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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Sundays (except such as may be necessary for the
cleanliness and safety of the vessel) without the ex-
press permission in writing of the Harbour Master,
under a penalty not exceeding Ten Pounds.

BALLAST.

18. 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 per-
    son offending against this regulation shall incur a
    penalty not exceeding Five Pounds.

19. No ballast, rubbish, gravel, earth, stone, or
    filth is to be thrown into the Harbour, but is to be
    deposited at any place the Harbour Master may di-
    rect, and any person offending against this regulation
    shall incur a penalty not exceeding Twenty Pounds.

20. Any person removing shingles, stone, or any
    part of the soil below high water mark, without per-
    mission from the Harbour Master, or in the absence
    of the Harbour Master, a Resident Magistrate, shall
    forfeit a sum not exceeding Ten Pounds.

21. Proper tarpaulins are to be used in discharg-
    ing or taking in ballast, coals, rubbish, gravel, earth,
    or filth, so as effectually to prevent any part thereof
    falling overboard, and no ballast is to be taken on
    board or discharged from any vessel after dusk, under
    a penalty not exceeding Five Pounds.

LIGHTERS AND BOATS.

22. No lighter or boat when detained shall anchor
    in the channel between Acheron Head and the Quar-
    antine 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.

23. The Harbour Master, or any deputy of the
    Harbour Master, is empowered to take such means,
    and to give such orders and direction, as he may
    deem necessary, for the purpose of preventing risk or
    accident, confusion or overcrowding of boats along-
    side of vessels, and any person wilfully disobeying
    any orders so given, as aforesaid, shall be liable to
    a penalty not exceeding Five Pounds.

PENAL HULK.

24. No vessel or boat is to pass between the hulk
    "Thomas and Henry," and the line of buoys moored
    round that vessel; all persons in charge of boats or
    vessels passing near the said hulk are to answer the
    sentries' challenge; any person offending against this
    regulation shall incur a penalty of any sum not
    exceeding Twenty Pounds.

GUNPOWDER.

25. The Master of every vessel arriving with
    Gunpowder on board, exceeding fifty pounds in
    weight, shall give immediate notice thereof to the
    Pilot on his boarding the vessel, and shall land the
    same at the Powder Magazine, under the supervision
    of the Harbour Master or other competent authority,
    before anchoring at the usual anchorage ground, or
    forfeit a sum not exceeding Twenty Pounds.

26. 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.

27. The Master of every vessel shall cause all
    Gunpowder to be conveyed to the Magazine
    immediately after its being landed, or forfeit a sum
    not exceeding Ten Pounds.

28. All Gunpowder so landed shall be packed in
    barrels containing not more than one hundred weight
    each, closely joined and hooped without any iron
    about the packages, and so secure that no portion of
    the Gunpowder be in danger of being scattered in the
    passage, and any person offending against this
    regulation shall incur a penalty of any sum not
    exceeding Ten Pounds.

RULES TO BE OBSERVED BY VESSELS PASSING
EACH OTHER.

29. Whenever any vessel, proceeding in one
    direction, meets a vessel proceeding in another
    direction, and a master or other person having 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 collision, he shall put up
    the helm of his vessel to port so as to pass on the
    port side of the other vessel, due regard being had to
    the tide, and to the position of each vessel with
    respect to the dangers of the channel, and as regards
    sailing vessels, to the keeping of each vessel under
    command, and the master of any steam vessel
    navigating any river or narrow channel shall keep,
    as far as is practicable, to that side of the fair-way or
    mid channel thereof which lies on the starboard side
    of such vessel.

30. Steam vessels shall not proceed at more than
    half speed whilst navigating any of the Harbours,
    Rivers, or Lakes of Otago, between the hours of
    sunset and sunrise, and shall continue the sounding
    of a steam whistle, or the ringing of a bell, and any
    person offending against this regulation shall be
    liable to a penalty not exceeding Twenty Pounds.

31. Steamers, when steering the same course in the
    river or harbour, either with or without vessels in
    tow, and one overtaking the other, the vessel gained
    upon shall slack her speed, if practicable, until the
    other has passed her.

32. When steamers having vessels in tow are
    steering opposite courses, the steamer bound up the
    River shall, before meeting the vessel coming down
    the River, slack her speed, when practicable, until
    the other has passed her.

33. Steam vessels when passing, or near to sailing
    vessels, are always to be considered in the light of
    vessels navigating with a fair wind.

34. Steamers shall, on nearing any vessel aground,
    slack their speed until safely passed.

35. Steamers at all times when under weigh, must
    have a responsible person on the bridge to look out.

36. No lower square-sails shall be set of any
    steamer whilst navigating amongst the shipping.

37. Sailing vessels and ships, having the wind fair,
    shall give way to ships on a wind.

38. When two ships are going by the wind, the
    ship on the starboard tack shall keep her wind, and
    the one on the port tack bear up, thereby passing
    each other on the port hand.

39. When two ships have the wind large, or
    a-beam, and meet, they shall pass each other in the
    same way, on the port hand, the helm of each being
    put a-port.

40. The Master, or any other person having charge
    of any vessel, neglecting to observe the rules herein
    laid down for vessels passing each other, or either of
    them, shall for any such offence be liable to a
    penalty not exceeding Twenty Pounds.

MISCELLANEOUS RULES.

41. No steamer shall tow any vessel in, nor shall
    any vessel enter the Cross-Channel (Upper Harbour),
    unless there be (as shown by the Tide Signals) six
    inches more water in the channel than such vessel's
    draught of water.

42. All Masters, or other persons in charge of
    river-going steam-vessels plying to or from any
    wharf shall, immediately upon fixing the hours of
    sailing of such vessels, intimate the same to the
    Harbour Master, and shall depart punctually at the
    times of sailing so announced: excepting always in