lawful for the Harbour Master, when in his opinion the public convenience requires it, at any time, during or after the expiry 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.

19. Any person removing, wilfully injuring or destroying any buoy, beacon, or sea mark, shall forfeit the sum of twenty pounds.

20. Any person drowning any animal in, or throwing a dead animal into the harbour, or placing any dead animal below high water mark, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds, and to an additional penalty of one pound per day during which any such animal remains in the harbour, or below high water mark, or unburied on the beach above high water mark, provided that no such penalty shall together exceed the sum of twenty pounds.

21. No pitch, tar, resin, or other combustible matter shall be lighted or heated on board any vessel or boat whilst lying alongside or near any wharf or vessel in the harbour; and any person who shall offend against this regulation shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty pounds.

22. Any anchor or kedge slipped, parted, or cut from, if not weighed within twenty-four hours, may be weighed by order of the Harbour Master, at the risk and expense of the owner; and when no buoy has been attached, the anchor or kedge shall be forfeited.

23. No wreck is to be left standing in any part of the harbour, but must be conveyed on shore above high water mark; and if any wreck is so left, the owner thereof shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty pounds.

24. The owner or part owner in, or the commander of any vessel or boat which has been sunk, stranded, or run on shore; or the owner of any baulk of timber, or other bulky article which is in the water, who does not clear the harbour of such vessels or boats, or remove such baulk of timber or other bulky article upon being required so to do, by notice in writing under the hand of the Harbour Master or any Justice of the Peace, within such reasonable time as may be mentioned for the purpose in such notice, shall for every such offence be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds, and any Justice, upon the complaint of the Harbour Master, or any other person, may issue his warrant for the clearing of the harbour or removing of such baulk of timber or other bulky article in such manner as such Justice shall direct, and for causing such vessel or boat, baulk of timber, or other bulky article to be sold, and, out of the money arising from such sale, may pay the charges of such clearing or removal, as the case may be, paying the surplus to the Harbour Master, to be accounted for as fees collected by him.

25. All vessels are to unshot their guns before they anchor, and no guns or firearms, except in self-defence, or in cases of distress, are to be discharged from any vessel unless permission in writing has been obtained from the Harbour Master; and any person who shall offend against this regulation shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds.

26. To the Master of every vessel, or, in the absence of the Master, to the principal officer on board, a copy of the Harbour Regulations shall be delivered by the Harbour Master or other officer; provided, however, that it shall not be necessary in any case to issue a second copy of the Regulations to the Master or officer in charge of the same vessel, unless on demand of such Master or officer, and in such case only on the payment of a fee of two shillings and sixpence, to be accounted for by the Harbour Master.

27. Every Master or other officer of a ship or vessel to whom a copy of the Harbour Regulations shall have been delivered, shall give on demand an acknowledgment thereof to the Pilot or other officer delivering the said copy, and any Pilot failing to demand, and any Master of a ship or vessel refusing on demand to give such acknowledgment, shall forfeit and pay a fine of not more than five pounds.

28. It shall be competent at any time for the Port Officer, or Harbour Master, or a person deputed by either of them, to order any ship, lighter, boat, or timber to be removed from any berth alongside any wharf or anchorage, from or to any part of the harbour, whenever such removal shall, in his opinion, for the general accommodation of the shipping, be proper.

29. Any person without due authority resisting, impeding, or obstructing the Harbour Master, Pilot, or person deputed by either of them, in the execution of his duty, or using threatening or abusive language to them, or any of them, shall forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding five pounds.

Wharves and Jetties.

30. The time allowed vessels to occupy berths at quays 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.

" 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 two days for every additional hundred tons register.

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

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

33. All goods landed on any wharf or jetty are to be so placed as to keep the mooring posts or rings free, and allow a clear passage of at least eight feet from the edge of the wharf nearest the vessel, upon which space no goods are allowed to remain.

34. Any vessel whose time at a discharging berth has expired, or which the officer or Harbour Master considers it necessary to remove, and on board of which there shall not be sufficient men or ballast, or the requisite tackle to enable her to be removed therefrom, may be removed by the Port Officer or Harbour Master at the expense of the owner.

Ballast.

35. No rubbish or filth is to be landed on any lands belonging to the Crown, except in such places as the Harbour Master may point out, and any person offending against this regulation shall incur a penalty of any sum not exceeding five pounds.