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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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Lighters.

120. Deck cargo on lighters shall only be carried in such quantity and in such positions as may be permitted by a Surveyor of Ships.

121. Lighters other than self-propelled lighters employed in the shipping and discharge of cargo on and from ships in roadsteads shall carry at least two approved lifebuoys and sufficient lifebelts to give one for each person employed or carried on such lighter.

122. Every lighter engaged in connection with working cargo on, to, or from ships in roadstead harbours shall carry at least six red lights for signal purposes.

General as to loading, unloading, and handling of Cargo or Coal.

123. No person shall, unless duly authorized or in case of necessity, remove or interfere with any fencing, gangway, gear, ladder, hatch-covering, life-saving means or appliances, lights, marks, stages, or other things whatsoever required by these regulations to be provided. If removed, such things shall be restored at the end of the period during which their removal was necessary by the persons last engaged in the work that necessitated such removal.

124. The fencing required by these regulations shall not be removed, except to the extent and for the period reasonably necessary for carrying on the work of the dock or ship, or for repairing any fencing. If removed it shall be restored forthwith at the end of that period by the persons engaged in the work that necessitated its removal.

125. Every person employed shall use the means of access provided in accordance with these regulations, and no person shall authorize or order another to use means of access other than those provided in accordance therewith.

126. The General Harbour Regulations made by Order in Council dated the 17th day of May, 1927, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 30, of the 19th day of the same month, together with any amendments made thereto, shall be deemed to be incorporated in and shall form part of these regulations.

Explosives.

127. The master of every ship arriving at any harbour of the Dominion, having on board or intending to load explosives exceeding 55 lb. weight, shall hoist on such ship a red flag by day and a red light by night, and such ship shall remain at such part of the harbour as has been or shall hereafter be set aside as an explosives anchorage or berth during the time such explosives are on board.

128. No person shall land or ship explosives in any harbour, except at such places as may be from time to time appointed for that purpose.

129. (1) No person shall use any ship or boat to convey explosives to or from any ship in a harbour unless such ship or boat has been specially approved for that purpose by the Inspector of Explosives, which approval may at any time be altered, modified, or revoked.

(2) Every such ship or boat shall be provided with tarpaulins, and be properly housed over, and have a red flag flying when explosives exceeding 55 lb. are on board.

130. The owner or consignee of explosives which have been discharged from any ship shall cause the same to be conveyed to the magazine or place of safety appointed for that purpose immediately after their being so discharged.

131. No person shall receive on board or discharge explosives from any ship, except between sunrise and sunset:

Provided that a Surveyor of Ships may authorize the loading or discharge between sunset and sunrise of a quantity not exceeding 500 lb. of explosives under such conditions as may be imposed by him and specified in such authority.

132. No ship used as a storeship or place of safety for explosives shall lie alongside of any wharf, or anchor amidst the shipping, except by the written permission of the Harbourmaster, and during such time only as may be necessary for the purpose