β¨ Harbour Regulations Text
202 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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Pilots refusing or neglecting their duty
are to forfeit a sum not exceeding twenty pounds. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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.
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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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
Previous to the delivery of any Gun-
powder so stored, fees as per Schedule shall
be first paid.
The Harbour.
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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. -
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. -
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. -
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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Continuation of Harbour Regulations for Pilots and Pilotage at Port Wellington
(continued from previous page)
ποΈ Infrastructure & Public Works5 December 1858
Pilot duties, Vessel requirements, Fines, Gunpowder handling, Harbour rules, Penalties
NZ Gazette 1860, No 37