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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 72

Regulations as to Qualifications of Harbourmasters and Pilots.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 19th day of October, 1929.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the fourteenth day of June, 1915, and published in the New Zealand Gazette, No. 74, of the same day, general harbour regulations were made prescribing rules for determining the qualifications in respect of age, time of service, skill, character, and otherwise to be required of persons appointed as harbourmasters or appointed or licensed as pilots :

And whereas it is expedient to revoke such regulations and to make others in lieu thereof :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by section two hundred and thirty-four of the Harbours Act, 1923, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby revoke the herein-before-recited regulations, and doth hereby make the following general harbour regulations in lieu thereof ; and doth hereby order and declare that they shall be in force on and from the date of this Order in Council.

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GENERAL HARBOUR REGULATIONS.

1. A CANDIDATE for the position of harbourmaster at any port which requires a harbourmaster whose whole time is devoted in connection with the harbour or pilotage must be a British subject of not less than twenty-five years of age, and must hold a foreign-going certificate of competency as master.

2. He must produce certificates to date of good conduct and sobriety, also medical certificate that he is in good health and not afflicted with any bodily infirmity rendering him unfit for the duties of the position.

3. He must also produce a recent form and colour-test certificate as required by the latest Board of Trade regulations for examination of masters and mates.

4. The above regulations shall not apply to ports where the harbourmaster is not required to devote the whole of his time to duties of the position, or to the service of the Government or Harbour Board employing him.

PILOTS.

5. Before any person can receive an appointment as a pilot he must pass before a Board in the subjects and fulfil the conditions set forth below.

6. The Board shall be composed of not less than two nautical officers to be appointed by the Marine Department, each of whom shall possess a certificate of competency as master; one member of the Board at least must have a thorough knowledge of the harbour, river, or roadstead and its approaches in respect of which the candidate is to be examined.

7. (1) A candidate for the appointment of pilot must be a British subject and not less than twenty-two years of age, must hold a foreign-going certificate not lower than master, must produce certificates of good conduct and sobriety, also medical certificate that he is in good health and not afflicted with any bodily infirmity rendering him unfit for the duty of pilot. He must also produce a recent form and colour-test certificate as required by the latest Board of Trade regulations for examination of masters and mates.

(2) He must be examined as to his knowledge of the Harbour Regulations and By-laws, International Code, Quarantine Regulations, Rules of the Road, Lights, Fog and Distress Signals, and of the working of ships in narrow water or among shipping.

(3) Also as to his first duty when going on board and before taking charge of a vessel; mooring and unmooring; getting under way; bringing up in light and strong winds, or in a tide-way; keeping a ship clear of her anchor in a roadstead or river; and marks of the lead-line.

(4) Also as to his knowledge of the harbour, river, or roadstead and their approaches (as the case may be), its depth of water, rise, fall, and set of the currents at various times of the tide; the line of soundings; banks, rocks, or other dangers, with directions for clearing the same; the description and position of lights, buoys, and beacons; the proper time of tide to get under way; and any other nautical matter the Board may think proper.

(5) A candidate applying for the appointment of pilot in harbours or rivers to which only home-trade ships ply, or where vessels are piloted from shore by means of shore-signals only, must have served at least one year as master or chief mate of a vessel or vessels which would be capable of entering such harbour and must hold a certificate of competency as master, home trade or of a higher grade. He must also fulfil the qualification set forth in paragraphs (2), (3) and (4) of this regulation.

8. Any person committing a breach of or failing to observe these regulations is liable to a fine not exceeding £100.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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The Northern Side of Portion of a Road, in the Taranaki County, exempted from the Provisions of Section 128 of the Public Works Act, 1928, subject to a Condition as to the Building-line.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 19th day of October, 1929.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by the Public Works Act, 1928, and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby approve of the following resolution passed by the Taranaki County Council on the second day of September, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine, viz :—

“That the Taranaki County Council, being the local authority having control of the roads in the Taranaki County, hereby by resolution declares that the provisions of section one hundred and twenty-eight, Public Works Act, 1928, shall not apply to the northern side of the portion of road adjoining Lots 1, 2, and 3 of Section 38, Grey District, Block IV, Paritutu Survey District ”;

subject to the condition that no building or part of a building shall at any time be erected on the land fronting the northern side of the portion of road (described in the Schedule hereto), within a distance of thirty-three feet from the centre-line of the said portion of road.

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SCHEDULE.

THE northern side of all that portion of road, situated in the Taranaki Land District, Taranaki County, adjoining Lots 1, 2, and 3 of Section 38, Grey District, Block IV, Paritutu Survey District. As the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 76146, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

(P.W. 51/1354.)

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The Eastern Side of Portion of a Road in the Taranaki County exempted from the Provisions of Section 128 of the Public Works Act, 1928, subject to a Condition as to the Building-line.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 19th day of October, 1929.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by the Public Works Act, 1928, and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby approve of the following resolution passed by the Taranaki County Council on the second day of September, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine, viz :—

“That the Taranaki County Council, being the local authority having control of the roads in the Taranaki County, hereby by resolution declares that the provisions of section one hundred and twenty-eight of the Public Works Act, 1928, shall not apply to the eastern side of the portion of road adjoining part Lot 2 and part Lot 1 of part Lot 2, part 26, Bell District, Block II, Paritutu Survey District ”;

subject to the condition that no building or part of a building shall at any time be erected on the land fronting the eastern