Otago Provincial Gazette – 1861 – No. 137

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✨ Harbour and Pilotage Regulations



OTAGO
PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT
GAZETTE.

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.

** All Public Notifications which appear in this Gazette, with any Official Signature thereunto annexed are to be considered as Official Communications made to those Persons to whom they may relate, and are to be obeyed accordingly.
JOHN L. C. RICHARDSON, Acting Superintendent.

VOL. IV.] WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1861. [No. 137.

(From the General Government Gazette,
February 22, 1861.)
AT THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE AT AUCKLAND.
The 21st day of February 1861.
Present :—
His Excellency the Governor
The Attorney-General
The Colonial Treasurer
Mr. Tancred.

WHEREAS by the Harbour Regulations Ordinance, No. 16 of Session 2, it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council from time to time to make all such Regulations respecting Pilots and Pilotage, Quarantine and Harbours, as in the said Ordinance provided :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of New Zealand, doth hereby make the following Regulations for the Ports and Harbours in the Province of Otago.

F. G. STEWARD.

REGULATIONS
FOR THE
PORTS AND HARBOURS OF OTAGO.

Pilots and Masters of Vessels.

  1. No person shall be deemed a Pilot, unless he be duly licensed by His Excellency the Governor.

  2. All persons so licensed shall be provided with a License according to the form following :—

Pilot's License.

By virtue of the power vested in me, you are hereby authorised and directed to act as Pilot for the Port of , and you are enjoined to use your best skill and knowledge in all matters 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 18 , at the Government House at Auckland, New Zealand.

  1. Every Pilot shall carry his License with him, and shall produce it to the Master of any ship or vessel on its being demanded, or forfeit a sum not exceeding forty shillings.

  2. The Master of any vessel employing other than a duly licensed pilot, if such shall have offered his services, shall forfeit double the amount of pilotage.

  3. Pilots are not bound to conduct any vessel to sea until the payment of pilotage has been satisfactorily secured.

  4. Every pilot detained on board a vessel longer than forty-eight hours, whether by stress of weather, quarantine, or otherwise, is to be paid eight shillings per day in addition to the regular pilotage.

  5. The Master of any vessel requiring a Pilot to conduct her to sea, must make an application in writing, at least twenty-four hours previously, at the office of the Harbour Master.

  6. Any Master who shall make such application for a Pilot to take his vessel to sea, and shall not, within twelve hours after the arrival of the Pilot on board such vessel, proceed to sea, shall forfeit and pay a sum at the rate of one pound per day for



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🏘️ Notice of Authority of the Otago Provincial Government Gazette

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
Provincial Government, Otago, Official Communications
  • John L. C. Richardson, Acting Superintendent

🏗️ Regulations for the Ports and Harbours of Otago

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
21 February 1861
Harbour Regulations, Pilotage, Ports, Otago, Shipping
  • His Excellency the Governor
  • The Attorney-General
  • The Colonial Treasurer
  • Mr. Tancred
  • F. G. Steward