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called upon by the harbour-master, or person deputed
by him, and are generally to follow such direc-
tions as the weather, the crowded condition of the
Port, or other circumstances may render necessary
or expedient in the judgment of the harbour-master
with a view to the safety and interest of the whole
shipping.

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, under a penalty
    of Five Pounds, to be paid by any person landing
    such rubbish or filth.

29. No ballast, rubbish, gravel, earth, stones,
    earthenware, glass, or filth is to be thrown overboard
    from any vessel or boat, but is to be landed and
    placed where the harbour-master may direct; and
    no gravel, earth, stones, earthenware, glass-bottles,
    filth, or rubbish, is to be placed by any other means
    at any place below the high water mark within the
    harbour; and proper tarpaulins are to be used in
    discharging or taking in ballast, coals, rubbish, gravel,
    earth, or filth of any kind, so as to prevent any part
    thereof falling into the harbour; and any person
    who shall offend against any of the provisions of
    this Regulation, shall be liable to a penalty not ex-
    ceeding Twenty Pounds.

30. No pitch, tar, resin, or other combustible mat-
    ter shall be lighted or heated on board of any vessel
    or boat while lying alongside or near any vessel in
    the harbour; and any person who shall offend against
    this Regulation, shall be liable to a penalty not ex-
    ceeding Twenty Pounds.

31. No wreck is to be left in any part of the
    harbour, but must be conveyed on shore above high
    water mark; and if any wreck is so left, the owner
    thereof shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding
    Twenty Pounds.

32. Any person throwing a dead animal into the
    harbour, or placing any dead animal below high
    water mark, within the limits of the anchorage, shall
    be liable to a penalty not exceeding Five Pounds,
    and an additional penalty of One Pound for every
    day during which any such animal remains in the
    harbour, or below high water mark, or buried on the
    beach above high water mark. Provided that no
    such penalty and additional penalty shall together
    exceed the sum of Twenty Pounds.

33. No ballast, shingle, stone, or shells, or any
    part of the soil shall be removed from any land of
    the Crown without the permission of the harbour-
    master, under a penalty of Five Pounds.

Gunpowder.

34. The Master of every vessel arriving with gun-
    powder on board exceeding the quantity necessary
    as ship's stores, shall give immediate notice thereof
    to the pilot on his boarding the vessel, and if none,
    to the harbour-master, and shall land the same at
    the powder magazine before anchoring at the usual
    anchorage ground.

35. No gunpowder is to be either received or
    issued by the keeper of the magazine, except between
    the hours of seven in the morning and five in the
    afternoon.

36. The master of every vessel shall cause all
    gunpowder to be conveyed to the magazine immedi-
    ately after its being landed, or forfeit a sum not
    exceeding Ten Pounds.

37. All gunpowder so landed must be packed in
    barrels, containing not more than one-hundred weight,
    closely joined and hooped, without any iron about
    the packages, and so secured that no portion of the
    gunpowder be in danger of being scattered in the
    passage; and any person offending against this regu-
    lation shall incur a penalty of any sum not exceeding
    Ten Pounds.

38. All boats used for the conveyance of gun-
    powder to or from vessels, are to be provided with
    tarpaulins, and to be properly housed over, and to
    have a red flag flying when powder is on board.

39. No fire or light is to be burning on board of any
    vessel or boat during the time gunpowder is being
    discharged from, or taken on board of, such vessel or
    boat.

Mail Vessels.

40. All vessels having mails on board for the Pro-
    vince of Canterbury are, on approaching the anchor-
    age, to hoist a white flag at the foremast head, which
    flag must be kept up until the mails are taken out of
    the vessel.

Steamers.

41. Every steam-vessel, when navigating any
    narrow channel, shall, whenever it is safe and
    practicable, keep to that side of the fairway, or mid-
    channel, which lies on the starboard side of such
    steam-ship.

42. Steamers, when steering the same course in-
    side the bar or entrance of any river or harbour, or
    in any narrow channel, either with or without vessels
    in tow, and are overtaking the other, the vessel
    gained upon is to slack her speed until the other has
    passed her.

43. Steamers at all times when under weigh
    within any port must have in addition to the
    helmsman, a competent person on the bridge in
    charge of the vessel, and also a competent person in
    charge of and attending to the engine. The utmost
    care must be taken by the person or persons in
    charge to prevent accidents to other vessels and
    boats.

44. Steamers shall not proceed at more than six
    miles per hour whilst navigating amongst the shipping
    of any port, and if entering or leaving after dark
    must sound the bell or steam whistle constantly.

Signals

to be made from all vessels in harbour when the
following are required:-

Sea Pilot—Union Jack at the fore.
Police Boat—Ensign at the main.
Police Boat, at night—two vertical lights at the
peak, four feet between each.
Customs' Boat—Union Jack at the peak end.
Medical Assistance—Union Jack over the Ensign
at the peak end.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 31st August, 1864.

THE following Despatch and Correspondence from
Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State
for the Colonies are published for general infor-
mation.

WILLIAM FOX.

Downing Street,
26th May, 1864.

SIR,—I informed you in my Despatch No. 43, of
26th April last, that I should request the Law
Officers of the Crown to furnish me with their
opinion respecting the competency of the New
Zealand Legislature to pass the two Acts, No. 7, the
Suppression of Rebellion Act, 1863, and No. 8, the
New Zealand Settlements Act, 1863.

This I have done, and I am advised that there is
in their judgment no reason to doubt the legality of
the former of the two Acts, and that the only reason
for questioning the legality of the latter arises from
its repugnancy to the third section of the Imperial
Loan Guarantee Act, 20 & 21 Vict. c. 51. I intend
to submit to Parliament, in connection with the con-