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 person
in charge shall walk at the head of and lead the horse, and
no person shall ride on the wharf, but shall dismount and lead
his horse.
(c.) Every person driving or taking any vehicle on 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 the 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 the wharf, nor make use of any provoking, abusive, ob-
scene, or other improper language thereon.
12. (a.) No person shall, otherwise than as specifically
permitted by these regulations, obstruct or impede ingress
to or egress from the wharf by any vessel, boat, or cable, or
in any other way.
(b.) If in breach of this clause any person obstruct or
impede 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 wharf, or any portion thereof,
whenever in his opinion it is advisable to do so, and no person
shall enter upon the wharf or portion of the wharf so closed
without the consent of the wharfinger.
14. The master of every vessel lying at the wharf shall give
way to any mail steamer, whether discharging cargo or
passengers, 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 the 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 wharfinger 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
according as freight is payable, intended to be unshipped
from the vessel on to the wharf, and also of all goods shipped
from the wharf on to his vessel.
17. Every person, firm, or company who uses the wharf for
landing or shipping any goods, shall pay to the Council wharf
dues as follows:---
Ballast (ships) per ton .. .. .. .. 1 0
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, other than for mining purposes, per ton .. 1 0
Coal, for mining purposes, per ton .. .. .. 0 6
Cream, per cwt. (up to 15 cwt.) .. .. .. 0 0½
Cream, over 15 cwt. and not exceeding 1 ton .. 1 0
Firewood, per ton .. .. .. .. .. 0 6
Grass-seed, per sack .. .. .. .. .. 0 1
Hides, great cattle, undressed .. .. .. .. 0 3
Hides, small animals, per dozen .. .. .. .. 0 6
Horses, each .. .. .. .. .. 1 0
Kauri-gum, per sack .. .. .. .. .. 0 2
Kauri-gum, per case .. .. .. .. .. 0 3
Kerosene and benzine, per case of two tins .. 0 1
Lime, per sack .. .. .. .. .. 0 1
Manure, per sack .. .. .. .. .. 0 1
Oats and grain, per sack .. .. .. .. .. 0 1½
Oysters, per sack .. .. .. .. .. 0 1½
Pailings, per 1,000 .. .. .. .. .. 7 0
Paint, oil, 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 consignees Free.
Parcels, packages, boxes, jars, up to 12 lb., when left s. d.
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 3
Pipes (iron and galvanized), per 100 lineal feet .. 0 3
Pipes (earthenware), each .. .. .. 0 1
Ploughs, each .. .. .. .. .. 0 6
Posts or rails, per 100 .. .. .. .. 3 0
Props, per 100 .. .. .. .. .. 2 0
Harrows, each .. .. .. .. .. 0 3
Poultry, per dozen .. .. .. .. .. 0 3
Saddles, with or without bridles, each .. .. 0 3
Sand, shingle, or stone, per cubic yard .. .. 0 6
Sheep, or goats, each .. .. .. .. .. 0 3
Sheep-skins, each .. .. .. .. .. 0 0½
Shingles, per thousand .. .. .. .. .. 0 9
Slabs, per hundred .. .. .. .. .. 1 6
Sleepers, per hundred .. .. .. .. .. 4 6
Tanks, empty, each .. .. .. .. .. 0 6
Timber, baulk or round, per 100 sup. feet .. 0 1½
Timber, sawn, per 100 superficial feet .. .. 0 1
Vegetables, per sack .. .. .. .. .. 0 1½
Vehicles, two wheels, each .. .. .. .. 3 0
Vehicles, four wheels, each .. .. .. .. 4 0
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 the
wharf, a rate of two shillings (2s.) per ton weight or measure-
ment, 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 6
Over 200 lb. and not exceeding 500 lb. .. 0 9
Over 500 lb. and not exceeding 1,000 lb. .. 1 0
Over 1,000 lb. and not exceeding 1,500 lb. .. 1 6
1,500 lb. to one ton .. .. .. .. .. 2 0
Measurement--For every fractional part of a ton as
follows--
s. d.
4 cubic feet and under .. .. .. .. .. 0 6
Over 4 cubic feet and under 9 cubic feet .. 0 9
Over 9 cubic feet and under 18 cubic feet .. 1 0
Over 18 cubic feet and under 27 cubic feet .. 1 6
27 cubic feet to one ton (40 cubic feet) .. 2 0
Separate consignments of goods shall be computed sepa-
rately, and computing the whole of one firm's or person's
consignments in the lump, or as a whole, as one consignment
shall not be allowed, saving and excepting that when any
firm or person ships or receives more than one package of goods
on any one day by the same ship, then wharfage shall be
charged on the total measurements of all the packages, and
not separately.
All charges to be paid before goods are delivered.
STORAGE.
18. Every person, firm, or company whose goods are stored
in any shed upon the wharf shall pay before receipt of such
goods, and when called upon 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.
After the first twelve hours double the rates as set out in
the foregoing schedule of wharfage charges shall be payable
for every week or part of a week that goods remain in the
sheds.
19. No person shall remove goods from the wharf without
having previously paid the dues payable thereon.
20. In the absence of the consignee the wharfinger shall
take delivery of all goods landed on the wharf, and shall
place such goods in the wharf shed, and shall keep same until
payment to the Council of the expenses of such removal,
wharfage, and storage dues as in By-laws Nos. 17 and 18
hereof provided for, together with any other charges due to
the Council thereupon, and in default of payment may in the
manner and in the time provided in section 195 of the Har-
bours Act, 1923, sell the same, and may exercise on behalf
of the Council all the powers contained in the said section
195 ; provided, however, that goods as mentioned in By-laws
Nos. 25 and 27 shall not be stored in any wharf shed.