772
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 35

37. No person shall land or ship any goods, except passengers’ luggage of a portable nature, at or from any steps of landing-place for passengers.

38. No person shall wash any dog at the wharf or steps or place for landing passengers, and if any dog being urged or encouraged so to do shall swim to or from any steps or place for landing of passengers, the person urging or encouraging such dog shall be liable to a fine of £1.

39. No person shall fish with a rod, line, or otherwise from the wharf, landing-steps, or landing-place, nor shall use any fishing-net or other fishing-gear thereat or thereon, without the consent of the Harbourmaster or Wharfinger.

40. No person shall hold any auction sale, sell or expose for sale any goods, on the wharf or any landing-place, nor carry on any retail trade thereon, without first having obtained permission from the Harbourmaster or Wharfinger in writing.

41. No person shall erect any building, staging, or structure whatever on the wharf or on any landing-place without the consent of the Minister.

42. No person shall clamber on or about the structure of the wharf below the deck-level, or upon or about any crane or hoist.

43. No person shall commit a nuisance on, under, or above the wharf, or on any steps or landing-place.

44. No person shall scribble on, cut, scratch, or otherwise deface any shed or other part of the structure of the wharf or other structures.

45. No person shall place any placard, notice, or advertisement on any portion of the wharf, sheds, offices, or other structures without the permission of the Harbourmaster or Wharfinger.

46. No person shall play or tamper with any crane or hoist, or make use thereof, without the permission of the Wharfinger.

47. No person shall ring any bell or gong, play any musical instrument, or walk or take part in any demonstration or procession of any kind, or make or deliver any speech or address, or sing any song or hymn likely to attract a crowd or assemblage of persons upon any part of the wharf, without having first obtained the permission of the Harbourmaster or Wharfinger; and any persons assembled or gathered or standing together on the said wharf shall, immediately upon being required so to do by the Harbourmaster or Wharfinger or other officer for the time being in charge of the said wharf, disperse, quit, and leave the wharf and its approaches.

48. No child of tender years shall be allowed on the wharf unless accompanied by an adult. No person shall wheel a perambulator upon the wharf excepting when going to or coming from a vessel.

49. The Harbourmaster or Wharfinger shall have power to close the wharf or any portion thereof whenever in his opinion it is advisable to do so, and no person shall enter upon the wharf or any portion thereof so closed without the consent of the Harbourmaster or Wharfinger.

50. Every boatman, stevedore, porter, carter, cab-driver, motor-car driver, or other person when on the wharf or approaches thereto, whether employed thereon or not, shall be under the control of and shall obey the orders of the Harbourmaster or Wharfinger, and shall immediately leave such wharf or approaches if ordered to do so by either of them, and when ordered so to do shall expeditiously remove the boats or vehicles under their charge.

51. No person shall sort any timber, or pack or repack any goods or screen any coal, on the wharf.

52. Shippers of all goods shipped from the wharf shall, before shipping such goods, deliver to the Wharfinger or Collector a full and true account thereof.

53. No goods or cargo shall be landed until a certificate is produced to the Wharfinger or Collector that a copy of the manifest of such goods or cargo has been deposited at the Harbourmaster’s or Wharfinger’s office.

54. No ballast, timber, coal, produce, or cargo of any description shall be shipped or unshipped except at such times and places and in such order and mode as may be directed and deemed expedient by the Harbourmaster or Wharfinger for the proper working of the wharf or any landing-place.

55. No person shall deposit any ballast, coal, coke, patent or other fuel on the wharf or in any shed or on landing-place without special permission from the Harbourmaster or Wharfinger.

56. No rubbish, ashes, or refuse shall be landed on the wharf or on any landing-place until vehicles are brought alongside to receive and remove the same. Three hours’ notice must be given to the Harbourmaster or Wharfinger of the intention to land any rubbish, ashes, or refuse.

57. No goods or articles of any description which in the opinion of the Wharfinger are likely to occasion damage to the wharf or any landing-place, steps, or sheds shall be discharged or landed or placed on any of such places.

