β¨ Harbour Regulations Continuation
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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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When it is required to move a vessel
from one inside anchorage to another not be-
ing at first entrance, or for the purpose of
final departure, the Harbour Master shall be
entitled to a fee of Β£1. -
The Master of any vessel who shall
make a signal for a Pilot to take his vessel to
sea, and shall not proceed to sea within six
hours of the arrival of the Pilot on board such
vessel, shall forfeit and pay such pilot a sum at
the rate of Β£1 per day for every day such
Pilot may be detained on board or otherwise,
in addition to the regular pilotage, and the
pilot shall not be compelled to take such vessel
to sea, until such forfeiture shall he paid. -
Masters of vessels neglecting to heave-
to, to take the Pilot on board, or refusing to
accept his services when offered, shall be liable
to double the amount of pilotage. -
The Harbour Master while removing
any vessel from one anchorage to another may
make her fast to any other vessel, or to any
warp, or wharf, and any person resisting the
same, or cutting away, or casting off the warp
or fastening, shall be liable to a penalty of
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 of
ten pounds. -
All vessels 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 balasted, it will be at the option of
the Harbour master to remove her out clear of
the shipping, to make room for vessels requir-
ing berths to unload. -
No person shall interfere with the Har-
bour-master or any Pilot in the execution of
his duty, resist, obstruct, or impede him in the
performance thereof, under a penalty not ex-
ceeding ten pounds. -
All Pilots are required to obey the
lawful commands of the Harbour-master, and
any Pilot not so doing shall forfeit a sum not
exceeding five pounds, and be suspended from
his duties until the Governor's commands are
known. -
Should the Harbour-Master think it
necessary to supersede any Pilot in charge of
any vessel either inward or outward bound,
he shall have the option of doing so, and may
appoint any other duly licensed pilot to take
charge of the vessel he may think fit. -
The master of every vessel (except as
hereinafter mentioned) arriving 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 Co-
lonies, shall be exempt 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 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.
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Every master so qualified and exempt,
shall on approaching the harbour within two
leagues hoist a red 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 ex-
ceeding 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 delivered
by the Harbour-Master: provided however 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 vessel, 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.
Harbours.
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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 any landing
place, under a penalty of any sum not exceed-
ing five pounds; and any such timber or
articles still remaining on any public wharf
or landing place, seven days after due notice
has been given by the Harbour-Master, shall be
removed by him at the owner's expense. -
No ballast, rubbish, gravel, earth, stone,
filth or glass, is to be thrown overboard from
any vessel or boat, or otherwise, but is to be
landed at any place the Harbour-Master may
direct, under a penalty of any sum not exceed-
ing twenty pounds. -
Any person removing, wilfully injuring,
or destroying, any buoy, beacon, or sea mark
hall forfeit the sum of twenty pounds. -
Any person making fast any vessel or
boat to any buoy, beacon, or sea mark, without
the sanction of the Harbour-Master shall forfeit
any sum not exceeding five pounds. -
Any person throwing a dead animal
into the harbour (within the limits of the an-
chorage) without attaching to it sufficient
weight to sink it, is liable to a penalty of not
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Order in Council making Harbour Regulations for the Port and Harbour of Picton (Continued)
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ποΈ Provincial & Local Government3 June 1861
Harbour Regulations, Picton, Pilotage fees, Penalties, Buoys, Ballast, Vessel management
NZ Gazette 1861, No 29