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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. 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.

  10. 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.

  11. 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.

  12. 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.

  13. 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.

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  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 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.

  3. 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.

  4. Any person removing, wilfully injuring,
    or destroying, any buoy, beacon, or sea mark
    hall forfeit the sum of twenty pounds.

  5. 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.

  6. 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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VUW Te Waharoa PDF NZ Gazette 1861, No 29





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🏘️ Order in Council making Harbour Regulations for the Port and Harbour of Picton (Continued) (continued from previous page)

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
3 June 1861
Harbour Regulations, Picton, Pilotage fees, Penalties, Buoys, Ballast, Vessel management