✨ Harbour Regulations Text




202 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

  1. Pilots refusing or neglecting their duty
    are to forfeit a sum not exceeding twenty pounds.

  2. The Master of every Vessel (except as
    hereinafter mentioned) arriving from beyond
    seas, and not being a Coasting Vessel, shall
    pay the full amount of pilotage whether taking
    a Pilot or not.

  3. All Vessels trading to or from the
    neighbouring Colonies, shall be exempted
    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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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 Harbour 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.

  8. 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.

  9. 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.

  10. 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.

  11. All Vessels are 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.

  12. After a Vessel has been unloaded and
    properly ballasted, it will be at the option of
    the Harbour Master to remove her out clear of
    the shipping, to make room for Vessels re-
    quiring berths to unload.

  13. 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.

  1. 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 anchorage grounds, or forfeit a sum not
    exceeding twenty pounds.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

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

The Harbour.

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. Any person obstructing or impeding the
    navigation of any channel, river, inlet, or creek,
    or obstructing any public landing place, by
    placing a vessel, cable, boat, warp, or other
    article in the way, shall be liable to a penalty
    not exceeding ten pounds; and, in case any
    person causing such obstruction or impediment
    will not remove, or cause to be removed, the
    same, when ordered by the Harbour Master or
    Pilot, the Harbour Master or Pilot may cast
    off or cut such obstruction.

  4. The owner, or part owner, or the com-
    mander of any vessel or boat, which has been
    sunk, stranded, or run on shore, or the owner
    of any baulk of timber, or other bulky article
    which is in the water, who does not clear the
    harbour of such vessel or boat, or remove such
    baulk of timber or other bulky article upon



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF NZ Gazette 1860, No 37





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πŸ—οΈ Continuation of Harbour Regulations for Pilots and Pilotage at Port Wellington (continued from previous page)

πŸ—οΈ Infrastructure & Public Works
5 December 1858
Pilot duties, Vessel requirements, Fines, Gunpowder handling, Harbour rules, Penalties