15. No pilot shall in any case conduct a vessel to sea until she has been regularly cleared at the Custom House, and in proof of this the master shall be bound to show his clearance to the pilot if asked, and no pilot shall be bound to take a vessel to sea without seeing such clearance.

16. No pilot shall be bound to take a vessel to sea on a Sunday.

17. In cases where it is necessary to tow a vessel under pilot charge, and the pilot boat’s crew have duty to perform, or be otherwise employed for the said vessel at the request of the master, the pilot shall have a right to make an extra charge to be agreed upon with the master of the vessel before commencing the towing or other service at a rate per man not exceeding the sum of five shillings for every tide during which they are so employed.

18. Each pilot shall be stationed at such place within the limits of his license as the Harbor Master may from time to time direct, and shall obey his instructions at all times, and no pilot shall absent himself from his station, unless on duty, without permission from the Harbor Master. For the purposes of this clause all Deputy Harbor Masters, keepers of signal stations, and other subordinate officers of the Harbor Department, shall be considered pilots.

19. Pilots shall duly train in the duties of a pilot any apprentice who may from time to time be appointed by the authorities in whom the appointment of pilots is vested.

20. Pilots shall by every means in their power aid and assist vessels in distress.

21. Vessels in distress, and whaling vessels putting into any port through stress of weather, or for water or provisions, or to refit, are to be exempt from all port dues and from pilotage, except where the services of a pilot are actually made use of.

22. Steam and sailing vessels from other Colonies or from beyond the seas, calling at more than one port in the Colony on any one voyage, shall be considered as coasters in calculating light-dues at every port of call after the first at which such dues are paid.

III.—Harbor Regulations.

23. The master of every vessel entering any port, must as soon as it arrives within signalling distance of the signal station, hoist or cause to be hoisted the vessel’s number or distinguishing flag, and keep the same flying till answered from the signal station.

24. Masters of all vessels having mails on board are, on approaching the anchorage, to hoist or cause to be hoisted the Marryat’s telegraph flag at the main, which flag must be kept up until the mails are taken out of the vessel.

25. The master of any vessel arriving at any New Zealand port shall, when entering, hoist or cause to be hoisted and keep flying the flags prescribed in the Quarantine Regulations.

26. The pilot, master, or other person in charge of any vessel entering, departing from, or within any port, shall by every means in his power consistent with the safety of such vessel, assist every duly authorised public officer in boarding or leaving such vessel, and no person on board of such vessel shall interfere with or obstruct any Government officer or pilot whilst carrying out his duties, and any person offending against this regulation shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty pounds.

27. No waterman or other person in charge of any boat, steamer, or lighter, shall go alongside or otherwise communicate with, and no person shall go on board of any vessel arriving in port, except officers on duty and persons who hold a written authority from the Superintendent until such vessel has been moored or secured by at least one anchor, and has been cleared by the Health Officer or the officer acting as such, nor shall any person quit any vessel so entering any port until she has been moored, and cleared by the Health Officer and any person offending against this regulation shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds.

nominate and appoint to be the officer to perform for such port, harbor, or place, all such acts, matters, and things, as by these regulations may be done or neforced by a Superintendent within a Province; and where the term “Harbor Master” is used, it shall be held to mean the Port Officer, or Harbor Master, or the Chief Officer of the Harbor Department of any port by whatever title he is locally known, or if there be no such Port Officer, Harbor Master, or Chief Officer, or Assistant, or Deputy to any such officer, such term shall mean the Resident Magistrate at or near to such port; and where the term “lazaret” is used it shall be held so mean to include the whole of any land set apart by the Superintendent for the performance or quarantine by the passengers or crew of any vessel together with all buildings erected on such land.

5. Where in any of these Regulations the term “Master,” “Master of any vessel,” or words to that effect are used, they shall be held to mean the master of any vessel to which the said regulation applies, or in the master’s absence, or in the event of their being no master, they shall mean the acting master or other prime officer on board.

6. The flag which must be carried at the mast or mainmast head of all vessels whose masters hold a certificate of exemption for any port, while entering the same, shall be a WHITE FLAG not less than six feet long and four feet broad.

7. When impracticable for pilots to cross any bar for the purpose of conducting vessels into or out of any harbor or river where there is a pilot establishment, the vessel shall be piloted through the navigable channel by means of shore signals.

8. Every pilot shall carry his license with him, and shall produce it to the master of any ship or vessel boarded by him on its being demanded, or be liable to a penalty not exceeding forty shillings.

9. Pilots shall offer their services to the inward-bound vessel nearest to them having a pilot signal flying, unless another vessel shall be observed running into danger, in which case every exertion shall be made to board and assist the latter vessel, it being always understood that a preference shall be given to Her Majesty’s ships, and mail packets regularly employed in the postal service, except in cases of urgency as aforesaid.

10. The master of any vessel employing other than a duly licensed pilot, if such shall have offered his services, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding fifty pounds.

11. A copy of these Regulations shall be delivered by the boarding pilot or Harbor Master, to the master of any vessel entering any harbor, provided however that it shall not be necessary in any case to issue a second copy of the regulations to the master of the same vessel, unless on the demand of such master, and in such case only on the payment of a fee of two shillings and sixpence, to be accounted for by the Harbor Master or boarding officer.

12. Every master to whom a copy of the Harbor Regulations shall have been delivered, shall give on demand an acknowledgment thereof in writing to the Harbor Master or other officer delivering the said copy; and any Harbor Master or pilot failing to demand, or any master of a ship or vessel refusing on demand to give such acknowledgment, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds.

13. When a pilot is detained on board a vessel longer than forty-eight hours, whether by stress of weather, quarantine, or otherwise, fifteen shillings per day is to be paid in addition to the regular pilotage, for the first three days of such detention, and ten shillings per day as aforesaid for the remainder of such detention, so long as the pilot is absent from his station, and if the said pilot has been carried to a distance the ship will be further liable for his travelling expenses in returning to his station.

14. The master of any vessel requiring a pilot to conduct her to sea, must make an application in writing, at least twenty-four hours previously, at the Harbor Master’s office.