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THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1868.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this
twenty-fifth day of June, 1868.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

HIS Excellency the Governor, with the advice and
consent of the Executive Council of New
Zealand, and in pursuance and exercise of the powers
and authorities in him vested by "The Marine
Act, 1867," doth hereby make the following Harbour
and Quarantine Regulations and Bye-laws for the
several Ports and Harbours of the Colony of New
Zealand (as defined in the interpretation clause of
the said Act), and doth with the like advice and
consent hereby order that the same shall come into
operation and take effect from and after the first
day of September, one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-eight; and doth hereby with the like advice
and consent, order, that from and after the said
first day of September, one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-eight, all Harbour and Quarantine Regula-
tions, and all other Rules and Regulations, regarding
the management of shipping, boats, piers, jetties,
wharves, and docks, the removal and storing of
gunpowder in harbours, the flags and other special
signals to be displayed by, and used in communica-
tion with vessels entering, leaving, or being in any
port or harbour, and the general regulation of traffic,
and for the protection of life and property in the
same, shall be cancelled and annulled; and with the
like advice and consent doth hereby revoke and annul
from and after the said first day of September, 1868,
all delegations of the powers contained in the seven-
teenth section of "The Marine Act, 1867:" Provided
that all other powers delegated by the Governor under
the provisions of "The Marine Act, 1867," in that
behalf contained, and all bye-laws and regula-
tions hitherto duly made and continued under the
authority of the said Act, for fixing light dues,
rates of pilotage, Harbour Master's fees, and other
port charges, the fees for licenses to be paid for cargo
boats, ballast boats, tank boats, lighters, watermen's
and other boats, and the fees for licenses to be paid
by watermen, masters, boatmen, and others engaged
in working or navigating the same shall remain valid,
unrevoked, uncancelled, and in full force, anything
in this Order to the contrary notwithstanding.

HARBOUR AND QUARANTINE REGULATIONS FOR
THE PORTS OF NEW ZEALAND.

I.—LIMITATION OF REGULATIONS AND DEFINITION
OF TERMS.

1. Nothing contained in these regulations shall
   be deemed to apply to any ship, boat, or gunpowder,
   the property of Her Majesty, so long as the said
   gunpowder is in charge of officers in Her Majesty's
   service, or to any ship of war of any foreign nation,
   or to any gunpowder in charge of officers in the
   service of the Government of the Colony, and having
   charge thereof by virtue of their office.

2. The Resident Magistrate at or nearest to any
   port for which no Harbour Master or Deputy Har-
   bour Master is appointed, may exercise all such
   powers as are hereinafter given to Port and Har-
   bour Masters.

3. The Resident Magistrate at or nearest to any
   port for which no Health Officer or acting Health
   Officer is appointed, may exercise all such powers as
   are hereinafter given to Health Officers.

4. Where in these regulations the term "Superin-
   tendent of the Province" or "Superintendent" is
   used, it shall be held to mean the Superintendent
   of the Province in which the port, harbour, or
   place, in or with reference to which any act,
   matter, or thing is to be done by such Superinten-
   dent, is situate; and the terms "Superintendent"
   and "Superintendent of the Province" shall, when
   such port, harbour, or place is not situate within
   any Province, be deemed to mean such person
   as the Governor shall by warrant under his hand
   nominate and appoint to be the officer to per-
   form for such port, harbour, or place, all such
   acts, matters, and things, as by these regulations may