All vessels must unshout their guns before entering any port or harbour, and no guns or firearms are to be discharged, or blue lights, rockets, or other combustibles burned or discharged from any ship, vessel, or boat, or within the limits of the harbour in the vicinity of the usual anchorage, unless permission in writing has been obtained from the Harbor Master; and except only when assistance is urgently required; and any person who shall offend against this regulation (including as well any sportsman on other person) shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds.

The master of every vessel shall anchor or moor where the Harbor Master or person deputed by him shall direct, and he shall not unmoor or quit the anchorage until permission is given by the Harbor Master, and any master offending against this regulation shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds.

The master of any vessel who shall anchor in the fairway of any channel, or so as to obstruct the approach to any wharf, pier, or jetty, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding fifty pounds.

All vessels moored or at anchor are to have both cables clear and in readiness to slack away when required, and in default thereof the master shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds.

All vessels moored or anchored within the limits of any port are to have sufficient buoys and buoy-ropes to their anchors to show their position, but the said buoys and buoy ropes shall be removed if so ordered by the Harbor Master, and all such vessels as aforesaid are to exhibit where it can best be seen, at a height not exceeding twenty feet above the hull, a bright light, from sunset to sunrise, and any master offending against this regulation shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty pounds.

All masters or other persons in charge of vessels are immediately to strike their topgallant yards and masts, to have their jib and spanker-booms rigged close in, and moor or clear hawse, when called upon by the Harbor Master or his deputy or assistant to do so, and are generally to follow such directions as the state of the weather, the crowded condition of the port or river or other circumstances may render necessary or expedient in the judgment of the Harbor Master, with a view to the safety and interest of the whole shipping; and any master or other person offending against this regulation shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds.

Any anchor, kedge, or cable shipped, cut, or parted from, must be weighed within twenty-four hours, or as soon thereafter as the Harbor Master may direct: Where a sufficient buoy with buoy-rope shall have been attached, the penalty for a breach of this regulation shall be a sum not exceeding twenty pounds; and where no buoy with buoy-rope shall have been attached, such penalty shall not exceed fifty pounds.

If said anchor, kedge, or cable be not weighed by the owner or master of the vessel from which the same has been slipped or cut or has parted within such reasonable time as may be fixed by the Magistrate awarding the penalty aforesaid, at the time of hearing the information or complaint, it may be weighed by the Harbor Master at the risk and expense of the master or owner of said vessel.

After a vessel has been unloaded and sufficiently ballasted, it will be at the option of the Harbor Master to moor her out clear of the shipping to make room for vessels requiring berths to unload.

In the performance of any such service by the Harbor Master or his deputy, the master of the vessel and the crew thereof are required to give and afford to such Harbor Master or deputy all possible aid and assistance in effecting the same and in executing any such service, or any other service in the execution of his duty; the Harbor Master or his deputy is empowered to make fast and attach any rope or other tackle to any other vessel, and if there is no crew on board of the vessel to be moved, or the crew thereof refuse or fail to aid and assist as aforesaid, or if the crew, or tackle, or quantity of ballast on board such vessel is not sufficient to enable the Harbor Master or his deputy to effect such removal he is empowered to hire and employ such other assistance and tackle, and to purchase and put on board such vessel, such other quantity of ballast as to him seems requisite at the cost or charges of the master or owner of such vessel, and such cost and charges such master or owner is required to pay to the Harbor Master or his deputy, to be accounted for to the proper authorities; and if any person, without the consent or authority of the Harbor Master or his deputy, cuts or casts off any such ropes or tackle, so made fast and attached to any vessel as aforesaid or refuses to assist the Harbor Master or his deputy when required, such person shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty pounds.

Late vessels when discharged in whole or in part in open roadsteads, there shall be bound to be taken from day to day such quantity of ballast as shall suffice to keep them in fair sea-going trim, to the satisfaction of the Harbor Master, in case of their being compelled to put to sea; and any master neglecting to comply with this regulation shall for every such offence be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty pounds.

The Harbor Master or any deputy of the Harbor Master, is empowered to take such means and to give such orders and directions as he may deem necessary for the purpose of preventing risk or accident, confusion or over-crowding of boats alongside of vessels, and any person wilfully disobeying any orders so given, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds.

Any person obstructing or impeding the navigation of any channel, river, inlet, or creek, or obstructing any landing place, by any vessel, cable, boat, warp, or other article, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds; and in case such obstruction or impediment be not removed when ordered by the Harbor Master, or pilot, or any other lawfully appointed officer of the port, the Harbor Master or pilot, may remove, cast off, or cut any such obstruction.

It shall be competent for the Harbor Master or a person deputed by him to order that any vessel, lighter, boat, or timber, be removed from any berth alongside any wharf, or from any anchorage to any part of the harbor, whenever such removal shall in his opinion be proper for the general accommodation of the shipping. 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.

If any vessel or boat be sunk, stranded, or run on shore, or if any baulk of timber or other bulky article be in the water in any port or harbor, and if the master of such vessel, or owner or part owner, or charterer or hirer thereof, or the person who shall have been in charge of such vessel or boat at the time of the sinking, stranding, or running on shore thereof, or the owner of such timber or bulky article, or the person who placed, put, or threw such timber or bulky article in the water, or the master of the vessel or boat from which such timber or other article may have fallen into the water shall not clear the port or harbor of such vessel, timber, or article as the case may be, within such time as the Harbor Master or other officer of the port shall require, by notice in writing, every such person shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding fifty pounds; and every such person shall be liable to a further penalty not exceeding fifty pounds for every period of twenty-four hours after the expiration of the time fixed in such notice, that he shall permit such vessel, boat, timber, or article to remain unmoved.

There must be at all times on board any vessel at anchor in any port, with the undermentioned exceptions, a sufficient number of men to perform any services required for the safety of such vessel, and the master or person in charge of any such vessel shall at all times in port, as well by day as by night, have at least one seaman in charge of the deck of such ship or vessel;