Mar. 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 621

MASTER BOATMEN AND WATERMEN.

40. No person shall act as master of a steamboat, ferry-boat, tug-boat, or launch unless he is the holder of a master boatmen’s license issued under these regulations, but this regulation shall not apply to a duly certificated master while acting as master of any vessel subject to survey under the Shipping and Seamen Act, 1908, and its amendments.

41. No person shall drive or ply for hire within the lake, nor use any vessel for the conveyance of passengers, cargo, ballast, water, or otherwise, unless he is the holder of a master boatman’s license or a waterman’s license issued under these regulations.

42. Applications for a master boatman’s license or a waterman’s license must be made in writing, on Form No. 3 set out in the Schedule hereto, signed by the person seeking to be licensed, and addressed to the Department, and must be accompanied by a full statement of the qualifications and experience of the applicant.

43. The fee for each master boatman’s license or waterman’s license shall be 2s. 6d. per annum.

44. Before any license is issued to a master boatman or waterman the applicant must prove to the satisfaction of the Department, or some person appointed for the purpose, that he possesses a competent knowledge of the management of his craft, also that he is a person of respectability and free from intemperate habits.

45. Every license for a master boatman or waterman shall be in the Form No. 4 set out in the Schedule hereto.
    There shall be from time to time endorsed on every license by the officer appointed for the purpose the names of the vessels with which the licensee shall ply for hire.

46. Every license issued to any person under these regulations shall expire on the 31st day of March following the date of issue.

47. No master boatman or waterman shall charge fees which exceed those shown in the table of fares, which the Department is hereby authorized to make and to alter from time to time as it deems expedient.

48. Any licensed master boatman or waterman found guilty of dishonest or improper conduct, or of using abusive or insulting language, or of plying with a boat which the Department shall consider to be not fully equipped with proper gear and not in a seaworthy condition, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £5 and to have his license cancelled or suspended, at the discretion of the Department.

49. Any licensed master boatman or waterman who shall carry in any vessel more passengers or cargo than the vessel has been licensed to carry, and any licensed master boatman or waterman who shall demand more than the proper fare, or who shall without sufficient reason refuse or neglect to take a passenger in his boat when required, or who shall ply for hire with a vessel other than that named in his license or in any endorsement thereon, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £5.

50. Any licensed master boatman or waterman lending his license to any other person shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £5.

GENERAL.

51. No passengers or cargo shall be taken up on or put down from any vessel on the Taupo Landing Reserve except at the Taupo Wharf or the rowboat landing stage: provided that, save in exceptional circumstances and with the approval of the Department, the latter shall be used for rowboats only.

52. The Department is hereby empowered to take such measures and to give such orders and directions as it deems necessary for the purpose of preventing risk or accident, confusion, or overcrowding of boats alongside of vessels; and any person wilfully disobeying any orders so given shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £5.

53. Any person obstructing or impeding the navigation of the lake, or obstructing any landing-place, by any vessel, cable, warp, or other article, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £5; and in case such obstruction or impediment be not removed when ordered by the Department it may cast off, cut, or remove any such obstruction or impediment at the risk and expense of the master or owner thereof.

54. If any person fails, refuses, or neglects to do anything required by these regulations, or commits any breach thereof, or in any manner obstructs, impedes, or interferes with the doing of anything enjoined or authorized to be done, or does anything prohibited by these regulations, or fails to comply with any condition of a license issued under these regulations, he shall, where no other penalty is imposed by these regulations, be liable to a penalty not exceeding £5.

SCHEDULE.

[Form No. 1.

APPLICATION FOR LICENSE OF VESSEL UNDER THE TAUPO HARBOUR REGULATIONS, 1935.

Name of—Vessel :
Owner :
Master :

Main dimensions—Length :
Beam :
Gross tonnage :
&c. :

Description of engines :
Details of equipment :
Purposes for which vessel is to be licensed :
Number of marine survey certificate (if any) : [Certificate of survey must be produced.]
Date of application :
Signature of applicant :

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[Form No. 2.

HARBOUR BOAT LICENSE.

, is hereby licensed to ply within the from the date hereof until the 31st day of March next, together with his vessel called the , which is authorized to carry passengers, or tons of cargo, and no more.*
This license is granted subject to the Taupo Harbour Regulations, 1935.

Dated at , this day of , 19 .

• The number of passengers carried shall be reduced by one for every 120 lb. of cargo carried.
  Fee : £ .

For the Department of Internal Affairs.

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[Form No. 3.

APPLICATION FOR LICENSE OF MASTER BOATMAN OR WATERMAN UNDER THE TAUPO HARBOUR REGULATIONS, 1935.

Full name of applicant :
Names of vessel or vessels with which license is to be used :
Qualifications of applicant :
Experience of applicant :
Capacity in which applicant is to be licensed : [State whether master boatman or waterman.]
Date of application :
Signature of applicant :

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[Form No. 4.

MASTER BOATMAN’S (OR WATERMAN’S) LICENSE.

, is hereby licensed to ply as a master boatman or waterman within the , from the date hereof until the 31st day of March next, together with his boat called the , which is authorized to carry passengers or tons of cargo, and no more.*
This license is granted subject to the Taupo Harbour Regulations, 1935.

Dated at , this day of , 19 .

• The number of passengers carried shall be reduced by one for every 120 lb. of cargo carried.
  Fee : £ .

For the Department of Internal Affairs.

Endorsements.

In addition to the vessel or vessels named above, this license may also be used with the following vessel[s] :
Date of endorsement :
Signature of person endorsing license :

C. A. JEFFERY,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Order in Council consenting to the Borrowing of Moneys by the Waimea Electric-power Board by way of Bank Overdraft.

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BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 27th day of February, 1935.

Present :

THE RIGHT HON. G. W. FORTES PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Waimea Electric-power Board (hereinafter called “the said local authority”), being desirous of borrowing moneys by way of bank overdraft pursuant to the provisions of section thirty of the Local Legislation Act, 1934, has complied with the provisions of the Local Government Loans Board Act, 1926 (hereinafter called “the said