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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
shall not apply to gunpowder in such quantity
as may be sufficient only for and be on board
as ships' stores, but in no case to exceed the
weight of 50 lbs.
48. Nothing contained in these Regu'ations
shall be deemed to apply to any ship, boat,
or gunpowder, the property of Her Majesty,
nor to any ship of war of any foreign nation,
nor to any gunpowder in charge of the
Government of the Colony.

General Directions.
All masters of vessels are requested to
heave the lead constantly when crossing the
bar or passing through the channels at the
entrance of the Harbour, in order that any
change in the soundings may be noted, and
any such change must be reported to the
Harbour Master as soon as practicable.
All persons navigating vessels are to ob-
serve the following established nautical rules:
Sailing vessels having the wind fair are to
give way to vessels on a wind.
When two vessels are going by the wind
the vessel on the starboard tack shall keep
her wind, and the vessel on the port tack
shall bear up, thereby passing each other on
the port hand.
When two vessels have the wind free or
abeam and meet, they shalf pass each other
on the port hand, the helm of each being
put to port.
Steam vessels when passing or near other
vessels are always to be considered as vessels
navigating with a fair wind, and as far as
practicable, due regard must be paid to the
tides, and the dangers and position of each
vessel, but the law is to pass on the port hand.
Note. The third part of the Act of the
Imperial Parliament, "The Merchant Ship-
ping Act, 1854," has been brought into
operation in New Zealand, so far as the same
is applicable.

Signals
to be made from vessels in harbour when
required as under :-
Sea Pilot.-Union Jack at the fore.
Harbour Master.-Ensign at the fore.
Day Signal. The Union Jack
over Ensign at the main.
Police Boat Night Signal.-Twolights ver-
tical at the peak, six feet
between each.
Custom House Boat.-Union Jack at the
peak.
Medical Assistance.-Union Jack over
Ensign at the peak.

When vessels are seen approaching or
leaving the Harbour, the following signals
will be hoisted at the Pilot Station (Para-
tutai) for their guidance; and the master of
every vessel entering or leaving the Harbour
is requested to answer the signals by hoisting
and dipping the Ensign where best seen at
the Pilot Station.
Direction from the Nine Pin Rock.-
The dangers are plainly seen on both sides of
the channel, except at high water, during a
long continuation of fine Easterly weather.
Put when a vessel is in the vicinity of the
Signal Station she will be boarded by a Pilot,
except such vessel be exempt by law from
paying Pilotage, and has flown the exemption
flag according to the rules.
High water at the Heads on the full and
change of the moon, about 10, a.m., and rises
from 12 to 14 feet at spring tides. The flood
comes from the Northward, setting along
shore at the rate of about two miles per
hour. But when it comes in contact with
the banks at the entrance of the Harbour it
treads fair in the channels, increasing its rate
from three to five miles per hour. Anchorage
may be had about the Banks in moderate
weather, observing to keep clear of the eddy
tides about the swatchways. The ebb sets
fair out in mid-channel, tending Northward
on the North side, and Southward through
the swatchways about the middle banks.

Remarks.
The signals given in the New Zealand
Pilot, (published by order of the Lords
Commissioners of the Admiralty, dated 1856,)
have been found so defective with the
prevailing winds and weather about this
Harbour, that it has been considered necessary
to resort to a new Code which is now
established. The outer South Bank has
worked Northward of a point in the
bearing from Paratutai, and part of the
outer North Bank has cleared away since it
was surveyed by Commander Byron Drury
of H.M. surveying vessel "Pandora," 1853.
The directions for crossing the Bar given in
that survey will lead over shallow and
dangerous ground. The depth of 3\u00bd fathoms
is still obtained on the Bar at low water, but
the Channel on the Bar has become somewhat
narrower.

No. 1.
One square at mast-head
denotes,-ebb tide.

No. 2.
Two squares up and down
the mast denotes,-flood tide
has made.

No. 3.
Three squares up and down
the mast denotes, -- wait for
nigh water.