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agreed upon with the master of the vessel
before commencing the towing or other
service at a rate per man not exceeding the
sum of five shillings for every tide during
which they are so employed.

18. Each pilot shall be stationed at such
    place within the limits of his license as the
    Harbour Master may from time to time
    direct, and shall obey his instructions at
    all times, and no pilot shall absent himself
    from his station, unless on duty, without
    permission from the Harbour Master. For
    the purposes of this clause all Deputy Harbour Masters, keepers of signal stations,
    and other subordinate officers of the Harbour Department, shall be considered
    pilots.

19. Pilots shall duly train in the duties
    of a pilot any apprentice who may from
    time to time be appointed by the authorities in whom the appointment of pilots is
    vested.

20. Pilots shall by every means in their
    power aid and assist vessels in distress.

21. Vessels in distress, and whaling vessels putting into any port through stress of
    weather, or for water or provisions, or to refit, are to be exempt from all port dues and
    from pilotage, except where the services of
    a pilot are actually made use of.

22. Steam and sailing vessels from other
    Colonies, or from beyond the seas, calling
    at more than one port in the Colony on any
    one voyage, shall be considered as coasters
    in calculating light-dues at every port of
    call after the first at which such dues are
    paid.

HARBOUR REGULATIONS.

23. The master of every vessel entering
    any port, must as soon as it arrives within
    signalling distance of the signal station,
    hoist or cause to be hoisted the vessel’s
    number or distinguishing flag, and keep
    the same flying till answered from the
    signal station.

24. Masters of all vessels having mails
    on board are, on approaching the anchorage, to hoist or cause to be hoisted Marryat’s telegraph flag at the main, which
    flag must be kept up until the mails are
    taken out of the vessel.

25. The master of any vessel arriving at
    any New Zealand port shall, when entering, hoist or cause to be hoisted and keep
    flying the flags prescribed in the Quarantine Regulations.

26. The pilot, master, or other person in
    charge of any vessel entering, departing
    from, or within any port, shall by every
    means in his power consistent with the
    safety of such vessel, assist every duly
    authorised public officer in boarding or
    leaving such vessel, and no person on
    board of such vessel shall interfere with or
    obstruct any Government officer or pilot
    whilst carrying out his duties, and any
    person offending against this regulation
    shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding
    twenty pounds.

27. No waterman or other person in
    charge of any boat, steamer or lighter,

shall go alongside or otherwise communicate with, and no person shall go on board
of, any vessel arriving in port, except
officers on duty and persons who hold a
written authority from the Superintendent
until such vessel has been moored or secured by at least one anchor, and has been
cleared by the Health Officer or the officer
acting as such, nor shall any person quit
any vessel so entering any port until she
has been moored, and cleared by the
Health Officer as aforesaid, and any person
offending against this regulation shall be
liable to a penalty not exceeding ten
pounds.

28. All vessels must unshot their guns
    before entering any port or harbour, and
    no guns or firearms are to be discharged,
    or blue lights, rockets, or other combustibles burned or discharged from any ship,
    vessel, or boat, or within the limits of the
    harbour in the vicinity of the usual anchorage, unless permission in writing has
    been obtained from the Harbour Master,
    and except only when assistance is urgently
    required; and any person who shall offend
    against this regulation (including as well
    any sportsman or other person) shall be
    liable to a penalty not exceeding five
    pounds.

29. The master of every vessel shall
    anchor or moor where the Harbour Master
    or person deputed by him may direct, and
    he shall not unmoor or quit the anchorage
    until permission be given by the Harbour
    Master, and any master offending against
    this regulation shall be liable to a penalty
    not exceeding five pounds.

30. The master of any vessel who shall
    anchor in the fairway of any channel, or so
    as to obstruct the approach to any wharf,
    pier, or jetty, shall be liable to a penalty
    not exceeding fifty pounds.

31. All vessels moored or at anchor are
    to have both cables clear and in readiness
    to slack away when required, and in default thereof the master shall be liable to
    a penalty not exceeding ten pounds.

32. All vessels moored or anchored
    within the limits of any port are to have
    sufficient buoys and buoy-ropes to their
    anchors to show their position, but the said
    buoys and buoy-ropes shall be removed if
    so ordered by the Harbour Master, and all
    such vessels as aforesaid are to exhibit
    where it can best be seen, at a height not
    exceeding twenty feet above the hull, a
    bright light, from sunset to sunrise, and
    any master offending against any of the
    provisions of this regulation shall be liable
    to a penalty not exceeding twenty pounds.

33. All masters or other persons in
    charge of vessels are immediately to strike
    their topgallant yards and masts, to have
    their jib and spanker booms rigged close
    in, and moor or clear hawse, when called
    upon by the Harbour Master or his deputy
    or assistant to do so, and are generally to
    follow such directions as the state of the
    weather, the crowded condition of the port
    or river or other circumstance may render
    necessary or expedient in the judgment of