58. No person shall place or leave upon the wharf, or in any shed, or on any steps or landing-place, any animal or vegetable matter or goods which are in a state of decay or putrefaction, or which may be harmful to other goods stored in the wharf or in any shed; and any goods which are in the opinion of the Harbourmaster or Wharfinger unfit to remain on the wharf or in any shed may be removed by the Harbourmaster or Wharfinger, and the consignee, consignor, or owner of such goods shall, upon demand, repay to the Minister the cost of such removal.

59. It shall be lawful for the Harbourmaster or Wharfinger to bury, destroy, or otherwise dispose of any goods removed by virtue of the last preceding clause which may in his opinion cause a nuisance or be a menace to public health, and the cost of so doing shall be recouped to the Minister by the consignee, consignor, or owner.

60. Kerosene, petrol, benzine, and all goods of a dangerous or inflammable character shall be removed by the owner, agent, or consignee immediately on being landed, and such owner, agent, or consignee failing to do so will be held responsible for any damage or loss that may occur from any accident arising therefrom, in addition to the penalty provided for breach of these regulations; and neither the Government of New Zealand, the Minister of Public Works, nor any Government official shall be responsible for any damage or loss which may occur to such goods.

61. No person shall land kerosene, petrol, or benzine upon the wharf until the same shall have been tested in the manner provided by the Explosives and Dangerous Goods Act, 1908, and no person shall bring kerosene, petrol, or benzine on to the wharf for the purpose of shipment until the vessel about to take the same is prepared to receive it, as in no case will kerosene, petrol, or benzine be allowed to be stored on the wharf or adjacent thereto, except in the shed or store specially provided for the purpose.

62. No person shall deposit ballast, rock, stone, slate, shingle, gravel, sand, earth, cinders, sawdust, rubbish, filth, or any other substance on the wharf, steps, landing-place, or their respective approaches, without the permission of the Harbourmaster or Wharfinger.

63. No ballast, rubbish, gravel, earth, stone, earthenware, glass, filth, sawdust, or other material of any description shall be thrown or allowed to fall overboard from the wharf or any vessel or landing-place.

64. No person shall light or heat pitch, tar, resin, or other combustible matter on board of any vessel or boat while lying alongside or near the wharf or any vessel in the harbour, nor shall any vessel be fumigated or smoked for the extermination of vermin without the permission, in writing, of the Harbourmaster or Wharfinger. If any cargo or other material is by accident or otherwise dropped or let fall overboard, the person or persons present at the time shall forthwith report the same to the Wharfinger, and the Wharfinger shall be at liberty to take such steps as may seem to him advisable to recover and land such cargo or other material, and all expenses of such recovery and landing shall be a debt to the Minister of Public Works from the owner, agent, or master of the vessel out of which such goods were being landed or into which they were being shipped, or from any person responsible for letting such goods drop or fall overboard.

65. No person shall make use of abusive or improper language upon the wharf.

66. Cargo landed without the permission of the Wharfinger first obtained shall not be deemed to be in the custody of the Minister of Public Works, nor shall the Minister of Public Works be responsible for any loss or damage that may accrue to such cargo by any cause whatever.

67. Where goods are landed which do not appear on such bills of lading, freight-lists, or manifests, two or more copies, as may be required, of a supplementary freight-list or manifest shall be forthwith supplied by the master, owner, or agent aforesaid to the Wharfinger, giving a full and true account of such goods.

68. No person shall remove any goods or luggage from any wharf without first satisfying the Collector or the Wharfinger of his right so to do, and shall for that purpose, when leaving the wharf, stop and produce for inspection any cart-note or luggage-pass that may have been entrusted to him at the time he received such goods.

69. No person shall remove from one vessel to another, or from any vessel to any part of the wharf at which such vessel is lying, any goods or luggage without the authority of the Wharfinger first had and obtained.

70. The Minister of Public Works shall not be responsible for the safe custody of packages containing acids, chemicals, or other dangerous goods.

71. No vessel having kerosene on board shall lie at the wharf without express permission from the Harbourmaster.

72. No goods or articles of any description which in the opinion of the Wharfinger are likely to occasion damage to