3060
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 98

3. That the Council shall maintain and keep the above-mentioned wharf, and all erections on the wharf, in good order and repair; and shall at all times permit to be erected and exhibited therefrom any lights for the guidance of vessels, and shall maintain at its own cost any such lights: Provided that no new light shall be exhibited until after it has been approved of by the Marine Department.

4. That any person authorised by the Minister having charge of the Marine Department, or any officer acting with his approval, may at all reasonable times enter upon the said wharf and any buildings erected thereon and view the state of repair thereof; and that upon his leaving at the last known address of the Council a notice in writing of any defect or want of repair in such wharf or buildings, requiring the Council, within a reasonable time, to be therein prescribed, to repair the same, the Council shall, with all convenient speed, cause such defect to be removed or such repairs to be made.

5. That the Council shall appoint all officers and servants required for the management and working of the said wharf.

6. That the Council shall not erect, or suffer to be erected, on the said wharf any building or structure whatever except with the consent of the Marine Department.

7. That nothing herein contained shall authorise the Council to do or cause to be done anything repugnant to or inconsistent with any law relating to the Customs, or any regulation of the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, or with any provisions of “The Harbours Act, 1878,” or its amendments, or any regulations thereunder.

8. That the rights, powers, and privileges conferred by this Order in Council shall continue in force for fourteen years, computed from the date of this Order in Council, unless in the meantime altered, modified, or revoked.

9. That the rights, powers, and privileges conferred under or by virtue of this Order in Council may at any time be resumed by the Governor, on giving to the Council one calendar month’s notice in writing. Any such notice shall be sufficient if given by the Governor, or the Minister of Marine, or any person acting under his or their instructions, and delivered at the last known address of any one of the Council. No compensation or allowance shall be payable in such case.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

REGULATIONS.

1. The limits within which the Council shall exercise the rights, powers, and privileges conferred by this Order in Council shall extend to and include the said wharf and the foreshore for 50 ft. on each side of it.

2. The master or any other person in charge of any vessel entering the harbour, or anchoring within the limits of the port, shall report the arrival of such vessel to the wharfinger within twenty-four hours thereafter.

3. No person shall make fast a vessel or boat except to such post, ring, or other mooring as may be pointed out by the wharfinger of the Council.

4. All vessels and boats plying within the harbour shall be placed by the masters or persons in charge thereof at such places within the harbour as the wharfinger shall direct, and shall be removed from such places when required by the wharfinger so to do.

5. No vessel shall be berthed, or removed from any berth, unless by direction or permission of the wharfinger.

6. For the general safety of vessels frequenting the said harbour the said wharfinger shall have control of the fires and lights which may be required on board thereof, and masters of such vessels shall take instructions given by him as final.

7. No ballast shall be taken from the harbour foreshore, or from any place under the control of the Council, without the sanction first obtained of the wharfinger.

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

9. Every master, owner, or agent of a vessel loading or unloading in the harbour shall deliver to the wharfinger a true return of all goods so loaded or unloaded.

10. No master of any such vessel shall receive goods without the permission of the wharfinger first had and obtained.

11. No person shall remove any goods from the wharf or from the foreshore within a distance of 50 ft. on each side of it until all dues thereon have been paid, nor shall any person remove such goods before signing a receipt therefor, nor until the wharfinger has given authority for such removal.

12. The wharfinger shall give receipts for all dues and fees received by him.

13. The master of any ship berthed at the wharf as aforesaid shall cause the discharge or loading of any such ship to be commenced and continued until completed by working at such hours as the wharfinger shall direct, provided that such directions shall not be in contravention of any Customs or harbour enactment or regulation.

14. All goods landed on the wharf or brought thereon for shipment shall be placed as the wharfinger shall direct, and in such manner as to keep all mooring posts or rings free, and all rails or tramways clear.

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

16. Every master, owner, or agent of any vessel having on board any goods or cargo intended to be transhipped shall give notice in writing to the wharfinger before such transshipment, specifying and showing what goods or cargo are intended to be so transhipped so that wharfage dues may be levied and recovered in respect thereof.

17. Vessels using the wharf may discharge or load cargo over and across any other vessel or vessels lying alongside the wharf, and the master or masters of the inner vessel must give every reasonable facility for carrying on such discharging or loading.

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

19. The Council shall not be held responsible for the safety of any goods deposited in the shed upon the wharf.

20. Any person committing a breach of any of the foregoing regulations shall for each such offence be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty pounds, which shall be recoverable under the provisions of “The Harbours Act, 1878.”

BERTHAGE DUES.

For every vessel, with steam or otherwise, under 100 tons register, per day or part of a day, ½d. per ton.

For every vessel over 100 tons register, ½d. per ton for the first 100 tons, and ½d. per ton for each additional ton, per day or part of a day.

Minimum charge, 1s.

WHARFAGE DUES.

Butter, per box .. .. .. .. .. 0 1
Bricks, per 100 .. .. .. .. .. 0 3
Building-stone, per ton .. .. .. .. 1 0
Bones, per ton .. .. .. .. .. 0 6
Bran, per ton of 12 sacks .. .. .. 1 6
" per sack .. .. .. .. .. 0 2
Barley, per ton of 12 sacks .. .. .. 1 6
" per sack .. .. .. .. .. 0 2
Cattle, each .. .. .. .. .. 1 0
" (under two years), each .. .. .. 0 9
Calves, each .. .. .. .. .. 0 3
Cement, per cask .. .. .. .. .. 0 4
Chaff, per ton of 20 sacks .. .. .. 1 0
" per sack .. .. .. .. .. 0 1
Coal (imported), per ton .. .. .. .. 1 6
" (exported), per ton if wharf not used .. .. 0 3
" " per ton if loaded off wharf .. .. 0 6
Flax, per bale .. .. .. .. .. 0 3
" green, per ton .. .. .. .. .. 1 6
Fungus, per sack .. .. .. .. .. 0 1
" per bale .. .. .. .. .. 0 6
Fat, per tin .. .. .. .. .. 0 1
" per cask .. .. .. .. .. 0 4
Flour, per ton .. .. .. .. .. 1 0
Grain (not otherwise specified), per ton .. .. 1 6
Grass-seed, per 20 bags .. .. .. .. 1 0
" per bag .. .. .. .. .. 0 1
Hides, per sack .. .. .. .. .. 0 3
" each .. .. .. .. .. 0 1
Horses, each .. .. .. .. .. 2 0
Iron, per ton .. .. .. .. .. 1 0
Lime, per ton .. .. .. .. .. 1 6
Oats, per ton of 12 sacks .. .. .. .. 1 6
Paling, per 100 .. .. .. .. .. 0 3
Pollard, per ton of 12 sacks .. .. .. 1 6
Parcels, each .. .. .. .. .. 0 1
Potatoes, per ton of 12 sacks .. .. .. 1 0
" per sack .. .. .. .. .. 0 1
Posts and rails, per 100 .. .. .. .. 0 9
Pigs, each .. .. .. .. .. 0 2
Return empties, each .. .. .. .. .. 0 1
Sleepers, per 100 .. .. .. .. .. 5 0
" each .. .. .. .. .. 0 1
Shells, per bag .. .. .. .. .. 0 1
Sheep, 1d. each for first 50, after that number .. 0 0½