New Zealand Gazette – 1860 – No. 15

Page 83

✨ Quarantine Regulations Proclamation



Numb. 15.

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The New Zealand Gazette.

Published by Authority.

FRIDAY, MAY 11, 1860.

AT THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE AT AUCKLAND,
THE SEVENTH DAY OF MAY, 1860.
Present:—
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR,
MR. WHITAKER. MR. TANCRED.

WHEREAS by the Harbor Regulations
Ordinance, No. 15, of Session 2, it is
enacted that it shall be lawful for the Go-
vernor in Council from time to time to make
all such Regulations respecting the placing of
Vessels in Quarantine, and the performance of
such Quarantine as may seem meet, and to
appoint all such Officers, as may be necessary
for the purpose of carrying such Regulations
into effect.

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Gover-
nor, by and with the advice and consent of
His Executive Council, doth hereby make
the following Quarantine Regulations for the
several Ports and Harbours in the Colony of
New Zealand; and doth declare that the
same shall be in force from and after the 1st
day of Inne next.

F. G. STEWARD,
Clerk of Executive Council.

QUARANTINE REGULATIONS.

  1. The Master of every Vessel arriving at any
    Harbor, which shall be deemed by the Har-
    bour Master, to be liable to Quarantine, shall,
    on being directed so to do by the Harbour
    Master, cause the same to be anchored in the
    Quarantine Ground appointed for the Harbor,
    or forfeit and pay for every such offence the
    sum of One Hundred Pounds.

  2. The Master of every Vessel so anchored,
    shall neither himself quit, nor permit any
    Seaman, Passenger, or other person to quit
    the same, until he shall have been duly ad-
    mitted to pratique, or forfeit the sum of One
    Hundred Pounds.

  3. Every Seaman, Passenger, or other
    Person so quitting, shall for every such offence
    forfeit the sum of Twenty Pounds.

  4. Every Vessel so anchored is to hoist a
    yellow flag, of not less than six breadths of
    bunting at the main by day, and a light by
    night in a lanthorn, such as is used in Her
    Majesty's Navy; and to keep the same res-
    pectively hoisted uutil released from Quarantine,
    or forfeit the sum of Twenty Pounds.

  5. The Master of every Vesssl so anchored
    is to deliver to the Harbour Master, or other
    authorised person, his Bill of Health, Mani-
    fest, Log Book, and Journal, and he is to fill
    up a Report in the manner pointed out in the
    Schedule A annexed.

  6. The Master of every Vessel so anchored
    who shall suffer any Goods, Wares or Mer-
    chandise, Packets, Books, Letters or other
    Articles, to be unshipped or landed, and any
    person or persons who shall be concerned in
    the unshipping or landing of the same, shall
    forfeit for each and every Article so unshipped
    or landed, the sum of Twenty Pounds.

  7. Every person or persons who shall
    knowingly receive any Goods, Wares, or
    Merchandise, Packets, Package, Baggage,
    Books, or Letters, or any other Article what-



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🏛️ Proclamation of Quarantine Regulations for New Zealand Ports and Harbours

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
7 May 1860
Quarantine, Harbor Regulations, Vessels, Penalties, Harbour Master, Governor in Council
  • His Excellency the Governor
  • Mr. Whitaker
  • Mr. Tancred
  • F. G. Steward, Clerk of Executive Council