✨ Harbour Regulations
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The New Zealand Gazette.
Published by Authority.
TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 1861.
ORDER IN COUNCIL
Making Harbour Regulations for the
Harbour of Picton.
AT THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE AT AUCKLAND,
THIS 3RD DAY OF JUNL, 1861.
Present:—
His Excellency the Governor, in Council.
WHEREAS by the "Harbor Regula-
tions Ordinance," No. 15 of Session
2, it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the
Governor in Council from time to time, to
make all such Regulations respecting Pilots
and Pilotage, Quarantine, and Harbors as in
the said Ordinance provided.
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor,
by and with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council of New Zealand, doth
hereby make the following Regulations for
the Port and Harbor of Picton.
F. G. STEWARD,
Clerk of Council.
PORT AND HARBOR OF PICTΟΝ.
HARBOR REGULATIONS.
Pilots and Masters of Vessels.
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No person shall be deemed a Pilot unless
he be duly licensed by His Excellency the
Governor. -
All persons so licensed shall be provided
with a license according to the form hereunto
annexed. -
Every Pilot shall carry his license with
him, and shall produce it to the master of any
ship or vessel on its being demanded, or forfeit
a sum not exceeding forty shillings. -
The rates of pilotage into or out of the
Port of Picton, from or to the distance of one
mile from the Island of Motuara, at the North
entrance, and one mile from the Heads at the
Tory Channel entrance, are as follows, viz.:—
Vessels of 100 tons and under, £2 10s.
Every ton above, to 300, 3d. extra.
Every ton above 300, 2d. extra,
but no pilotage is to be chargeable on any
vessel engaged in the coasting trade, unless
the assistance of a Pilot be required by the
master of the vessel. -
The master of every vessel requiring a
Pilot to conduct her to sea, must make an ap-
plication at least twenty-four hours previously
at the office of the Harbour Master. -
Pilots are not bound to conduct any
vessel to sea until the pilotage has been paid,
or satisfactorily secured at the Harbour-office. -
Every Pilot detained on board a vessel
longer than forty-eight hours, whether by
stress of weather, quarantine, or otherwise, is
to be paid ten shillings per day, in addition to
the regular pilotage. -
Pilots on being appointed to outward
bound vessels, before taking charge, are to
ascertain that their decks are clear, and that
they are sufficiently manned and in a proper
state for working, as regards masts, rigging,
sails, and anchors. -
Pilots refusing or neglecting their duty
are to forfeit a sum not exceeding Twenty
pounds. -
The master of every vessel shall anchor
when the Harbour Master 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
ten pounds.
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NZ Gazette 1861, No 29
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🏘️ Order in Council making Harbour Regulations for the Port and Harbour of Picton.
🏘️ Provincial & Local Government3 June 1861
Harbour Regulations, Picton, Pilots, Pilotage rates, Anchorage, Vessel requirements
- F. G. Steward, Clerk of Council