✨ Harbour Regulations Continuation
the proper fare, or who shall without sufficient
reason refuse or neglect to employ his boat when
required, shall be liable in a penalty not exceeding
five pounds.
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Any person desirous of returning by a boat
which he had engaged may do so by paying half-fare,
in which case he may detain the boat for fifteen
minutes, and no longer, without incurring an extra
charge, and any person detaining a boat over fifteen
minutes shall pay one shilling, and an additional
shilling for every quarter of an hour's detention. -
Any crew consisting of four men, when
required by any person or persons, shall be entitled
to charge treble fare. -
Whenever a blue flag is hoisted half-mast
high at the Dunedin Jetty, Jetty Street, and at the
flagstaff, Port Chalmers, one-half more than the
regular fares may be charged, and a waterman will
not then be required to carry passengers against his
will, even at the advanced rate of fare. Between
sunset and sunrise double fares may be charged. -
The following are the ordinary fares authorized
to be charged by licensed watermen :--
One shilling for the first quarter of a mile for
each passenger, and sixpence for every
additional quarter of a mile.
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 369
Each hundred-weight of luggage over the eight
pounds authorized to be carried free being
charged for as a passenger.
- To prevent disputes, the distances between the
points specified shall be reckoned according to the
following
TABLE OF DISTANCES.
Miles.
From Dunedin Jetty, Jetty Street,
" To Burn's Point, Anderson's Bay 1¼
" " Pelichet Bay Jetty 1¼
" " Red Beacon, Western Channel 2½
" " Burke's Brewery ... 4½
" " Arden Bay... 5¾
" " Sawyer's Bay 7
" " Half-way Island 8
" " Port Chalmers 9
" " Macandrew's Bend 4½
From Port Chalmers
" To No. 4 Black Buoy... 0¾
" " Taylor's Point 2¾
" " Maori Village, Landing Place 5
" " The Heads... 7
" " Portobello... 2½
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
Printed under the authority of the New Zealand Government, by GEORGE DIDSBURY, Government Printer, Wellington.
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NZ Gazette 1867, No 50
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Continuation of Otago Harbour Watermen Regulations and Fares
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🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works10 October 1867
Watermen, Fares, Penalties, Dunedin Jetty, Port Chalmers, Distances Table, Luggage
- Forster Goring, Clerk of the Executive Council