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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 49
ballast, water, or otherwise, or be employed as a ferry-
boat or tug-boat therein, without being licensed by
the Harbourmaster.

39. No person shall ply for hire within any harbour,
    nor use any vessel for the conveyance of passengers,
    cargo, ballast, water, or otherwise, nor act as master
    of a ferry-boat or tug-boat, therein only, without
    being licensed by the Harbourmaster.

40. Applications for licenses must be made in
    writing, addressed to the Harbourmaster, and must
    be accompanied by such certificates as are required
    by these by-laws.

41. Before any license is issued to any vessel she
    must be inspected by the Harbourmaster, or by some
    person or persons appointed by him for the purpose,
    who will, upon approval, grant a certificate as to her
    dimensions, that she is fully equipped with proper
    gear, and in a seaworthy condition, and that she is
    properly marked as required by these by-laws;

Also as to the number of passengers, and the
quantity of cargo, ballast, water, or otherwise, she
may with safety be permitted to carry:

Provided that, in the case of steam-vessels, the
number of passengers allowed shall in no case exceed
the number stated in the certificate of survey granted
by the Marine Department.

42. Before any license is issued to a master-boat-
    man, waterman, or other person plying for hire as
    before mentioned, the applicant must prove to the
    satisfaction of the Harbourmaster that he possesses
    a competent knowledge of the management of his
    craft; also that he is a person of respectability and
    free from intemperate habits.

43. Licenses shall be issued by the Harbourmaster
    after they have been signed, numbered consecutively,
    and the particulars thereof entered in a book to be
    kept for that purpose.

44. Every license for a vessel shall contain the
    name of such vessel, also of the master and owner
    thereof, with the address of the latter, and shall
    specify the number of passengers, or the quantity of
    cargo, ballast, water, or otherwise, such vessel is
    licensed to carry.

45. A condition of every such license shall be that
    the applicant shall keep such vessel fully equipped
    with proper gear and in a seaworthy condition, and
    properly marked as required by these by-laws.

Every license for a master-boatman or water-
man shall contain his name and address in full; and
there shall be from time to time indorsed thereon
by the Harbourmaster the names of the vessels with
which he shall ply for hire.

46. All cargo, ballast, water, or other vessels ply-
    ing for hire shall have their names painted in legible
    characters on each bow, and shall have marks on the
    stem and stern-posts, showing the draft of water for
    every five tons weight they carry; and these particu-
    lars shall be indorsed upon the license for each such
    vessel by the Harbourmaster.

47. The Harbourmaster may, at any time, in-
    spect or measure any vessel plying within a har-
    bour, or test the accuracy of any measurement, and
    may appoint the time, place, and manner when,
    where, and in which such measurement or inspection
    shall be made; and, if he finds that these by-laws are
    not duly complied with, he may suspend or cancel
    the license for any such vessel.

48. The expense of measuring or remeasuring
    and of marking such vessels shall be borne and paid
    by the owner or owners of such vessels; and, if any
    such expense has been incurred by the Harbour-
    master, no license shall be issued until the owner has
    repaid the same to him.

49. No license under these by-laws shall be held
    to give any right to carry cargo in any vessel until
    the requirements of the Customs laws and regula-
    tions have been duly complied with.

50. No vessel plying within a harbour shall carry
    more passengers, cargo, ballast, water, or otherwise
    than the number or quantity allowed in the license.

51. Every vessel to be employed in carrying bonded
    goods shall, before being licensed, be fitted to the
    satisfaction of the Harbourmaster with good and
    sufficient bulkheads, hatches, and hatch-bars, so that,
    when the cargo-hatches are required to be secured
    by an officer of Customs or other proper authority,
    all communication from the forecastle, cabin, or deck
    to the hold shall be completely stopped. If such bulk-
    heads, &c., become out of repair, and the owner of
    such vessel fails to make such repairs as shall be
    satisfactory to the Harbourmaster, the license may
    be cancelled or suspended at the discretion of the
    Harbourmaster.

52. Every master-boatman, or waterman shall
    carry about with him, and shall produce, on demand,
    to any Customs or harbour officer, or to any person
    by whom he may be employed, his license and the
    license for the vessel with which he is plying for hire;
    also a printed copy of the table of fares or other
    authorized charges.

53. All licenses shall be issued for such periods
    only as shall expire on the 31st December in any
    year; but these may be renewed year by year at the
    discretion of the Harbourmaster.

Applications for renewal of licenses must be sent
to the Harbourmaster on or before the date of
expiration.

54. Fees for licenses shall be paid to the Harbour-
    master according to the following scale per annum :—

55. The fares to be charged by watermen shall not
    exceed those shown in the table of fares, which the
    Harbourmaster of each port is hereby authorized to
    make and to alter from time to time as he may deem
    expedient.

56. When bad-weather fares are authorized to be
    charged, a signal to that effect shall be made in some
    conspicuous place.

57. Any licensed master-boatman or waterman
    found guilty of dishonest or improper conduct, or of
    using abusive or insulting language, or of plying with
    a boat which the Harbourmaster shall consider to be
    not fully equipped with proper gear and not in a
    seaworthy condition, shall be liable to a penalty, and
    to have his license cancelled or suspended, at the
    discretion of the Harbourmaster.

58. Every boat licensed to carry passengers shall
    have its name and the name of the owner thereof,
    or of the waterman plying with it for hire, legibly
    painted on a board securely fixed in the stern of
    such boat.

59. Each vessel or 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