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be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten
pounds.
20. No vessel, not being a mail steamer,
shall be unmoored on Sunday from her
anchorage, or from her berth alongside any
wharf or jetty, and no work is to be done
on board any vessel in Harbour on Sundays
(except such as may be necessary for the
cleanliness and safety of the vessel) without
the express permission in writing of the Har-
bour Master, under a penalty not exceeding
ten pounds.
21. Any person without due authority re-
sisting, impeding, or obstructing the Harbour
Master, Pilot, or person deputed by either of
them, in the execution of his duty, or using
threatening or abusive language to them, or
any of them, is liable to a penalty of £50.
(Marine Board Act, Sec. 66.)

Wharves and Jetties.

22. The time allowed vessels to occupy
    berths at quays, for the purpose of discharg-
    ing cargo, shall be (exclusive of Sundays and
    holidays, and the day or removal):—
    For ships under 100 tons ........2 days.
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    from 100 to 150 tons...4
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    150 200 ...5
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    "200"250 ...6
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    "250 "300 ...7
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    And so on at the rate of two days for every
    additional hundred tons register.
23. Ships discharging cargo at outside
    berths to be allowed two days for one of the
    foregoing scale.
24. Cargo may be discharged from any ship
    lying outside, over and across the deck of any
    ship lying alongside of any quay. Vessels
    taking in cargo to have an unoccupied berth,
    which is to be given up when required for
    other purposes by the Harbour Master.
25. All goods landed on any wharf or jetty
    are to be so placed as to keep the mooring
    posts or rings free, and allow a clear passage
    of at least eight feet from the edge of the
    wharf nearest the vessel, upon which space
    no goods are allowed to remain, under a
    penalty not exceeding five pounds.
26. Any vessel whose time at a discharging
    berth has expired, or which the officer or
    Harbour Master considers it necessary to re-
    move, and on board of which there shall not be
    sufficient men or ballast, or the requisite tackle,
    to enable her to be removed therefrom, may be
    removed by the Port Officer or Harbour Master
    at the expense of the owner.
27. No timber or any other article shall be
    left on any public jetty, wharf or landing-place,
    or the approach thereto, for a longer period
    than six hours, and any person offending against
    this regulation shall incur a penalty not exceed-
    ing ten pounds; and it shall be lawful for the
    Harbour Master, when in his opinion the pub-
    lic convenience requires it, at any time, during
    or after the expiry of such period, to cause such
    timber or other article immediately to be re-
    moved from any such jetty, wharf, or landing
    place, or approach thereto, to any place he may
    think proper, at the expense and risk of the
    owner, or his agent, or the person in charge of
    such timber or other article.

Ballast.

28. No rubbish or filth is to be landed on
    any lands belonging to the Crown, except in
    such places as the Harbour Master may point
    out, and any person offending against this re-
    gulation shall incur a penalty not exceeding
    five pounds.
29. No ballast, rubbish, gravel, earth, stone,
    or filth, is to be thrown overboard from any
    vessel or boat, but is to be landed at any place the
    Harbour Master may direct, and any person
    offending against this regulation shall incur a
    penalty not exceeding twenty pounds.
30. Any person removing shingle, stone, or
    any part of the soil below high water mark,
    without permission from the Harbour Master,
    or in the absence of the Harbour Master a
    Resident Magistrate, shall forfeit a sum not
    exceeding ten pounds.
31. Proper tarpaulins are to be used in
    discharging or taking in ballast, coals, rub-
    bish, gravel, earth, or filth, so as effectually to
    prevent any part thereof falling overboard,
    and no ballast is to be taken on board or dis-
    charged from any vessel after dusk, under a
    penalty not exceeding five pounds.
32. All vessels carrying ballast for shipping
    shall be decked, and not less than twelve tons
    burthen, and shall have the stem and stern
    post of such vessel marked with a plate of iron
    in inches, shewing its tonnage, according to the
    draught of water when laden, such marks and
    corresponding draughts of water to be endorsed
    upon their license, which is to be produced
    when asked for, under a penalty not exceeding
    ten pounds.

Lighters and Boats.

33. No lighter or boat when detained shall
    anchor in the channel between Acheron Head
    and the Quarantine Island, nor in the middle
    of any fair-way, but shall anchor within the
    Bays, abreast of the aforesaid channel, and close
    over on either side of any Fair-way, under a
    penalty not exceeding five pounds.
34. No boats whatever are to be made fast
    to any steps or landing place, or to lay longer
    than required for landing their passengers,
    under a penalty not exceeding five pounds.
35. The Harbour Master or other compe-
    tent authority is empowered to take such means,
    and to give such orders and direction, as he
    may deem necessary, for the purpose of pre-
    venting risk, or accident, confusion or over-
    crowding of boats alongside of vessels or land-
    ing places, and any person wilfully disobeying
    any orders so given as aforesaid, shall be liable
    to a penalty not exceeding five pounds.

Rules to be observed by vessels passing
each other.

36. Whenever any vessel proceeding in one
    direction meets a vessel proceeding in another
    direction, and the Master or other person hav-
    ing charge of either such vessel, perceives that
    if both vessels continue their respective courses
    they will pass so near as to involve a risk of