HARBOR AND QUARANTINE REGULATIONS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume I, Issue 51, 27 December 1851, Page 3

HARBOR AND QUARANTINE REGULATIONS.

We have been requested to publish, for general information, the following- New Minister Harbor Kegulations, which, are now in force in this port.

PILOTS AND MASTERS OP VESSELS.

1. No person shall be deemed a pilot unless he be duly licensed by his Excellency the Governot.

2. All persons so licensed shall be provided with a license according to the form hereto annexed.

3. Every pilot shall carry his license with him, and shall produce it to the master of any ship or vessel on its being demanded, or forfeit a sum not exceeding forty shillings. 4. The rate of pilotage into or out of port Victoria, from or to the distance of one league from the pilot station, is three shillings per foot draught of water ; but no pilotage is to be chargeable on any vessel engaged in the coasting trade, unless the assistance of a pilot be required by the master of the vessel.

5. Pilots are not bound to conduct any vessel to sea until payment of the pilotage has been satisfactorily secured. 6. Every pilot detained on board a vessel longer than forty-eight hours, whether by stress of weather, quarantine, or otherwise, is to be paid Ss. per day in addition to the regular pilotage. 7. Pilots refusing or neglecting their duty to forfeit a sum not exceeding twenty pounds. 8. The master of every vessel (except as hereinafter mentioned) arriving from beyond seas, and not being a coasting vessel, shall pay the full amount of pilotage whether taking a pilot or not. 9. All vessels trading to or from the neighbouring colonies, shall be exempted from taking a pilot, upon paying at the rate of one shilling and sixpence per foot, or half the usual r\te of pilotage, whatever that may be : ii a pilot is taken, however; full pilotage to be paid. 10. All vessels under 100 tons, trading from or to the'neighbouring colonies, shall, upon the master proving himself qualified, be furnished with a certificate of exemption from pilotage, but shall in lieu thereof pay one full pilotage inwards and outwards per annum. 11. Every master so qualified shall, on approaching the harbour within two leagues, hoist a white flag at the main, showing his exemption, or .forfeit a sum not exceeding- the full pilotage.

12. The master of every vessel shall anchor or moor where the harbour master or pilot may direct, and he shall not unmoor or quit the anchorage until notice be given in writing at the harbourmaster's office, or forfeit a sum not exceeding five pounds. POST OFFICE AND MAILS. 13. The master of every vessel shall give notice at the post office, at" least twenty-four hours before clearing at the custom house, except masters of coasters, who are exempted from this regulation, unless when bound from one port of entrj' to another, or forfeit a sum not exceeding ten pounds. 14. Every master of a vessel is also to deliver to the custom house officer, or other authorised person, his cockets and clearances from the last port, also all public despatches, letters, parcels, and all post office mails, and letters, whether in parcels or loose, obtaining a receipt for the same ; and repairing to the post office he is there to make a declaration as per Schedule C, of his having duly delivered up all letters as before-mentioned, and is to produce the said declaration at the custom house, before making his report at these places, under a penalty of a sum not exceeding five pounds. GUNPOWDER. 15. The master of every vessel arriving with gunpowder on board, exceeding the quantity necessary as ship's stores, shall give immediate notice thereof to the pilot on his boarding the vessel, and shall land the same at the powder magazine before anchoring at the usual anchorage ground, or forfeit a sum not exceeding twenty pounds. 16. No gunpowder is to be either received or issued by the keeper of the magazine, except between the hours of seven in the morning and five in the afternoon. 17. The master of every vessel shall cause all gunpowder to be conveyed to the magazine immediately after its-being landed, or forfeit a sum not exceeding ten pounds. IS. AH gurjpowder so landed to be packed in barrels, containg not more than one hundred weight each, closely joined and hooped without any iron about the packages, and so secured that no portion of the gunpowder be in danger of being scattered in the passage, under a penalty of any sum not exceeding ten pounds. 19. Previous to the delivery of any gunpowder so stored, fees as per Schedule A. shall be paid. Note.—The principal officer of customs and harbour masters, at'different ports, are specially authorized, in accordance with the provisions of the Arms Importation Ordinance, Sess. 6, No. 1, to permit the landing of powder by masters of vessels. THE HARBOUR. 20. No rubbish or filth is to be landed on any lands belonging to the Crown, except in such places as the harbour master may point out, under a penalty of any sum not exceeding five pounds. 21. No timber or any bulky article is to be left on any public wharf or landing place, under a penalty of any sum not exceeding five pounds. 22. No fejllast, rubbish; gravel, earth, stone or filth, is to be'thrown overboard from any vessel or boat, but is to be landed at any place the harbormaster may direct, under a penalty of any sum not exceeding twenty pounds. 23. Any person removing, wilfully injuring, or destroying any buoy, beacon, or sea mark, shall forfeit the sum of twenty pounds. 24. Any person throwing a dead animal into the harbor, (within the limits of the anchorage) without attaching to it sufficient weight to sink it, is liable to a penalty of not more than twenty nor less than five shillings. 25. Vessels are prohibited from firing guns between the hours of sunset and sunrise, and on the Sabbath, (except in case of distress) tinder a penalty of any sum not exceeding five pounds. 26. Any person removing shingle, stone, shells, ror any part of the soil below high- water mark (except where the water frontage has been given by the Canterbury Association to their purchasers) without permission from the harbor master, or in the absence of the harbor master, the Resident Magistrate, shall forfeit a sum not exceeding ten pounds. 27. A copy of the harbor regulations shall be delivered to the master of every ship or vessel required to take a pilot, on her entry into port, by the bo irding pilot", and any pilot failing to deliver such copy before leaving the vessel shall forfeit and pay a fine not exceeding five pounds. 28. To the master of every vessel not required to take a pilot, or in the absence of the master to the principal officer on board, a copy of the harbor regulations shall be delivered by the harbormaster, provided however that it shall not be necessary in any case to issue a second copy of the regulations to the master or officer in charge of the same vessel, unless on demand of such master or officer, and in such case only on the payment of a fee of two shillings and sixpence, to be accounted for as other fees collected by the harbor master.

