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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

renewal of a license, must be sent in not less than
fourteen days before the first of July in each year,
but may be sent in at any time for a new license.
73. Every licensed waterman shall, in addition to
his license, carry a printed copy of the watermen's
regulations and a table of fares, any or all of which
he shall produce to any person by whom he may be
employed, on their being demanded, or be liable to a
penalty not exceeding forty shillings.

74. Any master or waterman licensed under the
    provisions of clause 71 of these regulations, found
    guilty of dishonest or improper conduct, or of using
    abusive or insulting language, or of plying with a
    boat which the Harbour Master or other duly
    authorized officer shall consider to be not fully
    equipped with proper gear, and not in a seaworthy
    condition, shall on conviction thereof be liable to a
    penalty not exceeding five pounds and to have his
    license cancelled by order of the Justice or Justices
    before whom any such convictions shall have taken
    place.

75. Every licensed master or waterman as afore-
    said, who shall carry in any boat more passengers
    or cargo than the boat has been licensed to carry,
    shall be liable to a penalty of not less than two
    pounds nor more than twenty pounds; and any such
    boatman who shall demand more than the proper
    fare, or who shall, without sufficient reason, refuse
    or neglect to employ his boat when required, shall
    be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds.

76. Any licensed master or waterman lending his
    license to any other person, shall be liable to a
    penalty of forty shillings.

77. But any licensed master or waterman being in
    charge of any boat, who by sickness may be pre-
    vented from plying, may, on depositing with the
    Harbour Master a certificate from a duly qualified
    medical practitioner to that effect, together with his
    license, be permitted to nominate a substitute, and
    should the Harbour Master be satisfied of the
    efficiency of the said substitute, he may issue a
    certificate authorizing him to serve in the place of
    the licensed person who is disabled by sickness for a
    period not exceeding one month, and such certificate
    may from time to time be renewed during the illness
    of the said licensed boatman so long as his license
    shall be so deposited with the Harbour Master.

78. Every vessel or boat used for the purpose of
    carrying passengers or cargo for hire in any port,
    harbour, or river, in the Colony, shall be licensed for
    that purpose by the Superintendent of the Province,
    in which such vessel or boat is to ply; and such
    license being granted on the certificate of the
    inspecting officers, as hereinafter provided, shall be
    in force till the first of July next ensuing; and a
    certificate of license shall be given to the owner
    of the vessel or boat, and must at all times be
    produced for inspection when demanded by the
    Harbour Master or his deputy; and the name
    and number of the boat for which the certificate of
    license is issued, and the name of the owner, and the
    quantity of cargo or number of passengers which the
    vessel or boat is licensed to carry, shall be stated in
    the certificate, and shall be also legibly painted on
    some conspicuous part of the boat; and the owner of
    any vessel or boat which shall be used for carrying
    passengers or cargo for hire, who shall not comply
    with the above regulation shall for every offence be
    liable to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds.

79. Before a license is granted for any vessel or
    boat, as provided in the last preceding clause of
    these regulations she must be inspected by two or
    more competent persons appointed by the Superin-
    tendent, who will, on approval, grant a certificate as
    to her dimensions and the quantity of cargo, or the
    number of passengers she may be permitted to carry,
    and such certificate must be produced on application
    for a license.

80. Notwithstanding any such license no vessel or
    boat can lighter cargo unless the Customs regulations
    in that behalf have been duly complied with.

81. When so ordered for any port by the Superin-
    tendent all cargo boats shall be constructed with good
    and sufficient bulkheads, so that when the cargo
    hatches are ordered to be battened down and locked
    by the officer of Customs, or other officer authorized to
    order the same, all communication from the forecastle,
    cabin or deck to the hold shall be completely stopped;
    and in any such port no master or owner of any
    cargo boat shall receive a license until he shall
    have fitted such bulkheads to the satisfaction of the
    Harbour Master, or other inspector duly authorized
    by the Superintendent to inspect such fittings; and
    if the bulkheads become out of repair, and the master
    or owner of such cargo boat fail to make such repairs
    as shall be satisfactory to the Harbour Master or
    other inspector as aforesaid, the license of the vessel
    may be cancelled or suspended by the Superintendent
    at his discretion, and the master or owner will become
    liable to the penalty imposed by clause 78 of these
    regulations should he carry cargo in any such boat
    whilst her license is thus cancelled or suspended.

82. The Harbour Master or any person authorized
    by him may at any time inspect any cargo or other
    boat, and if found to be not fully equipped with
    proper gear, and not in a seaworthy condition, or if
    found to be overloaded, the license of said boat may
    be cancelled.

83. Each boat which is licensed to carry passengers
    shall carry twenty pounds of luggage (if required)
    with every passenger, without extra charge, and the
    sum to be paid for all luggage beyond the weight
    above stated, shall be at the rate of one passenger
    fare for every one hundred and fifty pounds weight,
    but for every one hundred and fifty pounds weight
    of luggage so carried one passenger must be deducted
    from the number which such boat is licensed to carry.

84. The fares which licensed watermen will be
    allowed to charge will be fixed by the Superintendent
    of each Province for the several ports therein.

85. In those ports in which night watermen are
    required all regulations concerning them will be made
    by the Superintendent as aforesaid.

86. In those ports in which "watermen's houses"
    are provided they shall be set apart solely for the use
    of licensed watermen, and no other person will be
    permitted to occupy them. Should any person
    persist in doing so the watermen on duty shall report
    the same to the police, who will cause such intruders
    to be removed, and any person persisting in returning
    to such "watermen's houses," after being warned by
    the police shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding
    forty shillings.

VII.—GUNPOWDER.

87. All vessels arriving at any port or harbour of
    the Colony having gunpowder on board exceeding
    fifty pounds weight shall hoist a red flag at the main
    and remain at the regular "gunpowder anchorage"
    until such gunpowder be taken out of the vessel.

88. No gunpowder shall be landed or shipped at any
    port except at such places as may be from time to
    time appointed, and then only under the supervision
    of the Harbour Master or other duly authorized
    officer of the port.

89. No gunpowder shall be received on board of
    any vessel in excess of any quantity necessary to
    make up her store to fifty pounds, except at the usual
    gunpowder anchorage.

90. No gunpowder is to be either received or issued
    by the keeper of the magazine, except between the
    hours of seven in the morning and five in the after-
    noon.