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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

anchoring and mooring of vessels in any port, the
watering and ballasting and discharging of ballast of
or from vessels, and all other matters relating to the
safe and commodious navigation of any port, harbour
or river or the entrance thereto, and the order and
management of vessels resorting thereto; and for the
purpose of giving effect to such regulations, to
authorize the levying of Harbour Masters' fees, not
exceeding the rate specified in the Schedule of the
said Act, and to impose any penalty not exceeding
twenty pounds for any one offence against any
provisions of such regulations:

Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor, with
the advice and consent of the Executive Council of
New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the above
recited power and authority, doth hereby make the
following Harbour Regulations for the several ports
of entry on the West Coast of the Province of
Canterbury, and doth order that the same shall come
into operation and take effect from and after the first
day of August, one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-seven.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

1. Nothing contained in these Regulations shall be
   deemed to apply to any ship, boat, or gunpowder,
   the property of Her Majesty, or to any ship of war
   of any foreign nation, or to any gunpowder in charge
   of the Government of the Colony.

2. The master of every vessel shall anchor or moor
   where the Harbour Master or person deputed by
   him may direct, and he shall not unmoor or quit the
   anchorage until permission be given by the Harbour
   Master, and any master offending against this regu-
   lation shall forfeit a sum not exceeding five pounds.

3. 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.

4. All masters or other persons in charge of
   vessels are immediately to strike their topgallant
   yards and masts, to have their jib and spanker booms
   rigged close in, and moor or clear hawse, when called
   upon by the Harbour Master or other competent
   authority to do so, and are generally to follow such
   directions as the state of the weather, the crowded
   condition of the port or river 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; and any person
   offending against this regulation shall be liable to a
   penalty not exceeding ten pounds.

5. After a vessel has been unloaded and properly
   ballasted, it will be at the option of the Harbour
   Master to moor her out clear of the shipping to make
   room for vessels requiring berths to unload.

6. In the performance of any such service by the
   Harbour Master or his deputy, the master of the
   vessel and the crew thereof are required to give and
   afford to such Harbour Master or deputy all possible
   aid and assistance to effect the same; and in effecting
   any such service, or any other service in the execu-
   tion of his duty, the Harbour Master or his deputy is
   empowered to make fast and attach any rope or other
   tackle to any other vessel, and if there is no crew on
   board of the vessel to be moved, or the crew thereof
   refuse or fail to aid and assist as aforesaid, or if the
   crew, or tackle, or quantity of ballast, on board such
   vessel is not sufficient to enable the Harbour Master
   or his deputy to effect such removal, he is empowered
   to hire and employ such other assistance and tackle,
   and to purchase and put on board such vessel, such
   other quantity of ballast as to him seems requisite at
   the cost or charges of the master or owner of such
   vessel, and such cost and charges such master or
   owner is required to pay to the Harbour Master or
   his deputy, to be accounted for to the proper authori-
   ties; and if any person without the consent or
   authority of the Harbour Master or his deputy, cuts
   or casts off any such rope or tackle, so made fast and
   attached to any other vessel as aforesaid, or in any
   other manner infringes this regulation, such person
   shall forfeit a penalty not exceeding twenty pounds.

7. The Harbour Master or any deputy of the
   Harbour Master, is empowered to take such means
   and to give such orders and directions as he may deem
   necessary for the purpose of preventing risk or
   accident, confusion or over-crowding 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.

8. Any person obstructing or impeding the navi-
   gation of any channel, river, inlet, or creek, or
   obstructing any landing place, by placing a vessel,
   cable, boat, 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 impedi-
   ment will not remove or cause to be removed the
   same when ordered by the Harbour Master, or pilot,
   or any other lawfully appointed officer of the port,
   the Harbour Master or pilot may remove, cast off or
   cut any such obstruction.

9. It shall be competent for the Harbour Master
   or a person deputed by him to order that any ship,
   lighter, boat, or timber, be removed from any berth
   alongside any wharf, or from any anchorage to any
   part of the harbour, whenever such removal shall in
   his opinion, for the general accommodation of the
   shipping, be proper. And any person who shall
   fail to obey such order, or otherwise offend against
   this regulation, shall be liable to a penalty not
   exceeding ten pounds.

10. 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
    on being required so to do by notice in writing under
    the hand of the Harbour Master or other officer of
    the port, or of any Justice of the Peace, within such
    reasonable time as may be mentioned for the purpose
    in such-notice, will for every such offence, be liable
    to be proceeded against under the provisions of " The
    Marine Act, 1866."

11. The person against whom any penalty shall be
    recovered under the last preceding or under this
    regulation, shall, within such further time as shall be
    specified by the Court awarding such penalty, remove
    the vessel or boat or baulk of timber or other bulky
    article in respect of which such penalty shall have
    been incurred. Breach of this regulation will render
    the person offending liable to a further penalty under
    the said Act.

12. 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.

13. No rubbish or filth is to be landed or deposited
    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 the person
    landing or depositing such rubbish or filth.

14. No ballast, rubbish, gravel, earth, stones,
    earthenware, glass, or filth, is to be thrown overboard
    from any vessel or boat within the harbour, 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