79. Before a license is granted for any vessel or boat, as provided in the last preceding clause of these regulations, she must be inspected by two or more competent persons appointed by the Superintendent, who will, on approval, grant a certificate as to her dimensions, and the quantity of cargo or the number of passengers she may be permitted to carry, and such certificate must be produced on application for a license.

80. Notwithstanding any such license no vessel or boat can lighter cargo unless the Customs regulations in that behalf have been duly complied with.

81. When so ordered for any port by the Superintendent all cargo boats shall be constructed with good and sufficient bulkheads, so that when the cargo hatches are ordered to be battened down and locked by the officer of Customs, or other officer authorized to order the same, all communication from the forecastle, cabin or deck to the hold shall be completely stopped; and in any such port no master or owner of any cargo boat shall receive a license until he shall have fitted such bulkheads to the satisfaction of the Harbor Master, or other inspector duly authorized by the Superintendent to inspect such fittings; and if the bulkheads become out of repair, and the master or owner of such cargo boat fail to make such repairs as shall be satisfactory to the Harbor Master or other inspector as aforesaid, the license of the vessel may be cancelled or suspended by the Superintendent at his discretion, and the master or owner will become liable to the penalty imposed by clause 78 of these regulations should he carry cargo in any such boat whilst his license is thus cancelled or suspended.

82. The Harbor Master or any person authorized by him may at any time inspect any cargo or other boat, and if found to be not fully equipped with proper gear, and not in a seaworthy condition, or if found to be overloaded, the license of said boat may be cancelled.

83. Each boat which is licensed to carry passengers shall carry twenty pounds of luggage (if required) with every passenger, without extra charge, and the sum to be paid for all luggage beyond the weight above stated, shall be at the rate of one passenger fare for every one hundred and fifty pounds weight, but for every one hundred and fifty pounds weight of luggage so carried one passenger must be deducted from the number which such boat is licensed to carry.

84. The fares which licensed watermen will be allowed to charge will be fixed by the Superintendent of each Province for the several ports therein.

85. In those ports in which night watermen are required all regulations concerning them will be made by the Superintendent as aforesaid.

86. In those ports in which “watermen’s houses” are provided they shall be set apart solely for the use of licensed watermen, and no other person will be permitted to occupy them. Should any person persist in doing so the watermen on duty shall report the same to the police, who will cause such intruders to be removed, and any person persisting in returning to such “watermen’s houses,” after being warned by the police shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding forty shillings.

VII.—GUNPOWDER.

87. All vessels arriving at any port or harbor of the Colony having gunpowder on board exceeding fifty pounds weight shall hoist a red flag at the main and remain at the regular “gunpowder anchorage” until such gunpowder be taken out of the vessel.

88. No gunpowder shall be landed or shipped at any port except at such places as may be from time to time appointed, and then only under the supervision of the Harbor Master or other duly authorized officer of the port.

89. No gunpowder shall be received on board of any vessel in excess of any quantity necessary to make up her store to fifty pounds, except at the usual gunpowder anchorage.

90. No gunpowder is to be either received or issued by the keeper of the magazine, except between the hours of seven in the morning and five in the afternoon.

91. The master of every vessel from which gunpowder has been landed, shall cause the same to be conveyed to the magazine immediately after its being landed.

92. All gunpowder so landed must be packed in barrels, containing not more than one hundred weight, closely joined and hooped, without any iron about the packages, and so secured that no portion of the gunpowder be in danger of being scattered in carriage.

93. All boats used for the conveyance of gunpowder to or from vessels from or to the shore or other vessels, are to be provided with tarpaulins, and to be properly housed over, and to have a red flag flying when powder is on board.

94. No fire or light is to be burning on board of any vessel or boat during the time gunpowder is being discharged from or taken on board of such vessel or boat.

95. Any person offending against any provision of any of the foregoing regulations respecting vessels or boats having gunpowder on board and the landing and shipment of the same shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding fifty pounds for every such offence.

VIII.—REGULATIONS FOR PREVENTING COLLISIONS AND ACCIDENTS IN PORTS.

96. Every steam vessel when navigating any narrow channel, shall, whenever it is safe and practicable, keep to that side of the fairway or mid-channel which lies on the starboard side of such steamship.

97. Steamers must not attempt to cross any bar having a confined channel, should another vessel or a steamer having a vessel in tow be passing in or out at the time.

98. When steamers, having vessels in tow, are steering opposite courses in a confined channel, the steamer bound down channel shall, before meeting the vessel coming up, slack her speed when practicable, until the other has passed her.

99. Steamers at all times when under weigh must have, in addition to the helmsman, a responsible person on the bridge in charge of the vessel, and also a responsible person in charge of and attending to the engine. The utmost care must be taken by the person or persons in charge to prevent accidents to other vessels and boats.

100. Steamers shall not, except in cases of emergency, proceed at more than half speed within any port after dark, and, if entering or leaving after dark, must sound the steam-whistle constantly.

101. Steamers shall, on nearing any vessel aground, slack their speed until safely passed.

102. Steamers about to pass any dredging machine at work in any river, or channel, or any licensed ferry, or public work in progress, must slow their engines to less than half speed for at least one hundred yards before arriving abreast of the dredge, ferry, or work.

103. No lower square sails shall be set on any steamer whilst navigating amongst the shipping in any port.

104. The master or any person having charge of any vessel which is being navigated within any of the ports or harbors of the Colony, who shall neglect to observe the foregoing rules laid down for preventing collisions or other accidents, or any of the “Regulations for preventing Collisions at Sea,” made by Her Majesty’s order in Council, of the ninth January, 1863, in pursuance of an Act of the Imperial Parliament entitled “The Merchant Shipping Act Amendment Act 1862,” (which