of at least equal dimensions, tonnage and horse-power engines to be approved as aforesaid: AND in case the said Vessels shall not be refitted or repaired or some other Vessel substituted in lieu thereof within the aforesaid period of two months, then and from thenceforth this contract shall be deemed to be wholly at an end and the penalty hereinafter stipulated to have been incurred: AND further that in case the said Vessel or any other Vessel to be substituted in lieu thereof as aforesaid shall fail to perform any of the weekly voyages or runs hereby covenanted to be performed for the reason aforesaid or for any other cause whatever, the said John Jones shall not be entitled to claim and shall not be paid any subsidy whatever in respect of the period during which the said Vessel or said other Vessel shall fail to run and ply as aforesaid: PROVIDED that if the said Vessel or said other Vessel be debarred by the state of the weather from prosecuting her voyage or approaching any of the said ports and places on the coast being otherwise in readiness for the work, the time so lost shall be counted as occupied in the business of the contract: AND LASTLY the said parties hereto bind and oblige themselves the one to the other of them for the due performance of the covenants and agreements hereinbefore expressed and contained in the penalty of Two hundred pounds to be paid by the party failing to perform to the party performing and willing to perform the same:

IN WITNESS whereof the said John Jones hath hereunto set his hand and seal and the said John Larkins Cheese Richardson hath hereunto set his hand and the public seal of the said Province.

SCHEDULE.

PASSAGE,
To or from Oamaru.

Saloon) Passengers paying their own 2 15 0
expense in shipping and
Steerage landing except at Dunedin . 1 15 0

JOHN JONES.
J. L. C. RICHARDSON.

Signed Sealed and Delivered by
the above-named John Jones and
(L.S) John Larkins Cheese Richardson
in the presence of

A. FINDLATER,
Dunedin,
Clerk to Provincial Solicitor.

AT THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE, AT AUCKLAND, THE 23RD DAY OF OCTOBER, 1862.

Present: His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by the Marine Board Act, 1862, it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council from time to time to make Regulations relating to the safe and commodious navigation of any Port, Harbour, or River, and the order and management of vessels resorting thereto: Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of New Zealand, doth hereby make the following Regulations for the Port and Harbour of Otago. And doth declare that this Order shall take effect from and after the 15th day of November next.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of Executive Council.

REGULATIONS
FOR THE
PORTS AND HARBOURS OF OTAGO.

General Rules and Regulations.

1. The Master of every vessel shall anchor or moor where the Harbour Master or Pilot may direct, and he shall not unmoor or quit the anchorage until notice be given in writing at the Harbour Master’s office; and any Master offending against this regulation shall forfeit a sum not exceeding five pounds.

2. All vessels must have buoys and buoy ropes to their anchors to show their position; and must hoist a conspicuous light at their peak end, and keep the same burning from sunset to sunrise, or forfeit a sum not exceeding ten pounds.