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Point and Eden Street in Mechanics' Bay; and
any person who shall offend against this regu-
lation shall forfeit and pay for every such
offence any sum not exceeding £20.
30. No boat or vessel of any kind shall take
or have on board (except only while passing)
any Gunpowder within the usual anchorage of
ground, (that is to say within that portion of
the port of Auckland, which is situate between
a line drawn on the East side from the point on
which St. Barnabas' Church stands, to the
Flagstaff on Mount Victoria, and on the West
side from the point on the Western side of
Freemans' Bay to Stokes' point); and the
Master or person in charge of any boat or
vessel taking or having gunpowder on board,
contrary so the provisions of this regulation,
shall for every such offence forfeit and pay any
sum not exceeding £20.
31. The foregoing regulation No. 30 shall
not apply to Gunpowder in such quantity he
as may be sufficient only for and be on board
as ship's stores, provided that such stores shall
in no case exceed 50lbs. in weight, nor to
vessels or boats in the act of landing Gun-
powder within the limits specified in the fore-
going regulation, No. 29.
32. The Master of any vessel arriving with
Gunpowder on board, exceeding the said quan-
tity necessary as ship's stores, shall hoist the
signal thereof at the main, and shall land such
powder at the Powder Magazine before an-
choring at the usual anchorage ground, and the
Master or person in charge of any vessel so
anchoring before such powder shall have beer
so landed, shall forfeit and pay a sum not ex-
ceeding £20.
33. No Gunpowder will be either received
or issued by the keeper of the Magazine except
between the hours of 7 in the morning and 5
in the afternoon.
34. The Master of any vessel shall cause all
Gunpowder to be conveyed to the Magazine
immediately after is being landed, or forfeit a
sum not exceeding £10.
35. All Gunpowder so landed must be
packed in barrels containing not more than 1
cwt. each, closely joined and hooped, without
any iron about the packages, so secured that
no portion of the Gunpowder be in danger of
being scattered in the passage, under a penalty
of any sum not exceeding £10.
36. Nothing contained in these Regulations
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.
AT THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE, AT AUCKLAND,
THE 21ST DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1861.
Present,-
His Excellency the Governor,
The Attorney General, Mr. Tancred.
The Colonial Treasurer
W HEREAS by the Harbour Regulations
Ordinance, No. 16 of Session 2, it is
enacted that it shall be lawful for the to the
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Governor in Council from time to time to
make all such Regulations respecting Pilots
and Pilotage, Quarantire and Harbours, as
in the said Ordinance provided:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Go-
vernor, by and with the advice and consent
of the Executive Council of New Zealand,
doth hereby make the following Regulations
for the Ports and Harbours in the Province
of Otago.
F. G. STEWARD.
REGULATIONS
FOR THE
PORTS AND HARBOURS OF OTAGO.
Pilots and Masters of Vessels.
- 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 fol-
lowing:
Pilot's Licence.
By virtue of the power vested in me, you
are hereby authorised and directed to act as
Pilot for the Port of
, and you are
enjoined to use your best skill and knowledge
in all matters appertaining to that office
strictly conforming to the Regulations of the
Harbour aforesaid, and obeying such orders
and instructions as you may from time to time
receive from me.
Given under my hand this day
of 18 , at the Govern-
ment House at Auckland, New
Zealand.
- 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 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 are not bound to conduct any ves-
sel to sea until the payment of pilotage has
been satisfactorily secured. - Every pilot detained on board a vessel
longer than forty-eight hours, whether by
stress of weather, quarantine, or otherwise, is
to be paid eight shillings per day in addition
to the regular pilotage. - The Master of any vessel requiring a
Pilot to conduct her to sea, must make an
application in writing, at least twenty-four
hours previously, at the office of the Harbour
Master. - Any Master who shall make such appli-
cation for a Pilot to take his vessel to sea, and
shall not, within twelve hours after the arrival
of the Pilot on board such vessel, proceed to sea,
shall forfeit and pay a sum at the rate of one
pound 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
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Gunpowder, vessel conduct, penalties, Auckland port limits, magazine storage
🏗️ Proclamation and Regulations for the Ports and Harbours of Otago
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Otago, Harbour Regulations, Pilots, Pilotage, Governor in Council, Masters of Vessels
- His Excellency the Governor
- Mr. Tancred, The Attorney General
- The Colonial Treasurer
- F. G. Steward
NZ Gazette 1861, No 9