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23. Any vessel not exhibiting a light of sufficient weight to sink it, is liable to a penalty of not more than 20s. or not less than 5s.

24. Vessels are prohibited from firing guns between the hours of sunset and sunrise, and on the Sabbath, (except in case of distress,) under a penalty of any sum not exceeding £5.

25. Any person removing shingle, stone, shells, or any part of the soil below high water mark without permission from the Harbour Master, or in the absence of the Harbour Master, the Resident Magistrate, shall forfeit a sum not exceeding £10.

26. To the Master of every vessel not required to take a Pilot, or in the absence of the Master, to the principal Officer on board, a copy of the Harbour Regulations shall be delivered by the Harbour Master, provided however, that it shall not be necessary in any case to issue a second copy of the Regulations to the Master or Officer in charge of the same vessel, unless on demand of such Master or Officer, and in such case only on the payment of a fee of 2s. 6d., to be accounted for as other fees collected by the Harbour Master.

27. Every Master or other Officer of a ship or vessel to whom a copy of the Harbour Regulations shall have been delivered, shall give on demand an acknowledgment thereof, to the Pilot or other Officer delivering the said copy, and any Pilot failing to demand, or any Master of a ship or vessel refusing on demand to give such acknowledgment, shall forfeit and pay a fine of not more than £5.

28. The Passengers’ Act, 18 and 19 Victoria, cap. 119, has been extended to this Colony by Proclamation dated the 19th day of March, 1856.

POWER TO RESIDENT MAGISTRATES IN CERTAIN CASES.

29. The Resident Magistrate, at any port for which no Harbour Master is appointed, shall have all such powers as are hereinbefore given to Harbour Masters. All penalties hereby imposed, shall be recoverable in a summary way.

SCHEDULE A.

Questions required to be answered by the Master or other person in command of any ship or vessel arriving in the Port of ____ from any infected place:—

1. What is the name of the vessel and tonnage?
   Answer.

2. What is the Master’s name, and are you the Master?
   Answer.

3. From whence do you come, and when did you sail?
   Answer.

4. At what ports have you touched on your passage?
   Answer.

5. What vessels have you had intercourse or communication with on your passage, and from whence did they come?
   Answer.

6. Have you any, and what Bills of Health?
   Answer.

7. Did the Cholera or any other highly infectious and dangerous disease prevail at the place from which you sailed, or at any of the places at which you may have touched, or on board of any vessel with which you have had communication? If so, state when and where?
   Answer.

8. In the course of your voyage, have any persons on board suffered from sickness of any kind, what was the nature of such sickness, and when did it prevail? How many persons were affected by it, and have any of them died in the course of the voyage?
   Answer.

9. What number of Officers, Mariners, and Passengers have you on board?
   Answer.

10. What was the whole number of persons on board your vessel when you sailed?
    Answer.

11. What is the whole number of persons now ill on board your vessel?
    Answer.

12. If there be no sickness now on board, when did the last attack of disease appear, and when did it entirely disappear?
    Answer.

PILOT’S LICENSE.

By virtue of the power in me vested, you are hereby authorized and directed to act as Pilot for the Port of ____, and you are enjoined to use your best skill and knowledge in all duties appertaining to that office, strictly conforming to the regulations of the Harbour aforesaid, and obeying such orders and instructions as you may from time to time receive from me.

Given under my hand this __ day of __ in the year of our Lord 185_, at __, New Zealand.

SCHEDULE B. DECLARATION.

I, A. B., of the __ do solemnly declare that I have delivered all Public Despatches, Letters, Parcels, Newspapers, and all Post Office Mails and Letters, both in parcels and loose, which were on board my vessel.

Witness.

(Signature of Master.)

RATES OF PILOTAGE.

Three shillings per foot in any harbour.
One shilling per foot in any outer roadstead.

Printed for the Provincial Government by W. H. Cutten, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.