Jan. 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 43

Police wanted (by night): Two white lights vertically disposed,
4 ft. apart.

Exempt from pilotage: White flag at the main.

Where not otherwise specified, all signals shall be displayed
where they can be best seen.

In addition to the above, every pilot and signal-station shall
be provided with a set of International Code signal-flags, which
shall be used as required.

When pilots are not put on board semaphore-arms are used
for piloting ships over all bars where a pilot establishment is
maintained, the ship being piloted shall be steered in the
direction towards which the semaphore-arm is pointed. When
the semaphore-arm is dropped the ship shall be kept steady as
she goes.

Ships.

9. The master of every ship entering, departing from, or
   within any harbour shall, by every means in his power consistent
   with the safety of such ship, assist every pilot and duly authorized
   public officer in boarding or leaving such ship; and no person
   on board of such ship shall interfere with or obstruct any such
   officer or pilot whilst carrying out his duties.

10. No person, except pilots and officers on duty and persons
    who hold a written authority from the Harbourmaster, shall
    go alongside or on board of any ship arriving in any harbour
    from any place out of the Dominion, until such ship has been
    moored, or secured by at least one anchor, and has been cleared
    by the Health Officer or the officer acting as such; nor shall
    any person quit any ship so entering any harbour until she has
    been moored, and cleared by the Health Officer as aforesaid.

11. Except only when assistance is urgently required, no
    guns or firearms shall be discharged, or blue lights, rockets,
    or other combustibles burned or discharged by any person from
    any ship or boat within the limits of any harbour, unless per-
    mission in writing has been obtained from the Harbourmaster.

12. The Harbourmaster is hereby empowered to take such
    steps and to give such orders and directions as he may deem
    necessary for the purpose of preventing risk or accident to
    shipping, of avoiding confusion, or of preventing overcrowding
    of boats alongside of ships or wharves, and any person wilfully
    disobeying any orders so given shall be liable to a penalty.

13. The master or owner or person in charge of every ship
    in any harbour shall at all times keep on board a sufficient
    number of men to perform any services required for the safety
    of such ship, and, unless he has obtained a written exemption
    from the Harbourmaster, he shall at all times, as well by day
    as by night, have at least one seaman in charge of the deck of
    such ship; and the seaman having such charge, and all persons
    having the charge of or being on board of any ship or boat
    within any harbour, shall answer to the challenge of the Harbour-
    master, police, or other duly authorized public officer.

14. If any anchor, kedge, or cable be slipped, cut, or parted
    from, the master or owner of the ship shall without delay make
    report thereof to the Harbourmaster, and the master or owner
    shall cause such anchor, &c., to be weighed within twenty-four
    hours, or as soon thereafter as the Harbourmaster may direct.

15. If such anchor, kedge, or cable be not weighed by the
    master or owner of the ship from which the same has been
    slipped or cut or has parted, within such time as may be fixed
    by the Harbourmaster, it may be weighed by the Harbourmaster
    at the risk and expense of the master or owner of such ship.

16. The master of any ship which has discharged or is in
    course of discharging her cargo shall from day to day take on
    board such quantity of ballast as shall suffice to keep such
    ship safe while in harbour, and, in the case of ships in open
    roadsteads shall keep such vessel in fair seagoing trim, to the
    satisfaction of the Harbourmaster, in case of their being com-
    pelled to put to sea.

17. No person shall smoke on any vehicular ferry plying
    within harbour limits, either during the conveyance of such
    vehicles or while the vessel is lying at any wharf with any such
    vehicles on board.