THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 143

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

Regulations for the Harbour of Akaroa.

AT THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE, AT AUCKLAND, THE SEVENTH DAY OF APRIL,
ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND
SIXTY-TWO.

Present:

His Excellency THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the Harbour Regulations
Ordinance, No. 15 of Sess. 2, it is
enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council from time to time to make
all such Regulations respecting Pilots and
Pilotage, Quarantine and Harbours, as in the
said Ordinance provided.

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of
his Executive Council, doth hereby make the
following Regulations for the Port and Har-
bour of Akaroa.

FORSTER GORING,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

HARBOUR REGULATIONS
FOR THE
PORT OF AKAROA.

Pilot and Masters of Vessels.

1. No person shall be deemed a Pilot unless
   he be duly licensed by his Excellency the
   Governor.
2. All persons so licensed shall be provided
   with a license according to the form hereto
   annexed.
3. 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.
4. The Master of any vessel employing any
   other than a duly licensed Pilot, if such shall
   have offered his services, shall forfeit double
   the amount of pilotage.
5. The master of any vessel requiring a
   Pilot to conduct her to sea must make an ap-
   plication at the Harbour Master's office, 24
   hours previously to sailing.
6. The rate of pilotage into or out of the
   Port of Akaroa, from or to the distance of one
   league from the pilot station are as follows:—
   Vessels under 200 tons 4d. per ton register.
   " 200 to 300 tons 3 1/2d.
   " 300 to 400 tons 3d.
   " 400 to 600 tons 2 1/2d.
   " 600 & upwards 2d.
   —And 1d. per ton upon each occasion that a
   vessel is shifted from one part of the harbour to
   another.
7. Pilots are not bound to conduct any
   vessel to sea until payment of the pilotage has
   been satisfactorily secured.
8. Pilots on being appointed to outward
   bound vessels, before taking charge, are to
   ascertain that their decks are clear, and that
   they are sufficiently manned, and in a proper
   state for working as regards masts, rigging,
   sails, anchors, and boats.
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 pay
   the sum at the rate of one pound per day such
   Pilot may be detained on board
   such vessel, in addition to the regular pilotage,
   and the pilot shall not be compelled to conduct
   such vessel to sea until such additional pay-
   ment and pilotage shall have been paid or
   satisfactorily secured.
10. Every Pilot detained on board a vessel
    longer than 48 hours, whether by stress of
    weather, quarantine, or otherwise, is to be paid
    eight shillings per day in addition to the re-
    gular pilotage.
11. Pilots refusing or neglecting their duty
    shall forfeit a sum not exceeding twenty pounds.
12. The Master of every vessel (except as
    hereinafter mentioned) arriving from beyond
    seas, and not being a coasting vessel, shall pay
    the full amount of pilotage, whether taking a
    pilot or not.
13. All vessels trading to or from the neigh-
    bouring colonies shall be exempted, from taking
    a Pilot, upon paying half the usual rate of
    pilotage whatever that may be; if a Pilot is
    taken, however, full pilotage is to be paid.
14. All vessels under 100 tons trading from
    or 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 pi-
    lotage inwards and outwards per annum.
15. Every Master so qualified and not re-
    quiring a Pilot shall, on approaching the harbour
    within two leagues, hoist a white flag at the
    main, or forfeit a sum not exceeding full pilot-
    age.
16. Every Master of every ship or vessel
    required to take a Pilot shall be furnished
    with a copy of the Harbour Regulations on
    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 exceeding five pounds.
17. To the Master of every vessel not
    required 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
    furnished by the Harbour Master provided
    however that it shall not be necessary in any
    case to issue a second Copy of the Regulations
    unless demanded by such Master or
    Officer, in which case only on the payment of a
    fee of 2s. 6d. to be accounted for amongst the
    Fees taken by the Harbour Master.
18. Every Master or other Officer of a ship
    or vessel to whom a copy of the Harbour
    Regulations shall have been handed shall give
    an acknowledgment thereof to the
    Pilot or Officer delivering such copy and any
    failing to demand or any Master of a