and the person having such charge, and all persons having the charge of or being on board of any boat within any port, shall answer to the challenge of the water police, or other duly authorised public officer.

Exceptions—Vessels laid up, coal hulks, ballast or other lighters, are exempt from this regulation but so long only as they are lying within such limits as the Harbor Master may authorise such exempted vessels to occupy.

Any master or other person in charge of any vessel who shall offend against this regulation shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty pounds.

44. Masters requiring to creep, heave down, or haul their vessels on shore for the purpose of inspection or repairs, must apply to the Harbor Master of the port for permission.

45. Accidents involving personal injury, loss of life or property, or loss or collision of vessels or boats, are to be reported in writing by the person in charge to the nearest Harbor Master and principal officer of Customs, as soon as possible.

46. In the event of the death of any person on board of any vessel in port, the master of such vessel is to cause the body to be buried on shore, previously reporting the particulars to the police.

47. Any person drowning any animal in the harbor and leaving the carcase therein, or throwing a dead animal into the harbor, or placing any dead animal below high water-mark therein, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds; and an additional penalty of one pound for every day during which any such animal remains in the harbor, or below high water-mark, or unburied on the beach above high water-mark: Provided that no such penalty and additional penalty shall together exceed the sum of twenty pounds for any one offence.

48. Any person removing shingle, stone, shells, or driftwood, or any part of the soil below high water-mark, from any lands belonging to the Crown, without permission from the Harbor Master, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds; a rate of one shilling per ton may (at the discretion of the Superintendent) be charged for ballast removed by authority from within the limits of the harbor.

49. No rubbish or filth is to be landed or deposited on any lands belonging to the Crown except in such places as the Harbor Master may point out, under penalty of five pounds to be paid by the person landing or depositing such rubbish or filth.

50. No ballast, rubbish, gravel, earth, stones, earthenware, glass, or filth, is to be thrown overboard from any vessel or boat within any harbor, but is to be landed and placed where the Harbor Master may direct, and no gravel, earth, stones, earthenware, glass bottles, filth, or rubbish, is to be placed by any other means at any place below high water-mark within the harbor. Proper tarpaulins are to be used in discharging or taking in ballast, coals, rubbish, gravel, earth, or filth of any kind, so as to prevent any part thereof falling into the harbor. Any person who shall offend against any of the provisions of this regulation shall be liable to penalty not exceeding twenty pounds.

51. No pitch, tar, resin, or other combustible matter, shall be lighted or heated on board of any vessel or boat while lying alongside or near any wharf or vessel in the harbor, nor shall any vessel be fumigated or smoked for the extermination of vermin, without permission in writing from the Harbor Master; and any person who shall offend against this regulation shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty pounds, nor less than five pounds.

52. All complaints against any person connected with the Harbor Department must be made in writing to the Harbor Master.

IV.—WHARVES AND JETTIES.

53. The time allowed to vessels to occupy berths at quays, jetties, or wharves, 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
For ships from 100 to 150 tons ... 4 ,,
,, ,, 150 to 200 tons ... 5 ,,
,, ,, 200 to 250 tons ... 6 ,,
,, ,, 250 to 300 tons ... 7 ,,
and so on at the rate of one day for every additional fifty tons register.

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

55. Cargo may, with the consent of the Harbor Master, be discharged from any ship lying outside, over and across the deck of any ship lying alongside any quay. Vessels taking in cargo to have an unoccupied berth, which is to be given up when required for any other purpose by the Harbor Master.

56. Tame cattle or thoroughbred stock imported for breeding purposes, may be landed or shipped on or from any wharf or jetty, subject to the approval of the Harbor or Pier Master, whose permission in writing must first be obtained, and who shall fix the time at which they must be landed or shipped. All other descriptions of cattle must be landed at such places and times as the Superintendent or other person appointed by him for that purpose, may from time to time direct, and any person landing or shipping cattle or other stock from or into any vessel or boat, except in accordance with this regulation, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty pounds.

57. The master of any vessel arriving at any wharf or jetty connected with any railway shall cause the discharging or loading of such vessel to be commenced and continued without impediment by working at such hours as the person in charge of such wharf or jetty shall, with the approval of the Collector of Customs, direct, notwithstanding any clause in these regulations to the contrary.

58. In the event of there not being a sufficient number of hands on board any vessel loading or discharging at a pier or wharf where a steam crane or other steam power is used, to keep such steam crane or other steam power working at fair and reasonable speed, it shall be competent for the person in charge of such pier or wharf to employ such number of additional hands on board such vessel as will keep the crane or other steam power going, and charge the expense so incurred against the master of such vessel, and such charge must be paid before clearance or receipt is given for cargo.

59. The masters of all vessels discharging or loading at any wharf or jetty, are held accountable for the proper slinging of all goods, and are responsible for any damage that may occur either from the breakage of slings or from the goods being imperfectly slung.

60. All goods landed on any quay, wharf, or jetty, or brought thereon for shipment, are to be placed as the Harbor Master or other authorised person may direct, and so as to keep all mooring posts or rings free, and all rail or tramways clear; and any person offending against this regulation shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds.

61. No timber, or any other article, shall be left on any public jetty, wharf, or landing place, for a longer period than twenty-four hours; and any person offending against this regulation shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds; and it shall be lawful for the Harbor Master, when in his opinion the public convenience requires it, at any time during or after the expiration of such period, to cause such timber or other article immediately to be removed from any such jetty, wharf, or landing place, or approach thereto, to any place he may think proper, at the expense and risk of the owner, or his agent, or the person in charge of such timber or other article.

62. Before any vessel or boat is removed from any wharf or jetty, the master or other person in charge of the said vessel or boat shall cause all dirt or rubbish to be thoroughly cleared from that portion of the said wharf or jetty occupied by such vessel or boat, such dirt or rubbish to be deposited at such places as may be appointed by the Harbor Master. Breach or neglect of