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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.

15. Any person wilfully removing, injuring, or destroying any buoy, beacon, or sea-mark, is guilty of felony. (Marine Board Act, sec. 71.)

16. Any person drowning any animal in or throwing any dead animal into the Harbour, or placing any dead animal below high water mark, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds, and to an additional penalty of one pound per day during which any such animal remains in the Harbour, or below high water mark, or unburied on the beach above high water mark; provided that no such penalty shall together exceed the sum of twenty pounds.

17. To the Master of every vessel, 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 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.

18. 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.

19. It shall be competent at any time for the Harbour Master, or a person deputed by him, 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. And any person who shall fail to obey such order, or otherwise offend against this regulation, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds.

20. No vessel, not being a mail steamer, shall be unmoored on Sunday from her anchorage, or from her berth alongside any wharf or jetty, and no work is to be done on board any vessel in Harbour on Sundays (except such as may be necessary for the cleanliness and safety of the vessel) without the express permission in writing of the Harbour Master, under a penalty not exceeding ten pounds.

21. 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, is liable to a penalty not exceeding fifty pounds. (Marine Board Act, sec. 66.)

Wharves and Jetties.

22. 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 of removal):—

For ships under 100 tons ... 2 days
" " from 100 to 150 tons ... 4 "
" " 150 to 200 " ... 5 "
" " 200 to 250 " ... 6 "
" " 250 to 300 " ... 7 "

And so on, at the rate of two days for every additional hundred tons register.

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

24. 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.

25. 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, under a penalty not exceeding five pounds.

26. Any vessel whose time at a discharging berth has expired, 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.

27. No timber or any other article shall be left on any public jetty, wharf, or landing-place, or the approach thereto, for a longer period than six hours, and any person offending against this regulation shall incur a penalty not exceeding ten pounds; and it shall be lawful for the Harbour Master, when in his opinion the public convenience requires it, at any