✨ Bye-laws for Passenger Vessels (Penalties and Schedule)
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be efficiently secured to the satisfaction of
the surveyor.
- The following penalties for breaches
of these bye-laws as hereinafter specified
are hereby imposed, and may be recovered
according to the provisions of the said
Act:—
(a) For breach of any provision of these
bye-laws or regulations framed for
the purpose of preventing the over-
loading of steam or sailing vessels,
any sum not exceeding five hundred
pounds for any one voyage or at-
tempted voyage of any vessel.
(b) For breach of any provision of
these bye-laws or regulations framed
for the purpose of preventing the
overcrowding of sailing vessels with
passengers, any sum not exceeding
five hundred pounds for any one
voyage or attempted voyage, to be
computed at a rate not exceeding
five pounds for every passenger
carried by any sailing vessel in ex-
cess of the numbers by these bye-
laws authorized.
(c). For breach of any other provision
of these bye laws or regulations, any
sum not exceeding fifty pounds.
SCHEDULE.
A.
Voyages which shall be reckoned as of one
day's duration when made by sailing craft:
-
From port to port, within Cook and
Foveaux Straits, when the distance does
not exceed fifty miles. -
From port to port, on the west coast
of the Middle Island, when the distance
does not exceed twenty-five miles. -
From port to port, on the west coast
of the North Island, or on the east of either
island, or of Stewart's Island, when the
distance does not exceed fifty miles.
B.
All voyages not included within the above
limits shall, for the purposes of these bye-
laws, be held to be of more than one day's
duration.
Printed under the authority of the Government of the Province of Wellington, by THOMAS M'KENZIE,
Printer for the time being to such Government.
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🚂 Transport & Communications25 June 1868
Penalties, Overloading, Overcrowding, Sailing vessels, Passenger limits, Schedule, Voyage duration
- THOMAS M'KENZIE, Printer for the time being to such Government