29. Ever}' master or other officer of a ship or vessel to whom a copy of the harbor regulations shall have been delivered shall give on demand an

acknowledgment thereof, to the pilot or other officer delivering the said copy, and any pilot failing to demand, or any master of a ship ur vessel refusing on demand to give such acknowledgment shall forfeit and pay a fine of not more than five pounds. 30. The passengers Act 5 and 6 Victoria, cap. 107, has been extended to this colony by proclamation dated the 29th day of June, 1849. QUARANTINE. 31. The master of every vessel arriving at any harbor within the colony, which shall be deemed by the harbor master to be liable to Quarantine, shall, on being directed so to do by such harbor master cause the same to be anchored in the quarantine ground appointed for the harbor, or forfeit and pay for every such offence, the sum of one hundred pounds. 32. The master of every vessel so anchored, shall neither himself quit, nor permit any seamen, passenger, or other person to quit the same, —until he shall have been duly admitted to pratique, or forfeit the sum of one hundred pounds. 33. Every seaman, passenger, or other person so quitting, shall, for every such offence, forfeit the sum of twenty pounds. 34. Every vessel so anchored is to hoist a yellow flag, of not less than six breadths of bunting,"at the main, by day, and a light by night in a lanthorn, such as are used in her Majesty's Navy, and to keep the same respectively hoisted until released from quarantine, or forfeit the sum of twenty pounds. 35. The master of every vessel so anchored, is to deliver to the harbor master, or other authorized* person, his bill of health, manifest, log-book, and journal, and he is to fill up a Report in the form and manner pointed out in the Schedule B. annexed. 36. The master of every vessel so anchored, who shall suffer any goods, wares, or merchandise, packets, books, letters, or other articles, to be unshipped or landed, and any person or persons who shall be concerned in the unshipping or landing of the same, shall forfeit for each and every article so unshipped or landed the sum of twenty pounds. 37. Every person or persons receiving any goods, wares, or merchandise, packets, packages, baggage, books, or letteis, or any other article whatever, from any vessel so anchored, shall forfeit for each and every article the sum of twenty pounds. 38. Any person going within the limits of any quarantine station, when any vessel shall be there at anchor, performing quarantine, shall forfeit any sum not exceeding twenty pounds. 39. If any officer or person entrusted with orders respecting quarantine, shall in any way neglect his duty he shall forfeit for each offence, the sum of twenty pounds. 40. The harbour master shall, immediately after his having so anchored any vessel, report the same to the Resident Magistrate and Health officer, or to the person or persons acting, or appointed to, act for those functionaries. 41. The Resident Magistrate and Health Officer, or Medical Practitioner appointed for that purpose by the Resident Magistrate shall, upon the receipt of such Report, visit the vessel so anchored, and if they shall find that any sickness of an infectious or contagious nature exists on board of her, they shall submit the information to a board, consisting of the Resident Magistrate, and one or more Justices of the Peace, the superior officer of the customs of the port, and the Health officer, or Medical practitiomr, as aforesaid, to be "convened for that purpose by the Resident Magistrate ; which Board, or the majority of them, shall have authority to detain such vessel in quarantine until every symptom ot the aforesaid disease has disappeared, when the same board, or the majority of them have hereby power to release such vessel from quarantine, and admit her to pratique. 42. During the period any vessel may be in quarantine, the Resident Magistrate and Health officer shall visit her alongside, and institute such regulations as the nature of the case may demand, and the Master or Commander shall carry such regulations into effect, or forfeit a sum not exceeding twenty pounds. Provided always, that all vessels that may be placed in quarantine by proclamation of the Governor in Council, shall be ahnitted to pratique at the expiration of the term therein named, unless any sickness shall exhibit itself during the performance of such quarantine. POWER TO RESIDENT MAGISTRATE IN CERTAIN CASES. The Resident Magistrate, at any port for which no harbor master is appointed, shall have all such powers as are hereinbefore given to harbor masters. SCHEDULE A. * For each and every barrel or package containing 50 lbs. of gunpowder and upwards, for any period not exceeding 6 weeks. . Is. Ditto ditto, above 6 weeks, per week . . . 2d. For each and every barrel or package containing less than 50 lbs. for any period not exceeding six weeks 6d. Ditto ditto, above 6 weeks id.

