. per
ton register for each vessel above 100 tons
register, to be accounted for as aforesaid.

10. In the performance of any such service
    by the Harbour Master, the Master of the
    vessel and the crew thereof are required to
    give and afford to such Harbour Master all
    possible aid, and assist to effect the same,
    and in effecting any such service or any
    other service in the execution of his duty, the
    Harbour Master is empowered to make fast
    and attach any rope or other tackle to any
    other vessel; and if there is no crew of the
    vessel to be removed or the crew thereof
    refuse or fail to aid and assist as aforesaid,
    or if the crew or tackle or quantity of ballast
    on board of such vessel is not sufficient to
    enable the Harbour Master to effect such
    removal, he is empowered to hire and employ
    such other assistance and tackle, and to
    purchase and put on board such vessel such
    other quantity of ballast as to him seems
    requisite, at the cost or charge of the Master
    er owner of such vessel, and such costs and
    charges such Master or owner is required to
    pay to the Harbour Master, to be accounted
    for as aforesaid; and if any person without
    the consent or authority of the Habour Mas-
    ter cuts or casts off any such rope or tackle so
    made fast and attached to any other vessel as
    aforesaid, or in any other manner infringes
    this regulation, such person shall forfeit a
    penalty not exceeding £20.

11. Any person, without due authority, re-
    sisting, impeding, or obstructing the Harbour
    Master, Pilot, or other person deputed by
    either of them, in the execution of his duty,
    or using threatening or abusive language to
    them, or any of them, shall forfeit and pay
    a sum not exceeding £5.

12. 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 not exceeding £5, to be paid
    by any person landing such rubbish or filth.

13. No ballast, rubbish, gravel, earth, stone,
    earthenware, glass, or filth is to be thrown
    overboard from any vessel or boat, but is to
    be landed and placed at such place as the
    Harbour Master may direct, and no gravel,
    earth, stone, earthenware, glass bottles, filth,
    or rubbish, is to be placed by any other
    means at any place below the highwater mark
    within the harbour, and proper tarpaulins
    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 person who
    shall offend against any of the provisions of
    this regulation, shall be liable to a penalty
    not exceeding £20.

14. No pitch, tar, rosin, or other combustible
    matter, shall be lighted or heated on board
    any vessel or boat, whilst lying alongside or
    near any wharf or vessel in the harbour, and
    any person who shall offend against this
    regulation shall be liable to a penalty not
    exceeding £20.

15. 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.

16. Any person throwing a dead animal into
    the harbour or placing any dead animal below
    high water mark within the limits of the
    anchorage, 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.

17. Vessels, unless specially permitted in
    writing by the Harbour Master, are prohibited
    from firing guns between the hours of sunset
    and sunrise, and on Sunday (except in cases of
    distress), and any person who shall offend
    against this regulation shall be liable to a
    penalty not exceeding £5.

18. Any person removing shingle, stone,
    shells. or any part of the soil below high water
    mark without the permission of the Harbour
    Master, or in the absence of the Harbour
    Master, of a Resident Magistrate shall forfeit
    a sum not exceeding £10.

19. Any person landing cattle from any
    vessel or boat, at any place on the shores
    of the harbour, within the limits of the said
    City of Auckland, shall be liable to a
    penalty not exceeding £5 for each head of
    cattle so landed. Provided that this regula-
    tion shall not apply to any vessel or boat
    employed in the service of the ferry between
    the North Shore and the City of Anckland,
    and licensed by the Saperintendent of the
    Province of Auckland to land cattle at
    specified places within the said city.

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

Signals

to be made from vessels in harbour when a
Pilot is required.

Sea Pilot.—Union Jack at the fore.
Harbour ditto—Ensign at the fore.
Day Signal.—The Union Jack
over Ensign at the main.
Police Boat { Night Signal.—Two lights
vertical at the peak, 4 feet
between each,