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upon the complaint of the Harbour Master, or any other person, may issue his warrant for the clearing of the Harbour or removing of such baulk of timber, or other bulky article, in such manner as such Justice shall direct, and for causing such vessel or boat, baulk of timber, or other bulky article to be sold, and out of the money arising from such sale, may pay the charges of such clearing or removal, as the case may be, paying the surplus to the Harbour Master to be accounted for as fees collected by him.

25. All vessels are to unshot their guns before they anchor, and no guns or firearms, except in self-defence or in cases of distress, are to be discharged from any vessel unless permission in writing has been obtained from the Harbour Master, and any person who shall offend against this regulation shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds.

26. To the Master of every vessel, or in the absence of the Master, to the principle officer on board, a copy of the Harbour Regulations shall be delivered by the Harbour Master or other officer, 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 two shillings and sixpence, to be accounted for 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, and any Master of a ship or vessel refusing on demand to give such acknowledgment, shall forfeit and pay a fine of not more than five pounds.

28. It shall be competent at any time for the Port Officer, or Harbour Master, or a person deputed by either of them, to order any ship, lighter, boat, or timber to be removed from any berth alongside any wharf or anchorage, from or to any part of the harbour, whenever such removal shall, in his opinion, for the general accommodation of the shipping, be proper.

29. Any person without due authority resisting, impeding, or obstructing the Harbour Master, Pilot, or person deputed by either of them, in the execution of his duty, or using threatening or abusive language to them, or any of them, shall forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding five pounds.

Wharves and Jetties.

30. The time allowed vessels to occupy berths at quays, for the purpose of discharging cargo, shall be (exclusive of Sundays and holidays, and the day or removal) :—

For ships under 100 tons...... 2 days
“ from 100 to 150 tons 4 “
“ from 150 to 200 tons 5 “
“ from 200 to 250 tons 6 “
“ from 250 to 300 tons 7 “
And so on at the rate of two days for every additional hundred tons register.

31. Ships discharging cargo at outside berths to be allowed two days for one of the foregoing scale.

32. Cargo may be discharged from any ship lying outside, over and across the deck of any ship lying alongside of any quay. Vessels taking in cargo to have an unoccupied berth, which is to be given up when required for other purposes by the Harbour Master.

33. All goods landed on any wharf or jetty are to be so placed as to keep the mooring posts or rings free, and allow a clear passage of at least eight feet from the edge of the wharf nearest the vessel, upon which space no goods are allowed to remain.

34. Any vessel whose time at a discharging berth has expired, or which the Officer or Harbour Master considers it necessary to remove, and on board of which there shall not be sufficient men or ballast, or the requisite tackle to enable her to be removed therefrom, may be removed by the Port Officer or Harbour Master at the expense of the owner.

Ballast.

35. No rubbish or filth is to be landed on any lands belonging to the Crown, except in such places as the Harbour Master may point out, and any person offending against this regulation shall incur a penalty of any sum not exceeding five pounds.

36. No ballast, rubbish, gravel, earth stone, or filth, is to be thrown overboard from any vessel or boat, but is to be landed at any place the Harbour Master may direct, and any person offending against this regulation shall incur a penalty not exceeding twenty pounds.

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

38. Proper tarpaulins are to be used in discharging or taking in ballast, coals, rubbish, gravel, earth, or filth, so as effectually to prevent any part thereof falling overboard, and no ballast is to be taken on board or discharged from any vessel after dusk, under a penalty not exceeding five pounds.

39. All vessels carrying ballast for shipping shall have the stem and stern post of such vessel marked with a plate of iron in inches, shewing its tonnage, according to the draught of water when laden, such marks and corresponding draughts of water to be endorsed upon their license, which is to be produced when asked for.