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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
for working, as regards masts, rigging, sails,
and anchors.
8. Every Pilot detained on board a vessel
longer than 24 hours, whether by stress of
weather, quarantine, or otherwise, is to be paid
8 shillings per day, in addition to the regular
pilotage.
9. Any Master who shall make a signal for
a Pilot, or cause a Pilot to be sent for to take
his vessel to sea, and shall not within 12 hours
from the time of the arrival of the Pilot on
board such vessel, proceed to sea, shall forfeit
and pay a sum at the rate of £1 per day, for
every day such Pilot may be detained on board
such vessel, in addition to the regular pilotage;
and the Pilot shall not be compellable to con-
duct such vessel to sea until such additional
payment and pilotage shall have been paid, or
satisfactorily secured.
10. Pilots, after securely anchoring any ship
or vessel at any place within the limits of the
Port, may, if such be prevented from going to
sea from stress of weather or any act of the
Master, leave such ship or vessel until she be
ready for sea.
11. The Master of every vessel (except as
hereinafter mentioned) arriving, 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 Aus-
tralasian Colonies shall be exempted 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 must
be paid.
13. All vessels under 100 tons register
trading from or to the Australasian Colonies,
shall, upon the Master proving himself to
be qualified, be furnished with a Certificate
of exemption from pilotage, but shall in
lieu thereof pay one full pilotage inwards and
outwards per annum.
14. Every Master so qualified and exempted
shall, on approaching the Port within three
leagues, hoist a white flag at the main, and
keep the same flying until past the North
Head, or forfeit full pilotage.
15. The Master of any vessel employing
other than a duly licensed Pilot, if such shall
have offered his services, shall forfeit double
the amount of pilotage. Pilots refusing or
neglecting to perform their duty shall forfeit a
sum not exceeding £20.
16. To the Master of any vessel entering the
harbour, or, in the absence of the Master, to the
principal officer on board, a copy of the Harbour
Regulations shall be delivered by the boarding
Pilot or 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 the 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 by the Harbour Master.
17. Every Master, or other officer of a ship
or vessel, to whom a copy of the Harbour Regu-
lations shall have been delivered, shall give, on
demand, an acknowledgment thereof in writing
to the Harbour Master, or other officer deliver-
ing the said copy; and any Harbour Master
failing to demand, or any Master of a ship or
vessel refusing or demand to give, such ac-
knowledgment, shall forfeit and pay a fine not
exceeding £5.
18. No waterman or other person in charge
of any boat shall go alongside, or board, or
suffer or permit any person to board, any vessel
arriving at any port from beyond sea, until
such vessel is properly secured at her anchor-
age: and any person offending against this
regulation shall forfeit and pay a sum not ex-
ceeding £5. Provided that this regulation
shall not be construed to prevent the boarding
of any such vessel by the owner or agent, or
any other person having the written permission
of the owner or agent, or by any Immigration
agent, Pilot, boarding officer, officer of Customs,
or health officer, or other person acting in the
execution of his duty.
II.—Port and Harbour.
- The Master of every vessel shall anchor
or moor where the Harbour Master or Pilot
may direct; and he shall not unmoor or quit
the anchorage until notice be given in writing
at the Harbour Master's office; and any Master
offending against this regulation shall forfeit a
sum not exceeding £5. - All vessels moored or at anchor are to
have both cables clear, and in readiness to slack
away when required, and in default thereof the
Master shall forfeit and pay a sum not exceed-
£10. - No vessel shall (except only while laying
at, or in coming to, or going from the wharf)
anchor or moor within the Dolphins and Buoys
or Moorings off the outer end of the Queen-
street Wharf, or in any other manner obstruct
the passage to and from the same, and the
master or person in charge of any vessel in-
fringing this regulation will be liable to a
penalty not exceeding £10. - All Masters or other persons in charge of
vessels are immediately to strike any yard, or
mast-top, or rig in any boom, and move or
clear hawse, when called upon by the Port
Master or Harbour Master, and are generally
to follow such directions as the state of the
weather or other circumstances may render
necessary or expedient in the judgment of the
Port Master, or Harbour Master, for the safety
and interest of the Shipping; and in default
thereof shall forfeit and pay any sum not ex-
ceeding £10. - All vessels, when it is so ordered by the
Harbour Master or Pilot, are 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, and in
default thereof the Master shall forfeit and pay
a sum not exceeding £10. - No vessel shall be unmoored on Sunday
from her anchorage, or from her berth along-
side any Quay or Wharf, except the state of
the weather or the safety of the vessel renders
it necessary, without the express permission in
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Regulations for Pilots and Pilotage for the Port and Harbour of Auckland (Clauses 8-18)
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🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works21 February 1861
Pilot detention pay, vessel departure penalties, pilotage exemption, Australasian Colonies, Harbour Regulations acknowledgment
🏗️ Port and Harbour Regulations: Anchoring, Mooring, and Vessel Movement
🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works21 February 1861
Anchoring direction, cable readiness, wharf passage obstruction, striking yards, hoisting lights, Port Master directions
NZ Gazette 1861, No 9