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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
requiring a pilot, and only one pilot be on the
station, any inward-bound vessel is to have the
preference of the pilot's services until conducted into
a place of safety.

9. The master of any vessel employing other than
   a duly licensed pilot, if such should have offered his
   services, and pilots refusing or neglecting to perform
   their duty, shall each forfeit a sum not exceeding
   twenty pounds.

10. In case where it is necessary to tow a vessel
    under pilot charge, and the pilot boat's crew have
    that duty to perform, or be otherwise employed for
    the said vessel, the master of such vessel shall pay to
    the pilot for each of the aforesaid crew, the sum of
    five shillings for every tide so employed.

11. Every master of every ship or vessel shall be
    furnished with a copy of the Harbour Regulations
    on her entry into port, by the pilot, if one be
    employed, and any pilot failing to deliver such copy
    before leaving the vessel, shall forfeit and pay a fine
    not exceeding five pounds.

12. 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 the
    demand of such master or officer, and in such case
    only on the payment of a fee of two shillings and
    sixpence, to be accounted for by the Harbour Master.

13. Any 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 in writing, to the pilot or
    other officer delivering the said copy; and any pilot
    failing to demand, or any master of a ship or vessel
    refusing on demand to give such acknowledgment,
    shall forfeit and pay a fine not exceeding five pounds.

Harbour Master's Fees.

14. The sum of one penny per ton shall be paid to
    the Harbour Master for repairing on board and
    appointing the places of anchorage of ships or vessels
    entering the port, and for each removal of the same
    from one place of anchorage or mooring to another,
    not being for the purpose of leaving the port.

15. The master of every vessel shall anchor or
    moor where the Harbour Master or pilot may direct,
    and he shall not unmoor or quit the anchorage until
    notice be given in writing at the Harbour Master's
    office, and permission has been granted, and any
    master offending against this regulation shall forfeit
    a sum not exceeding five pounds.

16. All vessels moored or at anchor are to have
    both cables clear, and in readiness to slack away
    when required, and in default thereof the master
    shall forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding ten pounds.

17. All vessels must have buoys and buoy ropes to
    their anchors, to show their positions, and when at
    anchor must between sunset and sunrise, exhibit
    where it can best be seen, but at a height not
    exceeding twenty feet above the hull, a white light,
    in a globular lantern of eight inches in diameter, and
    so constructed as to show a clear uniform and un-
    broken light visible all round the horizon, and at a
    distance of at least one mile, and in default thereof
    the master or officer neglecting the same shall forfeit
    and pay a sum not exceeding ten pounds.

18. Any anchor, kedge, or cable, slipped or cut
    from, if not weighed within twenty-four hours may
    be weighed by order of the Harbour Master or Pilot,
    at the risk and expense of the owner.

19. Any vessel whose time at a discharging berth
    alongside any public wharf has expired, or which the
    Harbour Master or pilot considers necessary to
    remove, must be removed on the request in writing
    of the Harbour Master or pilot, made to the master
    or person on board in charge; and every person
    offending against this regulation shall forfeit and
    pay a sum not exceeding ten pounds; and if there
    be not sufficient men or ballast, or requisite tackle
    on board of such vessel to enable her to be removed,
    she may be removed at the risk and expense of the
    owner.

pay a sum not exceeding ten pounds; and if there
be not sufficient men or ballast, or requisite tackle
on board of such vessel to enable her to be removed,
she may be removed at the risk and expense of the
owner.

20. Any person obstructing or impeding the navi-
    gation of any channel, river, inlet, or creek, or any
    public landing place, by placing a vessel, boat, cable,
    warp, or other article in the way, shall be liable to
    a penalty not exceeding ten pounds; and in case
    any person causing such obstruction or impediment
    will not remove, or cause to be removed, the same,
    when ordered by the Harbour Master or pilot, the
    Harbour Master or pilot may cast off or cut adrift,
    or otherwise remove such obstruction at the risk and
    expense of the person so offending.

21. The Harbour Master, pilot, or other person
    deputed by either of them, in the execution of their
    duty, is empowered to make fast any rope or tackle
    to any vessel, and any master or principal officer, or
    other person on board such vessel refusing or neg-
    lecting to aid in such making fast, shall be liable to
    a penalty not exceeding five pounds.

22. Any person without due authority resisting,
    impeding, or obstructing the Harbour Master, pilot,
    or other person deputed by either of them, in the
    execution of his duty, or using threatening or
    abusive language to them, or any of them, shall
    forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding twenty pounds,
    nor less than five pounds.

23. Any vessel arriving, having on board a mail,
    shall, on approaching the usual anchorage, hoist a
    white flag on the foremast head, and keep the same
    flying until the mail is landed; and in default thereof
    the master shall forfeit and pay any sum not exceeding
    twenty pounds.

24. No timber, or bulky article, is to be left on
    any public wharf or landing place; and any person
    infringing this regulation shall forfeit and pay any
    sum not exceeding five pounds; and any timber or
    other article left on any public wharf or landing
    place, if not removed at the request of the Harbour
    Master, or person authorized by him, may be removed
    at the risk and expense of the owner or consignee
    thereof.

25. 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 not exceeding five pounds, to be paid by the
    person landing the same.

26. No ballast, rubbish, gravel, earth, stone, filth
    is to be thrown overboard or laid down by any means
    whatever from any vessel or boat, but is to be landed
    at such place as the Harbour Master may direct;
    and no gravel, earth, stone, earthenware, glass,
    bottles, filth, or rubbish, dead animals, or other
    matter is to be placed by any other means, 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 regulations shall be liable to a penalty not
    exceeding twenty pounds.

27. No pitch, tar, resin, or other combustible
    matter shall be lighted or heated on board any vessel
    or boat while lying alongside or near any wharf or
    vessel in harbour, unless by permission in writing
    first obtained from the Harbour Master, and any
    person who shall offend against this regulation shall
    be liable to any penalty not exceeding twenty pounds.

28. If the master, or owner, or part owner of any
    vessel or boat that has been sunk or stranded in the
    harbour, or any of the coves or creeks thereof, upon
    notice in writing from the Harbour Master, does not
    remove the same within such time as may be men-