Jetties and Wharves Regulations




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  1. There shall be levied upon all Export Goods shipped from any jetty or wharf, the same Dues as are hereby authorised to be levied upon Import Goods.

  2. Goods upon which Export Dues shall have been paid at a wharf or jetty in one of the Ports aforesaid, shall not be subject to Import Dues at a wharf or jetty in the other of the said Ports: Provided that the owner or person in charge of such goods shall, when claiming to be exempt from the payment of such Dues, produce to the keeper of the wharf or jetty claiming such Dues a list of the goods for which exemption is claimed, and such list having attached or annexed thereto a certificate under the hand of the keeper of the wharf or jetty at the other of the said Ports, to the effect that the Export Dues have been paid in respect of such goods.

  3. No master of a vessel, shipper, consignee, or any other person will be allowed to boat or raft any timber, palings, bricks, or bulky goods to any place being nearer than fifty feet clear on each side of the shore-end of the jetty: And the jetty-keeper is hereby authorised, on an infringement of the above regulation, to cause such goods to be immediately removed at the expense of the consignee thereof, who shall also in addition pay to the jetty-keeper a sum not exceeding double the amount of jetty dues which would have been leviable on such goods if landed on the jetty.

  4. No cart or vehicle of any description will on any account be suffered to cross the tramway.

  5. Goods not removed from the jetty within twenty-four hours after having been placed thereon, may be removed therefrom by the jetty-keeper at the expense of the owner, who shall pay in addition thereto the same charges as leviable under Clause 8.


  1. Every vessel occupying a berth at any wharf or jetty, shall pay a toll of twopence (2d) per ton on her registered tonnage.

  2. Every vessel occupying a berth at any wharf or jetty for the purpose of discharging cargo, whose period for occupying such berth, as fixed by the “Harbour Regulations,” shall have expired, shall pay for every day beyond such time after the following rate:—

    For ships under 50 tons ... £0 10 0

    Upwards ... 1 0 0

  3. Vessels taking in cargo at any wharf or jetty will be permitted to occupy a berth until required for other purposes by the Harbour Master, in accordance with the 32nd section of the “Harbour Regulations.”

  4. Upon the recommendation of the Harbour Master to that effect, the Superintendent may exempt any vessel from payment of the above tolls, or any of them.

  5. There shall be levied upon all Import Goods landed at any jetty or wharf, the following Dues, that is to say—

    s. d.
    Beer (bottled), per doz. 0
    Hogsheads, each 0
    Barrels and other casks in proportion.
    Bricks, per 1000 2
    Candles, per cwt. 0
    Carts, and all other two-wheeled Vehicles 2
    except Bullock Drays, each
    Bullock Drays and four-wheeled Vehicles, each 3
    Cement, per bushel 0
    Earthenware, per crate 1
    Glassware, per cask 0
    Firewood, per cord 0
    Fellows and Spokes, per 100 0
    Lime, per bushel 0
    Laths, per 1000 0
    Lamp Oil or Kerosene, per gallon 0
    Ploughs, each 1
    Puncheons, containing other than Spirits or Beer, each 1
    Palings, per 1000 2
    Shingles, per 1000 0
    Sawn Timber, per 100 feet 0
    Spirits of Wine, per gallon 0
    Tea, per chest (half-chest in proportion) 0
    Tobacco, if not destroyed for sheepwash, per cwt. 2
    Treacle, same rate as Beer.
    Vinegar and Cider, ditto ditto. 0
    Wool, per bale 0
    Wines or Spirits, per gallon 0
    Coals, Flour, Iron, Zinc, Rice, Salt, Soap, Sugar, at per ton of 20 cwt. 1
    Goods not enumerated, per ton measurement

  1. The Regulations published in the Provincial Government Gazette, (No. 26), August 13th, 1862, are hereby revoked.

  2. These Regulations shall come into operation on and after the 23th instant.

(Signed) Marthias Scott,

Deputy-Superintendent.


Superintendent’s Office, Southland, 23rd August 1862.

NOTICE.

THE following TENDERS are Published for general information:—

Work Accepted Declined
Clearing about 18 chains Bush, approach to site of Makarewa Bridge William Cameron and Co., 28s per chain Baxter and Maclean, £4 per chain
J. B. Sutton and Co., £3 16s
George Shanks, £2 10s
J. and D. M’Naughton, £2 10s
G. Jarvis and Co., £2 10s
Marcus Gunn, £2 4s
Arthur Grant, £2 2s
Wm. Calder, £1 18s
Lang and Grant, £1 12s 6d
W. Harris and Co., gross, £60


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VUW Te Waharoa PDF Southland Provincial Gazette 1862, No 26





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🏗️ Jetties and Wharves Regulations (continued from previous page)

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
23 August 1862
Jetties, Wharves, Regulations, Tolls, Dues, Wharfages
  • Marthias Scott, Deputy-Superintendent

🏗️ Notice of Tenders for Clearing Bush

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
23 August 1862
Tenders, Clearing Bush, Makarewa Bridge
13 names identified
  • William Cameron, Accepted tender for clearing bush
  • Baxter, Declined tender for clearing bush
  • Maclean, Declined tender for clearing bush
  • J. B. Sutton, Declined tender for clearing bush
  • George Shanks, Declined tender for clearing bush
  • J. and D. M'Naughton, Declined tender for clearing bush
  • G. Jarvis, Declined tender for clearing bush
  • Marcus Gunn, Declined tender for clearing bush
  • Arthur Grant, Declined tender for clearing bush
  • Wm. Calder, Declined tender for clearing bush
  • Lang, Declined tender for clearing bush
  • Grant, Declined tender for clearing bush
  • W. Harris, Declined tender for clearing bush

  • Marthias Scott, Deputy-Superintendent