gunpowder in charge of officers in the service of the Government of the Colony, and having charge thereof by virtue of their office.

2. The Resident Magistrate at or nearest to any port for which no Harbour Master or Deputy Harbour Master is appointed, may exercise all such powers as are hereinafter given to Port and Harbour Masters.

3. The Resident Magistrate at or nearest to any port for which no Health Officer or acting Health Officer is appointed, may exercise all such powers as are hereinafter given to Health Officers.

4. Where in these regulations the term "Superintendent of the Province" or "Superintendent" is used, it shall be held to mean the Superintendent of the Province in which the port, harbour, or place, in or with reference to which any act, matter, or thing is to be done by such Superintendent is situate; and the terms "Superintendent" and "Superintendent of the Province" shall, when such port, harbour, or place is not situate within any Province, be deemed to mean such person as the Governor shall by warrant under his hand nominate and appoint to be the officer to perform for such port, harbour, or place, all such acts, matters, and things as by these regulations may be done or performed by a Superintendent within a Province; and where the term "Harbour Master" is used, it shall be held to mean the Port Officer or Harbour Master, or the Chief Officer of the Harbour Department of any port by whatever title he is locally known, or if there be no such Port Officer, Harbour Master, or Chief Officer, or Assistant or Deputy to any such officer, such term shall mean the Resident Magistrate at or nearest to such port; and where the term "lazaret" is used it shall be held to mean and include the whole of any land set apart by the Superintendent for the performance of quarantine by the passengers or crew of any vessel together with all buildings erected on such land.

5. Where in any of these regulations the term "Master," "Master of any vessel," or words to that effect are used, they shall be held to mean the master of any vessel to which the said regulation applies, or in the master’s absence, or in the event of there being no master, they shall mean the acting master or other principal officer on board.

II.—PILOTS AND PILOTAGE.

6. The flag which must be carried at the mast or mainmasthead of all vessels whose masters hold a certificate of exemption for any port, while entering the same, shall be a WHITE FLAG not less than six feet long and four feet broad.

7. When impracticable for pilots to cross any bar for the purpose of conducting vessels into or out of any harbour or river where there is a pilot establishment, the vessel shall be piloted through the navigable channel by means of shore signals.

8. Every pilot shall carry his license with him, and shall produce it to the master of any ship or vessel boarded by him on its being demanded, or be liable to a penalty not exceeding forty shillings.

9. Pilots shall offer their services to the inward bound vessel nearest to them having a pilot signal flying, unless another vessel shall be observed running into danger, in which case every exertion shall be made to board and assist the latter vessel, it being always understood that a preference shall be given to Her Majesty’s ships, and mail packets regularly employed in the postal service, except in cases of urgency as aforesaid.

10. The master of any vessel employing other than a duly licensed pilot, if such shall have offered his services, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding fifty pounds.

11. A copy of these regulations shall be delivered by the boarding pilot or Harbour Master to the master of any vessel entering any harbour, provided however that it shall not be necessary in any case to issue a second copy of the regulations to the master of the same vessel, unless on the demand of such master, and in such case only on the payment of a fee of two shillings and sixpence, to be accounted for by the Harbour Master or boarding officer.

12. Every master to whom a copy of the Harbour Regulations shall have been delivered, shall give on demand an acknowledgment thereof in writing to the Harbour Master or other officer delivering the said copy; and any Harbour Master or pilot failing to demand, or any master of a ship or vessel refusing on demand to give such acknowledgment, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds.

13. When a pilot is detained on board a vessel longer than forty-eight hours whether by stress of weather, quarantine, or otherwise, fifteen shillings per day is to be paid, in addition to the regular pilotage, for the first three days of such detention, and ten shillings per day as aforesaid for the remainder of such detention, so long as the pilot is absent from his station, and if the said pilot has been carried to a distance the ship will be further liable for his travelling expenses in returning to his station.

14. The master of any vessel requiring a pilot to conduct her to sea must make an application in writing, at least twenty-four hours previously at the Harbour Master’s office.

15. No pilot shall in any case conduct a vessel to sea until she has been regularly cleared at the Custom House, and in proof of this the master shall be bound to show his clearance to the pilot if asked, and no pilot shall be bound to take a vessel to sea without seeing such clearance.

16. No pilot shall be bound to take a vessel to sea on a Sunday.

17. In cases where it is necessary to tow a vessel under pilot charge, and the pilot boat’s crew have that duty to perform, or be otherwise employed for the said vessel at the request of the master, the pilot shall have a right to make an extra charge to be