BCHEDULE 13. Questions required to be answered by the Master or other person in command of any ship or vessel ar riving in the Port of -from any infected place": What is the name of the vessel and tonnage •> What is the master's name, and are you the niasFer'? i From whence do you come, and when did you sail ? i At what ports have you touched on your passage? \ What vessels have you had intercourse or commiil "1 nication with on your passage, and from whence » did they come ? Have you any, and what bills of health ? Did the cholera or any other highly infectious and dangerous disease prevail at the place from which you sailed, or at any of the places' at which you have touched, or on board of any vessel with which you have had communication ? If so %» state when and where? In the course of your voyage, have any persons on board suffered from ness of any kind, what was the nature of such sickness, and when did it prevail ? How many persons were affected by it, and have any of them died in the course of the voyage ? What number of officers mariners, and passengers have you on board? What %vas the whole number of persons on board your vessel when you sailed? What is the whole number of persons now ill on board your vessel ? If there be no sickness on board, when did the last attack of disease appear, and when did it entirely disappear ? PILOT'S LICENSE. ; By virtue of the power in me vested, you are I hereby authorised and directed to act as pilot for i the Port of and you are enjoined to use your I best skill and knowledge in all duties appertaining i to that office, strictly conforming to the regulations j of the harbor aforesaid, and obeying such orders and instructions as you may from time to time receive from me. j Given under my hand this day of in j the year of our Lord 185 , at Government House, I Wellington, New Zealand. J DECLARATION. j I, A. 8., of the do solemnly declare that I j have delivered all public despatches, letters, parcels, newspapers, and all post-office mails and letters, both in parcels and loose, which were on board my vessel. Witness, Signature of Master. By his Excellency's commmand, Alfred Domett, Civil Secretary. Provisions of the Customs' Regulations Ordinance, '\ Session 1, No. 3, of the General Legislative Council of New Zealand ; inserted herein for \ the information of masters of vessels and others. \ BOATS AND BOATMEN. \ 1. Within seven days after the report of any j vessel belonging in whole or in part to any of her i Majesty's subjects, all boats belonging to such • vessels, ar^ to have her name, and the place to which she belongs, painted on the outside of the stern, and the master's name inside the transom in : white or yellow roman letters, not less than two i inches in length on a black ground, under penalty | of forfeiture. | 2. Every boat not belonging to a vessel is to p have the name of her owner and the place to which [; she belongs, Tainted on her stern, in white or yel- [ low roman letters of two inches in length, on a ' black ground, under penalty of forfeiture. ! 3. No boat or vessel under tonnage allowed by r law to be registered, is to be employed in the re- t moval of goods or passengers from or to any vessel, or for any other purpose whatsoever, unless the j, same shall belong to such vessel, or shall have been t duly licensed by the collector of customs, under | penalty of forfeiture. .I 4. The vessels allowed or required to be regis- | tered are all having decks of whatsoever burthen, t and all of fifteen tons burthen and upwards, whe- | ther decked or not. j 5. Boat licenses for boats and small vessels are "| to be granted by the collector of customs: and f every such license is to set forth the name andresi- i dence of the owner of the boat or vessel; for what j purpose, and within what limits she is to be uscj, \ and such other particulars as the collector may u-^ rect; and the owner shall give a bond with tw.' sureties in treble the value of the boat cm vessc .j with conditions that the boat or vessel shall not • be used for purposes contrary to the law relating to the revenue of customs, the protection of commerce, or otherwise than mentioned in the license, and in case of loss, breaking up, or disposal of the boat or vessel, the license is to be delivered up to the collector of customs within six months. CUSTOMS. G. The proper Custom-house Officers are to have free access to every part of any vessel arriving m the harbour, with power to fasten down hatchways, and lock up, mark, seal, or otherwise secure any goods on board ; and if any such hatchway, or Jock, or mark, or seal, be wilfully opened, altered, oi broken, before due delivery of such goods, or■ « any such goods be secretly conveyed away, tn master is liable to a penalty of one hundred poiincs,

