PILOTS AND MASTERS OF VESSELS.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 3, Issue 130, 17 March 1860, Page 2

PILOTS AND MASTERS OF VESSELS.

1. No person shall be deemed a pilot unless he be duly licensed by His Excellency the Governor. 2. All persons so licensed shall be provided ■with a license according to the form following :— pilot's license. By virtue of the power vested in me you are hereby authorised and directed to act as Pilot for the Port of Napier, and you are enjoined to use your best skill and knowledge in all matters appertaining to that office, strictly conforming to the Regulations of the Harbour aforesaid, and obeying such orders and instructions as you may from time to time receive from me. Given under my hand this day of (Signed) 3. Every pilot shall carry his license with him, and shall produce it to the master of any ship or vessel on its being demauded, or forfeit a sum not exceeding forty shillings. 4. The rates of Pilotage are : — In the Harbour, 3s. per foot ; in the Eoadstead, Is. per foot. But it is optional with masters of vessels to take a pilot. 5. "When the pilot offers his services outside the Bar, if employed, he shall be entitled to the full amount of pilotage after the vessel is safely anchored or moored in the Harbour. 6. The limits of the pilot station shall extend three miles from the Port. In the event of the pilot being required to board or conduct a vessel beyond that distance, he shall be entitled, in addition to the pilotage, to distance money at the rate of Twenty-one shillings per mile. 7. When the pilot offers his services inside the Bar, if employed, he shall be entitled to half pilotage. 8. When the services of a pilot are required to move a vessel from one side of the Harbour to the other, he shall be entitled to twenty-one shillings except when from the prevalence of certain winds or strong tides, he is unable, at the time, to bring her (if desired) into the "Iron Pot" (Eastern Harbour.) 9. Every pilot detained on board a vessel longer than forty eight hours, whether by stress of weather, quarantine, or otherwise", is to be paid eight shillings per diem in addition to the regular pilotage. 10. Pilots are not bound to conduct any vessel to sea until the pilotage has been paid or satisfactorily secured. 11. Any pilot refusing or neglecting to perform his duty, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty pounds. 12. The master of any ship or vessel employing other than a duly licensed pilot, should such have offered his services, shall forfeit double the amount of pilotage. 13. Any person or persons resisting, impeding, or obstructing the Harbour Master or Pilot, or other person or persons deputed by either of them in the execution of his or their duty, or using threatening or abusive language to them, shall forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding five pounds.