2104
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 50

3. It shall be the duty of the master to cause proper tar-
   paulins to be stretched from the wharf to the vessel loading
   or discharging as aforesaid, and to be there maintained while
   cargo or ballast is being handled or shipped.

4. In case any vessel does or causes any damage to any
   wharf or any part thereof, or to any machinery or building
   thereon or appertaining thereto, then and in any such case
   the master of such vessel shall forthwith report the occur-
   rence to the wharfinger by telegraph, or by at once reporting
   to the wharfinger in person, or should there be no wharfinger,
   then shall he report to the Council in like manner.

5. Any damage done or caused as aforesaid may be re-
   paired by the Council, and the cost thereof shall be recover-
   able by the Council from the master and owner of any such
   vessel, or either of them, in any Court of competent juris-
   diction.

6. All goods landed on any wharf, or brought thereon for
   shipment, shall be placed as the wharfinger or other autho-
   rized person directs, and so as to keep all mooring posts or
   rings free and all rails or tramways clear.

7. Before any vessel or boat is removed from any wharf,
   the master or other person in charge of the said vessel or
   boat shall cause all dirt or rubbish to be thoroughly cleared
   from the portion of the said wharf occupied by such vessel or
   boat, and to be deposited at such places as may be appointed
   by the wharfinger or other person in charge.

8. No boat shall be made fast to any steps or landing-
   place or so near thereto as to obstruct the approach of other
   vessels, nor shall any boat lie longer alongside than is required
   for landing passengers.

9. (a.) No person shall take, drive, or work, or cause to be
   driven, taken, or worked, any cart, vehicle, or horse on any
   wharf on which carts, vehicles, or horses are permitted by
   the wharfinger or person in charge to be taken at other than
   a walking pace.

(b.) If such cart or vehicle is drawn by one horse, the per-
son in charge shall walk at the head of and lead the horse,
and no person shall ride on any wharf, but shall dismount
and lead his horse.

(c.) Every person driving or taking any vehicle on any
such wharf shall remain in attendance thereon, so as to have
control of his horse or horses.

10. All watermen, stevedores, carters, and other persons
    employed on any wharf or any public landing-place shall be
    under the control of the wharfinger or other person in charge,
    and shall obey all orders given by such person in charge.

11. No person shall in any way obstruct or impede traffic
    on any wharf, nor make use of any provoking, abusive, ob-
    sene, or other improper language thereon.

12. (a.) No person shall, otherwise than as specifically per-
    mitted by these regulations, obstruct or impede ingress to
    or egress from any wharf by any vessel, boat, or cable, or in
    any other way.

(b.) If in breach of this clause any person obstruct or im-
pede ingress or egress as aforesaid, and does not, upon being
ordered so to do by the wharfinger or other person in charge,
remove such obstruction, then, irrespective of the penalty to
which such person is liable for such obstruction, the officer
in charge may remove, cast off, or cut any such obstruction,
and may recover the cost of so doing from such person.

13. The wharfinger shall have power, on authority of the
    Chairman of Council, to close the wharves, or any of them or
    any portion thereof whenever in his opinion it is advisable
    to do so, and no person shall enter upon any wharf or portion
    of the wharf so closed without the consent of the wharfinger.

14. The master of every vessel lying at a wharf shall give
    way to any mail steamer, whether discharging cargo or pas-
    sengers, and shall either vacate his berth or assist the master
    of the mail steamer to moor alongside his vessel, and allow
    the cargo and passengers to be shipped or unshipped over
    and across the deck of his vessel, as the case may require,
    under such conditions as the wharfinger may impose.

15. The master of every vessel, whether carrying passengers
    or not, when lying alongside any wharf shall fix, and at all
    times keep fixed, a safe and proper gangway from such vessel
    to the wharf. Such gangway shall have side rails and stan-
    chions, with ropes rove taut through same, the top rail or
    rope being not less than 3 ft. high; and he shall also keep a
    gangway net properly secured beneath the gangway, and shall
    at all times throughout the night—that is to say, from sunset
    to sunrise—show and exhibit a proper light fixed at each
    gangway, and shall conform to and obey all orders the whar-
    finger may give regarding the position, size, and kind of such
    gangways and lights.

16. The master, owner, or agent of every vessel shall pro-
    duce the certificate of registry of his vessel, and shall give to
    the wharfinger or other person in charge a copy of the bill of
    lading, freight list, or manifest of the cargo, or other proper
    accounts of the weights and measurements of all goods accord-
    ing as freight is payable, intended to be unshipped from the
    vessel on to a wharf, and also of all goods shipped from the
    wharf on to his vessel.