Rand if any place, box, or chest be locked, and the bkeys withheld, any officer of customs being of a v degree superior to a tide waiter, may open the same f| in the best manner in his power and if any goods Ssfife found concealed on board such vessel they are 'i il-nhle to be forfeited. v ! (7. If goods imported are not entered and landed ' i jwkhin twenty days after the arrival of the ship or • i jv^sel importing them, the officerl; of customs are to convey the said goods to the Queen's and if the duties due upon such goods i4|be nob paid within three months thereafter, together "i-rtvith all charges of removal and warehotxse rent, 'ftthe same shall be sold, and the produce thereof $rt"^ill be applied first to the payment of freight and next duties, and the overplus if any shall -j"be paid to the proprietor of the goods, or other person duly authorized to receive the same. ''i| 8. Goods to be carried coastwise are not to be "fjaden, or having been brought coastwise are not to ''Wbe unladen until written notice has been given to ,ithe proper officer, and proper documents granted ; -<$and such goods are to be laden or unladen only at times, and places, and in the manner, and by "ithe persons, and under the care of such officers, as ?shall be appointed by the collector of customs, "-Junder the penalty of the forfeiture thereof, and of v~jten pounds to be paid by the master of the vessel or unlading the same. 1p 9. The vessels to be considered as engaged in the ,$ coasting trade, are those trading from one part of ftthe colony to another, or with any islands- within y its dependencies. 3j- 10. Every person concerned in unshipping goods ~i which are prohibited, or the duties on which have ?f not been paid, or in concealing, or illegally remo- „"' ving the same from the place of deposit, is liable to /^forfeit three times the value thereof, or a penalty \ of one hundred pounds, at the election of the officer ? of customs. 11. The master of any ship or vessel arriving in the colony whether laden or in ballast, shall come within twenty-four hours, and before bulk is broken, , to the Custom house, and there make a report in • writing to the collector, or other principal officer, of the arrival and voyage of such ship or vessel, stating: {' the name, country, and tonnage, and, if British, the ' port of registry, the name and country of the master, the country of the owners, the number of crew, £-and how many of the country of such ship or vessel, "' and whether she be laden or in ballast, and if laden .' the marks, numbers, and contents of every package - or parcel of goods on board, and where the same ~~ was laden, and where and to whom consigned, and -'■■ where and what goods, if any, had been unladen f during the voyage, and what part of the cargo, if -* any, is intended for exportation in such ship or yes- , sel to parts beyond the seas; and what surplus of ' stores, or stock remains on board such ship or yes- .' sel, so far as any such particulars can be known to ~l him: and the master shall further answer all such k ?| questions concerning the ship or vessel, and the j cargo, and the crew, and the voyage as shall be deI manded of him by such officer; and if goods be unj laden from any ship or vessel before such, report | be made, or if the master shall fail to make such I report, or shall make an untrue report, or not truly I answer the questions demanded of him, he shall I forfeit the sum of one hundred pounds. 1 12. Officers of Customs may be stationed on I board any vessel whilst within the limits of the p port. I By his Excellency's command, I Alfred Domett, Civil Secretary.