FEB. 25.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

SHIPS' Wharf Dues.
For every vessel paying quarterly—
Vessels of 20 tons register and under, per quarter .. 10 0
Vessels of over 20 tons register for each 'additional
ton, per quarter ....... 0 6
All such quarterly payments as above shall be paid by the master
or owner to the Council in advance on the 1st days of January,
April, July, and October in each year.
For every vessel not paying quarterly the master or owner
of such vessel shall pay to the Council on—
Vessels of 20 tons register and under, per day ... 2 6
Vessels of over 20 tons register for each additional ton,
per day ..... 0 0½
Vessels fitting out, repairing, or laying up, one-
sixth of a penny per ton, per day ...... 0 0⅔
The minimum charge payable by the master or owner of a
vessel to the Council for vessels fitting out, repairing, or laying up
shall be £2 10s. per calendar month or part of calendar month.
No charge will be made for Sundays or holidays, unless on any
such days cargo is worked, or passengers shall be embarked or
disembarked, or work in the nature of fitting-out shall be done on
such vessel.

THIRD SCHEDULE.
REGULATIONS.

1. In these regulations, if not inconsistent with the context,—
   “Boat” means any open, decked, or half-decked boat
   attached to or used in connection with any ship or other
   vessel lying in or belonging to or visiting Puriri or
   Whangamata, and also any such boat used for the
   purposes of business or pleasure by residents of the
   Thames County, in which the means of propulsion is
   either exclusively by oars or partly by oars and partly
   by sails :
   “Master” means and includes the person actually in charge
   of any vessel, whether or not he is certificated :
   “Vessel” means and includes every description of launch or
   ship, whether used in navigation or in any way kept or
   used as a hulk or storeship, or for any other purpose
   whatsoever, whether business or pleasure, and not.
   coming within the above definition of “boat”:
   “Wharf” means the County Wharf at Puriri or Whangamata,
   and includes the foreshore and land below low-water
   mark extending for one chain on each side of the said
   wharf necessary for the working thereof :
   “Wharfinger” includes every person actually in charge of
   any wharf for the time being.
2. The master of any vessel loading or discharging at either
   wharf shall be deemed accountable for the proper slinging and
   landing of all goods, and responsible for all damage that may occur
   either from the breakage of slings or from the goods being improperly
   slung or improperly handled.
3. The master of every vessel shall cause proper tarpaulins or
   net to be stretched from the wharf to the vessel loading or discharging
   as aforesaid, and shall maintain such tarpaulin or net while cargo
   or ballast is being landed or shipped.
4. In case any vessel does or causes any damage to any wharf
   or any part thereof, or to any machinery or building thereon or
   appertaining thereto, then and in any such case the master of such
   vessel shall forthwith report the occurrence to the Wharfinger by
   telegraph, or by at once reporting to the Wharfinger in person, or
   should there be no Wharfinger, then shall he report to the Council
   in like manner.
5. Any damage done or caused as aforesaid may be repaired by
   the Council, and the cost thereof shall be recoverable by the Council
   from the master and owner of any such vessel, or either of them, in
   any Court of competent jurisdiction.
6. The owner of all goods landed on any wharf, or brought
   thereon for shipment, shall place same so as to keep all mooring
   posts or rings free and all rails or tramways clear, as the Wharfinger
   or other authorized person directs.
7. Before any vessel or boat is removed from any wharf the
   master or other person in charge of the said vessel or boat shall
   cause all dirt or rubbish to be thoroughly cleared from the portion of
   the said wharf occupied by such vessel or boat, and to be deposited
   at such places as may be appointed by the Wharfinger or other
   person in charge.
8. No person shall make fast any boat to any steps or landing-
   place or so near thereto as to obstruct the approach of other vessels,
   nor shall such person permit any boat to lie longer alongside than is
   required for landing passengers.
9. (a) No person shall drive, take, or work, or cause to be
   driven, taken, or worked, any cart, vehicle, or horse on any wharf on
   which carts, vehicles, or horses are permitted by the Wharfinger or
   person in charge to be taken at other than a walking-pace.
   (b) If such cart or vehicle is drawn by one horse, the person in
   charge of the horse shall walk at the head of and lead the horse;
   and no person shall ride on any wharf, but shall dismount and lead
   his horse.
   (c) Every person driving or taking any vehicle on any such
