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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 14

may consider necessary or expedient with the view to the safety and interest of the whole shipping, and in consideration of the state of the weather or any other circumstance.

10. It shall be an offence under these regulations to anchor or moor a vessel or boat in such a manner as to obstruct the approach to any wharf, and any such vessel may be removed by the Department at the risk and expense of the owner.

11. The Department may order any vessel to be removed from any berth alongside any wharf, or from any anchorage, to any part of the lake, whenever in the opinion of the Department such removal is proper for the general accommodation of shipping, and it shall be the duty of the master boatman to obey such order.

12. The master of any vessel arriving at a wharf shall moor such vessel where directed by the Department, and shall not allow such vessel to remain moored at any wharf for a period exceeding one hour without the permission of the Department. If deemed necessary the Department may order the removal from a wharf of any vessel as soon as its passengers (and cargo, if any) have been landed. In all cases licensed vessels shall have prior right to moor at any wharf, as against unlicensed vessels.

13. All goods shall be removed from the wharves within three hours of their being placed thereon. Any goods not so removed may be removed by the Department at the owner’s risk and expense.

14. No person shall throw fish, cans, tins, or bottles or other refuse into the lake within half a mile of the shore.

15. Every owner of a vessel shall have a permanent mooring placed in such position as may be approved by the Department. The position of such mooring shall be clear of the fairway and of all wharves (whether under the control or jurisdiction of the Department or not) and of all approaches thereto and shall leave room for the adjacent vessels at all times to swing clear. The moorings shall be of a substantial and permanent nature, and every part thereof, except a floating buoy, and a rope or chain attaching such buoy to the rest of the mooring, shall be sunk entirely below the bed of the lake.

WHARFAGE DUES.

16. The following dues shall be payable to the Department for the use of the wharves on the said lake:—

Inclusive Charge for all Wharves.

For all vessels over 5 tons or licensed to carry twenty passengers or over :—

For each occasion they come alongside any wharf, for a period of one hour or less .. 0 2 0

For the use of all wharves for a period of one year .. .. .. .. .. 4 0 0

For vessels under 5 tons and licensed to carry less than twenty persons :—

For each occasion they come alongside any wharf, for a period of one hour or less .. 0 1 0

For the use of all wharves for a period of one year .. .. .. .. .. 2 0 0

Wharfage on Goods.

For all goods landed or shipped at any wharf, per ton, by weight or measurement .. .. 0 1 0

The above annual charge due shall be payable in advance on the 1st day of April in each year.

17. All vessels which do not pay wharfage dues for a period of one year in advance shall be deemed to be irregular trading-vessels, and wharfage dues shall be payable accordingly for each occasion they come alongside any wharf.

18. All wharfage dues payable by irregular trading-vessels shall be paid to the Department, or to some one appointed by it to receive them, the payments to be made by the master or owner of the vessel upon application.

VESSELS.

19. No person shall cause or permit any vessel to ply for hire or to carry passengers or cargo or to be employed as a ferry-boat or tug-boat within the lake unless such vessel has been licensed by the Department for such purposes:

Provided that every mechanically propelled vessel so licensed shall be allowed one dinghy not exceeding 12 ft. in length, and the name of the licensed vessel shall be clearly painted on such dinghy. All other rowing-boats employed for hire, or as ferry-boats, or as watermen’s boats shall be licensed as above.

20. Fees for licenses shall be paid to the Department at the rate of 5s. per annum for each vessel plying for hire.

21. All licenses shall be issued for such periods only as shall expire on 31st March in any year, but may be renewed from year to year at the discretion of the Department.

22. Applications for licenses must be made in writing in Form No. 1 in the Schedule hereto signed by the owner of the vessel concerned and addressed to the Department, and shall give full details of the dimensions and description of the vessel (and engine, if any).

23. Applications for renewal of licenses must be made to the Department in writing at least seven days before the expiry of the existing license.

24. Before any license is issued, the vessel must, unless subject to survey under the Shipping and Seamen Act, 1908, and its amendments, be inspected by the Department, which will determine whether the vessel is in a seaworthy condition and properly equipped for the safety and comfort of passengers, or for any other purpose for which the vessel is to be licensed, as the case may require. The license shall also specify the number of passengers and the quantity of cargo the vessel may carry.

25. The master of any vessel shall at all times carry such license on the vessel and shall produce it for inspection by the Department or by any passenger at any time on demand.

26. The license shall be in the Form No. 2 set out in the Schedule hereto.

27. A card shall be supplied with each license giving the name of the vessel, the main dimensions, and the number of passengers and quantity of cargo which it is licensed to carry. The master of such vessel shall exhibit such card at all times in a conspicuous position on the vessel.

28. The owner of any vessel licensed to carry passengers or cargo shall cause the name of such vessel to be legibly painted in a conspicuous position on the hull of such vessel.

29. The master of any vessel shall not cause or permit such vessel to carry more passengers, cargo, ballast, water, or otherwise than the number or quantity allowed in the license.

30. No license under these regulations shall be held to give any right to carry cargo in any vessel until the requirements of the Customs laws and regulations have been duly complied with.

31. A condition of every such license shall be that the applicant shall keep such vessel fully equipped with proper gear and in a seaworthy condition, and properly marked, as required by these regulations.

32. No person shall fumigate or smoke any vessel for the extermination of vermin while such vessel is lying alongside any wharf or other vessel.

33. It shall be the duty of the master of any vessel to use proper tarpaulins in discharging or taking in ballast, coals, rubbish, gravel, earth, or filth of any kind so as to prevent any part thereof from falling into the lake.

34. Steamships at all times when under way must have a responsible person in charge of the ship, and also a responsible person in charge of and attending to the engine. The utmost care must be taken by the person or persons in charge to prevent accidents to other vessels.

35. If the master of any vessel that is being navigated within the lake neglects to observe any of the “Regulations for preventing Collisions at Sea” which may from time to time be made by His Majesty’s Order in Council (which regulations are by section 191 of the Shipping and Seamen Act, 1908, brought into force in the Dominion), he shall, in addition to any liabilities he may incur by so doing, be liable to a penalty not exceeding £5.

36. Whenever the hatch of a vessel is open for the purpose of working cargo or otherwise, and there is not sufficient daylight for persons working at or near it or passing near it to see clearly that it is open, then the master of the ship shall place a light or lights at such hatch of sufficient brilliancy to enable persons to see that it is open, and shall maintain such light during the time the hatch is so open and insufficiently lighted.

37. After work has ceased for the day on board of any vessel the master shall cause all hatches to be put on and properly secured to prevent accidents, and before closing the hatches he shall either go into the hold and into the between-decks and satisfy himself that there are no signs of fire, or cause an officer of the vessel to do so.

38. The officer appointed by the Department may at any time inspect or measure any vessel plying on the lake, or test the accuracy of any measurement, and may appoint the time, place, and manner when, where, and in which such measurement or inspection shall be made; and, if he finds that these regulations are not duly complied with, he may suspend or cancel the license for any such vessel.

39. The expense of measuring or remeasuring, and of marking, such vessels shall be borne and paid by the owner or owners of such vessels; and if any such expense has been incurred by the Department no license shall be issued until the owner has repaid the same to it.