✨ Boatmen Licensing Regulations
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man so long as his license shall be so deposited with
the Harbour Master.
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No boat shall be of less beam than four feet six
inches. Boats under five feet beam shall be allowed to
carry one person for every three feet in length; boats
of five feet beam, and not less than five feet six inches
beam, shall be allowed to carry one person for every
two feet in length; and for every six inches of additional
beam above five feet six inches, one person in
addition may be carried for every two feet in length.
The above numbers to include the crew of each boat. -
Each boat shall carry eight pounds of luggage
(if required) with every passenger, without extra charge,
or one hundredweight of luggage in lieu of every person less than the complement allowed. -
Every licensed boatman who shall carry in any
boat more passengers or cargo than the boat has been
licensed to carry, shall be liable to a penalty of not less
than three pounds nor more than twenty pounds, and
any such boatman who shall demand more than the
proper fare, or who shall without sufficient reason
refuse or neglect to employ his boat when required,
shall be liable in a penalty not exceeding five pounds. -
Any person desirous of returning by a boat
which he had engaged may do so by paying half-fare,
in which case he may detain the boat for fifteen
minutes, and no longer, without incurring an extra
charge, and any person detaining a boat over fifteen
minutes shall pay one shilling, and an additional shilling
for every quarter of an hour’s detention. -
Any crew consisting of four men, when required
by any person or persons, shall be entitled to charge
treble fare. -
Whenever a blue flag is hoisted half-mast high
at the Dunedin Jetty, Jetty Street, and at the flagstaff,
Port Chalmers, one-half more than the regular fares
may be charged, and a waterman will not then be
required to carry passengers against his will, even at
the advanced rate of fare. Between sunset and sunrise
double fares may be charged. -
The following are the ordinary fares authorised
to be charged by licensed watermen:—
One shilling for the first quarter of a mile for each
passenger, and sixpence for every additional
quarter of a mile.
Each hundredweight of luggage over the eight
pounds authorised to be carried free being
charged for as a passenger.
- To prevent disputes, the distances between the
points specified shall be reckoned according to the following
Table of Distances.
| From Dunedin Jetty, Jetty Street— | Miles. |
| To Burns’ Point, Anderson’s Bay | 1¼ |
| „ Pelichet Bay Jetty | 1⅛ |
| „ Red Beacon, Western Channel | 2½ |
| „ Burke’s Brewery | 4½ |
| „ Arden Bay | 5¼ |
| „ Sawyer’s Bay | 7 |
| „ Half-way Island | 8 |
| „ Port Chalmers | 9 |
| „ Macandrew’s Bend | 4½ |
| From Port Chalmers— | |
| To No. 4 Black Buoy | 0¼ |
| „ Taylor’s Point | 2¼ |
| „ Maori Village, Landing Place | 5 |
| „ The Heads | 7 |
| „ Portobello | 2½ |
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
Printed under the authority of the Provincial Government of Otago, by Mills, Dick & Co., of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand,
Printers to the said Provincial Government for the time being.
Otago Provincial Gazette 1867, No 504
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- Forster Goring, Clerk of the Executive Council