JUNE 7.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 749

19. After a ship has been unloaded and sufficiently
    ballasted, the Harbourmaster may require her to be
    anchored or moored clear of the shipping.

20. In the performance of any service for or in
    connection with any ship by the Harbourmaster, the
    master of the ship and the crew thereof are required
    to give and afford to such Harbourmaster all possible
    aid and assistance to effect the same;

And, in effecting any such service, or any other
service in the execution of his duty, the Harbour-
master is hereby empowered to make fast and attach
any rope or other tackle to any ship;

And if there is no crew on board of any ship 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 ship is not sufficient to
enable the Harbourmaster to effect such removal, he
is empowered to hire and employ such other assist-
ance and tackle, and to purchase and put on board
such ship such other quantity of ballast, as to him
seems requisite, at the cost and charges of the master
or owner of such ship;

And such cost and charges shall be paid by such
master or owner to the Harbourmaster.

And if any person, without the consent or autho-
rity of the Harbourmaster, cuts or casts off any such
rope or tackle, so made fast and attached to any ship
as aforesaid, or refuses to assist the Harbourmaster,
or interferes with him in the performance of his duty
or otherwise, or in any other manner infringes this
by-law, such person shall be liable to a penalty.

21. Masters requiring to careen, heave down, or
    haul their ships on shore, for the purpose of inspec-
    tion or repairs, must apply to the Harbourmaster of
    the port for permission.

22. Every master of a ship shall on all occasions
    when ordered by the Harbourmaster do whatever the
    Harbourmaster may consider necessary or expedient
    with a view to the safety and interest of the whole
    shipping, and in consideration of the state of the
    weather, the crowded condition of the harbour, or
    any other circumstance.

WHARVES AND GOODS.

23. In the absence of any special by-law for any
    stated wharf, the time allowed to a ship to occupy a
    berth at a wharf shall be (exclusive of Sundays and
    holidays and the day of removal) as under:---

Under 100 tons ... 2 days
From 100 to 150 tons ... 4 days
From 150 to 200 tons ... 5 days
From 200 to 250 tons ... 6 days
From 250 to 300 tons ... 7 days

and so on, at the rate of one day additional for every
additional fifty tons of the registered tonage of the
ship.

24. A ship occupying a berth outside of another
    ship shall be allowed two days for every one of the
    foregoing scale.

25. Passengers, cargo, or ballast may, with the
    consent of the Harbourmaster, be embarked or
    shipped, disembarked or unshipped, on or from any
    ship lying outside, over and across the deck of any
    ship lying alongside any wharf.

26. Tame cattle may be landed on or shipped from
    any wharf, subject to the approval of the Harbour-
    master, who shall fix the time at which they must be
    landed or shipped. Other cattle must be landed at
    such places and times as the Harbourmaster may
    from time to time direct.

27. The master of any ship berthed at any wharf
    shall cause the discharge or loading of such ship to
    be commenced and continued till completed, by
    working at such hours as the wharfinger shall direct,
    provided that such direction shall not be in contra-
    vention of any Customs law or regulation.

28. In the event of there not being a sufficient
    number of hands on board any ship discharging or
    loading at a wharf where a steam crane or other
    steam power is used, to keep such steam crane or
    steam power working at fair and reasonable speed,
    it shall be competent for the wharfinger to employ
    such number of additional hands on board such ship
    as will keep the crane or other steam power going,
    and to charge the expense so incurred against the
    master of such ship; and such charge must be paid
    before clearance or receipt is given for cargo.

29. Every master of a ship shall be responsible for
    the proper slinging of all goods discharged on or
    laden from any wharf, and for any damage that may
    occur either from the breakage of slings or from the
    goods being imperfectly slung.

30. All goods landed on any wharf or brought
    thereon for shipment are to be placed as the wharf-
    inger may direct, and so as to keep all mooring posts
    or rings free, and all rails or tramways clear.

31. No goods shall be left on any wharf for a
    longer period than twenty-four hours, without per-
    mission from the wharfinger; and the wharfinger
    may, when in his opinion the public convenience re-
    quires it, at any time during or after the expiration
    of such period, cause any goods to be removed from
    such wharf or approach thereto to any place he may
    think proper, at the expense and risk of the owner
    or his agent, or the person in charge of such goods.

32. All goods of a dangerous or inflammable
    character shall be removed immediately after being
    landed on any wharf, and if the owner of any such
    goods fails so to do he shall be liable to a penalty,
    and shall be held responsible for any accident,
    damage, or loss that may result from such failure.

33. Before any ship is removed from any wharf
    the master of such ship shall cause all dirt or rubbish
    to be thoroughly cleared from that portion of the
    said wharf opposite to the berth occupied by such
    ship; and such dirt or rubbish shall be deposited at
    such places as may be appointed by the Harbour-
    master.

34. No person shall make fast any vessel to any
    steps or landing-place for passengers, or so near
    thereto as to obstruct the approach of other vessels,
    or allow her to lie longer alongside than required for
    landing passengers.

35. All vessels alongside of any steps or landing-
    place shall give way to Government vessels on duty,
    also to other vessels with passengers, so soon as their
    own passengers have been landed; and any person
    offending against this by-law, or failing to obey
    the orders of the Harbourmaster or wharfinger, or
    making use of abusive or improper language at such
    steps or landing-place, shall be liable to a penalty.

36. Any person taking a cart or other vehicle on
    any wharf shall walk at the head of and lead his
    horse or horses, and remain by the same so long as
    the vehicle is on the said wharf, and no person shall
    ride on horseback on any wharf, but shall dismount
    and lead his horse. Any person infringing this by-
    law, or taking any cart or other vehicle, or any horse,
    on any wharf on which they are not permitted to be
    taken, shall, for each offence, be liable to a penalty.

37. All boatmen, stevedores, carters, or others
    engaged on any wharf shall be under the control
    and obey the orders of the wharfinger; and any
    person disobeying such orders, or in any way ob-
    structing the traffic on any wharf, or making use of
    abusive or improper language thereon, or on board
    of any ship alongside thereof, shall be liable to a
    penalty.

VESSELS AND PERSONS PLYING FOR HIRE.

38. Vessels solely employed within any harbour
    shall not ply for hire or carry any passengers, cargo,