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being required so to do by notice in writing
under the hand of the Harbour Master, or any
Justice of the Peace, within such reasonable
time as may be mentioned for that purpose in
such notice, shall, for every such offence, forfeit
a penalty not exceeding twenty pounds, and a
further and separate penalty of twenty pounds
each and every week, or portion of a week,
after the time named in such notice, until such
vessel, boat, baulk of timber, or other bulky
article shall be removed or cleared away; and
any Justice, upon the complaint of the
Harbour Master, or any other person, may
issue his warrant for the clearing of the Har-
bour, or the removing of such vessel, boat,
baulk of timber, or other bulky article, in such
manner as such Justice shall direct, and for
causing such vessel or boat, baulk of timber, or
other bulky article, to be sold; and out of the
money arising from such sale, may pay the
charges of such clearing or removal, as the
case may be, and penalties incurred by the
refusal or neglect to remove or clear the same,
paying the surplus to the Harbour Master, to
be accounted for as fees collected by him.

31. 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 five pounds
    each day, or part of a day, during which such
    wreck shall be so left.

32. Vessels, unless specially permitted in
    writing by the Harbour Master, are prohibited
    from firing guns between the hours of sunset
    and sunrise and on the Sabbath (except in
    cases of distress), under a penalty of any sum
    not exceeding five pounds.

33. Any person removing shingle, stone,
    shells, or any part of the soil below high-water
    mark (except where the water frontage has
    been given by the New Zealand Company to
    their purchasers) without permission from the
    Harbour Master, or in the absence of the
    Harbour Master the Resident Magistrate,
    shall forfeit a sum not exceeding ten pounds.

34. No ballast, rubbish, gravel, earth, stone
    or filth, is to be thrown overboard from any
    vessel or boat, but is to be landed at any place
    the Harbour Master may direct, under a
    penalty of any sum not exceeding twenty
    pounds.

35. Any person removing, wilfully injuring
    or destroying any Buoy, Beacon, or Sea Mark,
    shall forfeit a sum of twenty pounds.

36. Any person throwing a dead animal
    into the harbour (within the limits of the
    anchorage) without attaching to it sufficient
    weight to sink it, is liable to a penalty of not
    more than twenty nor less than five shillings.

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

Pilots' License.

By virtue of the power vested in me, you
are hereby authorised and directed to act as
Pilot for the Port of Wellington, and you are
enjoined to use your best skill and knowledge
in all duties appertaining to that office, strictly
conforming to the Regulations of the Harbour
aforesaid, and obeying such orders and instruc-
tions as you may from time to time receive
from me.

Given under my hand this day of in the year
of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and
at Government House, Auck-
land, New Zealand.

SCHEDULE.

For each and every barrel or
package containing 50 lbs. of
Gunpowder and upwards, for
any period not exceeding six
weeks ........................ £0 1 0
Ditto, ditto, above six week, per
week ........................ 0 0 2

For each and every barrel or
package containing less than
50 lbs., for any period not
exceeding six weeks ............ 0 0 6
Ditto, ditto, above six weeks ... 0 0 1

Printed and Published by W. C. WILSON, for the New Zealand Government, at the Printing Office,
Shortland Crescent.