20. Licensed boatmen shall be entitled to demand the fares specified in the following Table, according to the distance they may be required to go:

Table of Fares.

From or to any Jetty or landing place in the harbour of Otago, and any jetty, place, or anchorage within said harbour—

For one person, first quarter of a mile ... 1 0
every additional quarter ... 0 6
For two persons, first quarter of a mile, each ... 1 0
every additional quarter ... 0 5
For three persons, first quarter of a mile, each ... 1 0
every additional quarter ... 0 4
For four persons, first quarter of a mile, each ... 1 0
every additional quarter ... 0 3
For every additional person above four, first quarter of a mile, each ... 1 0
every additional quarter ... 0 3

21. Whenever a blue flag with a white Saint Andrew’s cross, is hoisted at the Dunedin Jetty, Jetty Street, and the flagstaff, Port Chalmers, every boatman may charge one-half more than the fare specified in the foregoing table; and when the Blue Peter is hoisted, double fares may be charged. After sunset double the fares specified in this table may also be charged.

22. To prevent disputes, the distances between the points specified shall be reckoned according to the following Table of Distances.

Table of Distances.

From Dunedin Jetty, Jetty Street,—

To Burns’s Point, Anderson’s Bay ... 1¼
Pelichet Bay Jetty ... 1¼
Red Beacon, Western Channel ... 2½
Burke’s Brewery ... 4½
Arden Bay ... 5½
Sawyers’ Bay ... 7
Half-way Island ... 8
Port Chalmers ... 9
Macandrew’s Bend ... 4½

From Port Chalmers—

To No. 4 Black Buoy ... ¾
Tayler’s Point ... 2¼
Maori Village Landing-place ... 5
The Heads ... 7
Portobello ... 2½

III.—BALLAST LIGHTERS.

23. All ballast lighters must be licensed by the Superintendent: the license to be granted and be in force from the date of issue till the 5th January then next ensuing. Every such license shall be numbered, and shall contain the name of the vessel for which the same is granted, and of the master and owner thereof; and shall be carried by the person in charge of such vessel, and, upon demand, produced to any person employing the same. All vessels, lighters, or boats employed for carrying ballast, shall have the numbers of their respective licenses painted on both bows, and shall have a mark cut upon the stem and stern posts, showing the draft of water for every five ton weight they carry, such marks and corresponding draughts of water to be endorsed upon their license; and for every such license, the person obtaining the same shall pay the sum of two guineas. Any person offending against this regulation shall be liable to a penalty of ten pounds.

24. The Harbor Master, or any person authorised by him, may at any time inspect or re-measure any ballast lighters, or test the accuracy of such measurement, and appoint the time, place, and manner when, where, and in which such measurement or inspection shall be made; and any person failing to comply with any order of the Harbor Master, or other such authorised person as aforesaid, with reference to such inspection or measurement, shall be liable to a penalty of ten pounds.

25. The expense of measuring, re-measuring, and marking ballast lighters shall be borne and paid by the owner or owners of such ballast lighters.

I, Thomas Dick, Superintendent of the Province of Otago, by virtue of all powers in anywise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby make and publish the foregoing Bye-Laws and Regulations for the Port of Dunedin.

Given under my hand this fifteenth day of May, 1866.

THOMAS DICK,
Superintendent.

The Marine Board of New Zealand, in virtue of all the powers in anywise enabling the Board in this behalf, doth hereby also make and publish the foregoing Bye-Laws and Regulations.

CHAS. SHARP,
President of the Marine Board.

Wellington, 26th May, 1866.

The foregoing Bye-Laws, submitted to and approved of by the Governor in Council this fifth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.

G. GREY,
Governor.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of Executive Council.

SUBSCRIPTIONS will be at the rate of £1 per annum, or 5s. per quarter, payable in advance to the Publisher. Single copies of the Gazette not to exceed 6d. Subscriptions can commence at any time, but must terminate not later than 31st December, 1866.

PRIVATE ADVERTISEMENTS will be charged at the rate of 6d. per line. Late Advertisements and table matter, 1s. per line first insertion.

THE GAZETTE (with Supplement) is published every Wednesday morning, and Notices for Insertion must be received at the Publisher’s Office not later than 2 o’clock p.m. on the Tuesday preceding. Advertisements received after that hour will be charged 1s. per line. Any irregularity in the receipt of those Gazettes which are given gratis by the Government should be reported at once to the Provincial Secretary.

Printed under the Authority of the Provincial Government of Otago, by DANIEL CAMPBELL, of Dunedin, New Zealand, Printer to the said Provincial Government for the time being.