   wharf shall remain in attendance thereon, so as to have control of
   his horse or horses.
10. All watermen, stevedores, carters, and other persons
    employed on any wharf or any public landing-place shall be under
    the control of the Wharfinger or other person in charge, and shall
    obey all orders given by such person in charge.
11. No person shall in any way obstruct or impede traffic on any
    wharf, nor make use of any provoking, abusive, obscene, or other
    improper language thereon.
12. (a) No persons shall, otherwise than as specifically per-
    mitted by these regulations, obstruct or impede ingress to or egress
    from any wharf by any vessel, boat, or cable, or in any other way.
    (b) If in breach of this clause any person obstruct or impede
    ingress or egress as aforesaid, and does not, upon being ordered so
    to do by the Wharfinger or other person in charge, remove such
    obstruction, then, irrespective of the penalty to which such person
    is liable for such obstruction the officer in charge may remove, cast
    off, or cut any such obstruction, and may recover the cost of so
    doing from such person.
13. The Wharfinger shall have power, on the authority of the
    Chairman of the Council, to close the wharves, or any of them or any
    portion thereof, whenever in his opinion it is advisable to do so, and
    no person shall enter upon any wharf or portion of the wharf so
    closed without the consent of the Wharfinger.
14. The master of every vessel lying at a wharf shall give way to
    any mail-steamer, whether discharging cargo or passengers, and shall
    either vacate his berth or assist the master of the mail-steamer to
    moor alongside his vessel, and allow the cargo and passengers to be
    shipped or unshipped over and across the deck of his vessel, as the
    case may require, under such conditions as the Wharfinger may
    impose.
15. The master of every vessel, whether carrying passengers or
    not when lying alongside any wharf shall fix, and at all times keep
    fixed, a safe and proper gangway from such vessel to the wharf.
    Such gangway shall have side rails and stanchions, with ropes rove
    taut through same, the top rail or rope being not less than 3 ft.
    high; and he shall also keep a gangway-net properly secured
    beneath the gangway, and shall at all times throughout the night—
    that is to say, from sunset to sunrise—show and exhibit a proper
    light fixed at each gangway, and shall conform to and obey all orders
    the Wharfinger may give regarding the position, size, and kind of
    such gangways and lights.
16. The master, owner, or agent of every vessel shall produce the
    certificate of registry of his vessel, and shall give to the Wharfinger
    or other person in charge a copy of the bill of lading, freight list or
    manifest of the cargo, or other proper accounts of the weights and
    measurements of all goods according as freight is payable, intended
    to be unshipped from the vessel on to a wharf, and also of all goods
    shipped from the wharf on to his vessel.
    PENALTIES.
17. Any person, firm, or company who fails or refuses or neglects
    to do anything by these regulations required to be done, observed,
    or performed, or in any manner obstructs, impedes, or interferes
    with the doing of anything enjoined, required, or authorized to be
    done, or does anything prohibited by these regulations, shall in
    each and every case so offending be liable to a penalty not exceeding
    £5.
    C. A. JEFFERY,
    Clerk of the Executive Council.
    Officers authorized to take and receive Statutory Declarations.

C. L. N. NEWALL, Governor-General.

PURSUANT to the authority conferred upon me by the three-
hundred-and-first section of the Justices of the Peace Act,
1927, I, Cyril Louis Norton Newall, the Governor-General of the
Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby notify and declare that the
persons whose names are set out in the Schedule hereto, being
officers in the service of the Crown holding the offices stated opposite
their names respectively in the said Schedule, are authorized to
take and receive statutory declarations under the three-hundred-
and-first section of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1927.
SCHEDULE.
John Thomas Harraway, Postmaster, Awanui.
Ernestine Edith Buchanan, Postmistress, Kelso.
Alfred Russell Smith, Postmaster, Methven.
Edith Mary Paul Bell, Postmistress, Te Kopuru.
Herbert Pringle, Assistant Accountant, Post-office, Wellington.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General,
this 19th day of February, 1943.
H. G. R. MASON, Minister of Justice.
Member of Licensing Committee appointed.
Department of Justice,
Wellington, 22nd February, 1943.
His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to
appoint
Fintan Patrick Walsh, Esquire,
to be a member of the Licensing Committee for the District of
Wellington.
H. G. R. MASON, Minister of Justice.