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27. No waterman or other person in charge of any
    boat, steamer, or lighter, shall go alongside or other-
    wise communicate with, and no person shall go on
    board of, any vessel arriving in port, except officers
    on duty and persons who hold a written authority
    from the Superintendent until such vessel has been
    moored or secured by at least one anchor, and has
    been cleared by the Health Officer or the officer
    acting as such, nor shall any person quit any vessel
    so entering any port until she has been moored, and
    cleared by the Health Officer as aforesaid, and any
    person offending against this regulation shall be
    liable to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds.

28. All vessels must unshot their guns before
    entering any port or harbour, and no guns or firearms
    are to be discharged, or blue lights, rockets, or other
    combustibles burned or discharged from any ship,
    vessel, or boat, or within the limits of the harbour
    in the vicinity of the usual anchorage, unless per-
    mission in writing has been obtained from the
    Harbour Master, and except only when assistance
    is urgently required; and any person who shall
    offend against this regulation (including as well any
    sportsman or other person) shall be liable to a
    penalty not exceeding five pounds.

29. 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 regulation shall be liable to a penalty not
    exceeding five pounds.

30. The master of any vessel who shall anchor in
    the fairway of any channel, or so as to obstruct the
    approach to any wharf, pier, or jetty, shall be liable
    to a penalty not exceeding fifty pounds.

31. 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 be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds.

32. All vessels moored or anchored within the
    limits of any port are to have sufficient buoys and
    buoy-ropes to their anchors to show their position,
    but the said buoys and buoy-ropes shall be removed
    if so ordered by the Harbour Master, and all such
    vessels as aforesaid are to exhibit where it can best
    be seen, at a height not exceeding twenty feet above
    the hull, a bright light, from sunset to sunrise, and
    any master offending against any of the provisions
    of this regulation shall be liable to a penalty not
    exceeding twenty pounds.

33. 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 his deputy or
    assistant 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 master
    or other person offending against this regulation shall
    be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds.

34. Any anchor, kedge, or cabie slipped, cut, or
    parted from, must be weighed within twenty-four
    hours, or as soon thereafter as the Harbour Master
    may direct: Where a sufficient buoy with buoy-
    rope shall have been attached, the penalty for a breach
    of this regulation shall be a sum not exceeding twenty
    pounds; and where no buoy with buoy-rope shall
    have been attached, such penalty shall not exceed
    fifty pounds.

35. If said anchor, kedge, or cable be not weighed
    by the owner or master of the vessel from which the
    same has been slipped or cut or has parted within such
    reasonable time as may be fixed by the Magistrate
    awarding the penalty aforesaid, at the time of
    hearing the information or complaint, it may be
    weighed by the Harbour Master at the risk and
    expense of the master or owner of said vessel.

36. After a vessel has been unloaded and sufficiently
    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.

37. 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 vessel as aforesaid or refuses to
    assist the Harbour Master or interferes with him in
    the performance of his duty or otherwise or in any
    other manner infringes this regulation, such person
    shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty
    pounds.

38. Into vessels when discharged in whole or in
    part in open roadsteads, there shall be bound to be
    taken from day to day such quantity of ballast as shall
    suffice to keep them in fair sea-going trim, to the
    satisfaction of the Harbour Master, in case of their
    being compelled to put to sea; and any master
    neglecting to comply with this regulation shall for
    every such offence be liable to a penalty not exceeding
    twenty pounds.

39. 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, shall be liable to a penalty not
    exceeding five pounds.

40. Any person obstructing or impeding the navi-
    gation of any channel, river, inlet, or creek, or
    obstructing any landing place, by any vessel,
    cable, boat, warp, or other article, shall be liable
    to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds; and in
    case such obstruction or impediment be not removed
    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.

41. It shall be competent for the Harbour Master
    or a person deputed by him to order that any vessel,
    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 be proper for the general accommo-
    dation of the shipping. 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.