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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

and are generally to follow such directions
as the state of the weather, the crowded con-
dition of the Port or River, or other circum-
stances may render necessary or expedient in
the judgment of the Harbour Master, with a
view to the safety and interest of the whole
shipping, under a penalty not exceeding ten
pounds.

8. All Masters of Vessels exceeding one
   hundred tons burthen lying in the Harbour
   shall cause a sufficient guard or watch to be
   kept on deck both by day and night, of one
   man if the vessel is under three hundred tons,
   and of two men if over three hundred tons
   burthen; all other descriptions of deck vessels
   must have at least one man on board by day
   and by night, under a penalty not exceeding
   five pounds.

9. In the event of an alarm of fire in the
   Harbour, each vessel in the Harbour
   shall send to where the fire is, her
   buckets, axes, mauls, and whatever else she
   may have on board that may be useful in
   such cases, also as many men to assist in ex-
   tinguishing the fire as can be spared, such
   men and means to be under the command of
   one of the Officers of the vessel to which they
   belong, and to be placed at the disposition of
   the Harbour Master whose lawful order they
   shall be bound to execute, under a penalty
   not exceeding five pounds.

10. Smoking vessels in the Harbour for
    destruction of vermin is prohibited, without
    permission from the Harbour Master, under
    whose inspection, or that of some other person
    duly authorised by him in that behalf, the
    operation is to be performed, and after proper
    precautions have been taken for the extinction
    of fire in the event of accident; and any per-
    son who shall offend against this regulation
    shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding
    twenty pounds.

11. No pitch, tar, resin, or other combustible
    matter shall be lighted or heated on
    board any vessel or boat whilst lying alongside
    or near any wharf or vessel in the Har-
    bour; and any person who shall offend
    against this regulation shall be liable to a
    penalty not exceeding twenty pounds.

12. Any anchor or kedge slipped, parted,
    or cut from, if not weighed within twenty-four
    hours, may be weighed by order of the
    Harbour Master, at the risk and expense of
    the owner; and when no buoy has been at-
    tached the anchor or kedge shall be forfeited.

13. No wreck is to be left standing in any
    part of the Harbour, but must be conveyed
    on shore above high water mark; and any
    wreck so left after notice given by the Har-
    bour Master, for the removal of such wreck,
    may be removed by order of the Harbour
    Master, at the risk and expense of the owner,
    who shall be further liable to a penalty not
    exceeding twenty pounds.

14. The owner or part owner in, or the
    commander of any vessel or boat, which has
    been sunk, stranded, or run on shore; or the
    owner of any baulk of timber, or other bulky
    article which is in the water, who does not
    clear the Harbour of such vessel or boat, or
    remove such baulk of timber, or other bulky
    article, upon being required so to do, by no-
    tice in writing under the hand of the Har-
    bour Master or any Justice of the Peace,
    within such reasonable time as may be men-
    tioned for the purpose in such notice, shall
    for every such offence be liable to a penalty
    not exceeding ten pounds, and any Justice
    upon the complaint of the Harbour Master,
    or any other person, may issue his warrant
    for the clearing of the Harbour or removing
    of such vessel, boat, baulk of timber, or other
    bulky article, in such manner as such Justice
    shall direct, and for causing such vessel or
    boat, baulk of timber, or other bulky article
    to be sold, and out of the money arising from
    such sale, may pay the charges of such clear-
    ing or removal, as the case may be, paying
    the surplus to the Harbour Master to be ac-
    counted for as fees collected by him.

15. Any person wilfully removing, wilfully
    injuring or destroying any buoy, beacon, or
    sea-mark, is guilty of felony. (Marine Board
    Act, Sec. 71.)

16. Any person drowning any animal in
    or throwing a dead animal into the Harbour,
    or placing any dead animal below high water
    mark, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding
    five pounds, and to an additional penalty
    of one pound per day during which any such
    animal remains in the Harbour, or below
    high water mark, or unburied on the beach
    above high water mark; provided that no
    such penalty shall together exceed the sum of
    twenty pounds.

17. To the Master of every vessel, 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 or
    other officer, 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 shil-
    lings and sixpence, to be accounted for 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 delivered, shall
    give on demand an acknowledgment thereof
    to the Pilot or other officer delivering the said
    copy, and any Pilot failing to demand, and
    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.

19. It shall be competent at any time for
    the Harbour Master, or a person deputed by
    him, to order any ship, lighter, boat, or tim-
    ber to be removed from any berth alongside
    any wharf or anchorage, from or to any part
    of the harbour, whenever such removal shall,
    in his opinion, for the general accommodation
    of the shipping, be proper. And any per-
    son, who shall fail to obey such order or
    otherwise offend against this regulation, shall