17. Every person, firm, or company who uses any wharf,
    jetty, or landing reserve under the control of the Council, and
    any other wharf that may hereafter come under the control
    of the Council, for landing or shipping any goods, shall pay
    to the Council wharf dues as follows:—

Bricks, per 100 bricks .. .. .. .. 0 3
Butter, up to 3 boxes, per box .. .. .. 0 1
Butter, over 3 boxes, per box .. .. .. 0 0½
Cattle, over 10 months old, each .. .. .. 1 0
Cattle, under 10 months old, each .. .. .. 0 3
Cement, per sack .. .. .. .. 0 1
Chaff, per sack .. .. .. .. 0 0½
Coal, per ton .. .. .. .. 1 0
Cream, per cwt. (up to 15 cwt.) .. .. .. 0 0¾
Cream, over 15 cwt. and not exceeding 1 ton .. 1 0
Grass-seed, per sack .. .. .. .. 0 1
Hides, each .. .. .. .. 0 1
Horses, each .. .. .. .. 1 0
Kauri-gum, per sack .. .. .. .. 0 2
Kauri-gum, per case .. .. .. .. 0 3
Kerosene and benzine, per case of 2 tins .. .. 0 1
Lime, per sack .. .. .. .. 0 1
Manure, per sack .. .. .. .. 0 1
Oats and grain, per sack.. .. .. .. 0 1½
Oysters, per sack .. .. .. .. 0 1¾
Paint, oil, and varnish, keg or drum, each .. .. 0 2
Parcels, packages, boxes, jars, up to 12 lb., placed on
board by consignor or taken off boat by consignee.. Free.
Parcels, packages, boxes, jars, up to 12 lb., when left
in charge of wharfinger, each .. .. .. 0 1
Personal luggage, up to half a ton .. .. Free.
Personal luggage, over half a ton, per ton .. .. 1 0
Pigs (dead or alive), each .. .. .. 0 1
Pipes (iron and galvanized), per 100 lineal feet .. 0 3
Pipes (earthenware), each .. .. .. 0 1
Ploughs, each .. .. .. .. 0 6
Harrow, each .. .. .. .. 0 3
Poultry, per dozen .. .. .. .. 0 3
Saddles, with or without bridles, each .. .. 0 3
Sheep, each .. .. .. .. 0 1
Sheepskins, each .. .. .. .. 0 0½
Tanks, empty, each .. .. .. .. 0 6
Timber, per 100 superficial feet .. .. .. 0 2
Vegetables, per sack .. .. .. .. 0 1½
Vehicles, two wheels, each .. .. .. 0 9
Vehicles, four wheels, each .. .. .. 1 3
Wool, per bale .. .. .. .. 0 6
Wool, per half bale .. .. .. .. 0 3
Wool, per bag .. .. .. .. 0 1

Any goods sent for repairs to pay wharfage once only (the
owner being responsible).

For all goods and merchandise, not specially provided for
in the foregoing schedule, landed on or shipped from any
wharf, jetty, or landing reserve, a rate of one shilling and
sixpence (1s. 6d.) per ton weight or measurement, whichever
is the greater, per ton weight or per ton measurement.

Per ton weight means 20 cwt.

Per ton measurement means 40 cubic feet.

Weight shall be gross weight (i.e., including covering).

Measurement shall be outside measurement of all packages.

For smaller quantities according to the following scale:—

Weight—
For every fractional part of a ton as follows:— s. d.
200 lb. and under .. .. .. .. 0 3
Over 200 lb. and not exceeding 500 lb. .. 0 6
Over 500 lb. and not exceeding 1,000 lb. .. 0 9
Over 1,000 lb. and not exceeding 1,500 lb. .. 1 2
1,500 lb. to one ton .. .. .. .. 1 6

Measurement—
For every fractional part of a ton as follows:—
4 cubic feet and under .. .. .. 0 3
Over 4 cubic feet and under 9 cubic feet .. 0 6
Over 9 cubic feet and under 18 cubic feet .. 0 9
Over 18 cubic feet and under 27 cubic feet .. 1 2
27 cubic feet to one ton (40 cubic feet) .. 1 6

Half the above rates to be paid when delivery taken in
boats alongside the wharf.

All charges to be paid before goods are delivered.

STORAGE.

18. Every person, firm, or company whose goods are stored
    in any shed upon any wharf shall pay before receipt of such
    goods; and, when called on by the Council or wharfinger so
    to do, storage for such goods as hereinafter mentioned, that is
    to say—

For the first twelve hours .. .. .. Free.