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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
be done or performed by a Superintendent within a
Province; and where the term "Harbour Master"
is used, it shall be held to mean the Port Officer, or
Harbour Master, or the Chief Officer of the Harbour
Department of any port by whatever title he is
locally known, or if there be no such Port Officer,
Harbour Master, or Chief Officer, or Assistant, or
Deputy to any such officer, such term shall mean the
Resident Magistrate at or nearest to such port; and
where the term "lazaret" is used it shall be held to
mean and include the whole of any land set apart by
the Superintendent for the performance of quarantine
by the passengers or crew of any vessel, together
with all buildings erected on such land.
5. Where in any of these Regulations the term
"Master," "Master of any vessel," or words to that
effect are used, they shall be held to mean the master
of any vessel to which the said regulation applies,
or in the master's absence, or in the event of there
being no master, they shall mean the acting master
or other principal officer on board.

II.—PILOTS AND PILOTAGE.

6. The flag which must be carried at the mast or
   mainmast head of all vessels whose masters hold a
   certificate of exemption for any port, while entering
   the same, shall be a WHITE FLAG not less than six
   feet long and four feet broad.

7. When impracticable for pilots to cross any
   bar for the purpose of conducting vessels into or out
   of any harbour or river where there is a pilot estab-
   lishment, the vessel shall be piloted through the
   navigable channel by means of shore signals.

8. Every pilot shall carry his license with him,
   and shall produce it to the master of any ship or
   vessel boarded by him on its being demanded, or be
   liable to a penalty not exceeding forty shillings.

9. Pilots shall offer their services to the inward
   bound vessel nearest to them having a pilot signal
   flying, unless another vessel shall be observed running
   into danger, in which case every exertion shall be
   made to board and assist the latter vessel, it being
   always understood that a preference shall be given
   to Her Majesty's ships, and mail packets regularly
   employed in the postal service, except in cases of
   urgency as aforesaid.

10. The master of any vessel employing other than
    a duly licensed pilot, if such shall have offered his
    services, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding
    fifty pounds.

11. A copy of these Regulations shall be delivered
    by the boarding pilot or Harbour Master, to the
    master of any vessel entering any harbour, provided
    however that it shall not be necessary in any case to
    issue a second copy of the regulations to the master
    of the same vessel, unless on the demand of such
    master, and in such case only on the payment of a
    fee of two shillings and sixpence, to be accounted for
    by the Harbour Master or boarding officer.

12. Every master to whom a copy of the Harbour
    Regulations shall have been delivered, shall give on
    demand an acknowledgment thereof in writing to the
    Harbour Master or other officer delivering the said
    copy; and any Harbour Master or pilot failing to
    demand, or any master of a ship or vessel refusing
    on demand to give such acknowledgment, shall be
    liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds.

13. When a pilot is detained on board a vessel
    longer than forty-eight hours, whether by stress of
    weather, quarantine, or otherwise, fifteen shillings
    per day, is to be paid in addition to the regular
    pilotage, for the first three days of such detention,
    and ten shillings per day as aforesaid for the remainder
    of such detention, so long as the pilot is absent from
    his station, and if the said pilot has been carried
    to a distance the ship will be further liable for his
    travelling expenses in returning to his station.

14. The master of any vessel requiring a pilot to
    conduct her to sea, must make an application in
    writing, at least twenty-four hours previously, at the
    Harbour Master's office.

15. No pilot shall in any case conduct a vessel
    to sea until she has been regularly cleared at the
    Custom House, and in proof of this the master
    shall be bound to show his clearance to the pilot if
    asked, and no pilot shall be bound to take a vessel
    to sea without seeing such clearance.

16. No pilot shall be bound to take a vessel to sea
    on a Sunday.

17. In cases 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 at the request of the master, the pilot
    shall have a right to make an extra charge to be
    agreed upon with the master of the vessel before
    commencing the towing or other service at a rate
    per man not exceeding the sum of five shillings for
    every tide during which they are so employed.

18. Each pilot shall be stationed at such place
    within the limits of his license as the Harbour
    Master may from time to time direct, and shall obey
    his instructions at all times, and no pilot shall absent
    himself from his station, unless on duty, without
    permission from the Harbour Master. For the pur-
    poses of this clause all Deputy Harbour Masters,
    keepers of signal stations, and other subordinate
    officers of the Harbour Department, shall be con-
    sidered pilots.

19. Pilots shall duly train in the duties of a pilot
    any apprentice who may from time to time be
    appointed by the authorities in whom the appoint-
    ment of pilots is vested.

20. Pilots shall by every means in their power aid
    and assist vessels in distress.

21. Vessels in distress, and whaling vessels putting
    into any port through stress of weather, or for water
    or provisions, or to refit, are to be exempt from all
    port dues and from pilotage, except where the
    services of a pilot are actually made use of.

22. Steam and sailing vessels from other Colonies,
    or from beyond seas, calling at more than one port
    in the Colony on any one voyage, shall be considered
    as coasters in calculating light-dues at every port of
    call after the first at which such dues are paid.

III.—HARBOUR REGULATIONS.

23. The master of every vessel entering any port,
    must as soon as it arrives within signalling distance
    of the signal station, hoist or cause to be hoisted the
    vessel's number or distinguishing flag, and keep the
    same flying till answered from the signal station.

24. Masters of all vessels having mails on board are,
    on approaching the anchorage, to hoist or cause to
    be hoisted Marryat's telegraph flag at the main,
    which flag must be kept up until the mails are taken
    out of the vessel.

25. The master of any vessel arriving at any New
    Zealand port shall, when entering, hoist or cause to
    be hoisted and keep flying the flags prescribed in the
    Quarantine Regulations.

26. The pilot, master, or other person in charge of
    any vessel entering, departing from, or within any
    port, shall by every means in his power consistent
    with the safety of such vessel, assist every duly
    authorized public officer in boarding or leaving such
    vessel, and no person on board of such vessel shall
    interfere with or obstruct any Government officer or
    pilot whilst carrying out his duties, and any person
    offending against this regulation shall be liable to a
    penalty not exceeding twenty pounds.