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New Zealander, Volume XV, Issue 1358, 23 April 1859, Page 2 (Supplement)

left, the owner thereof shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £2O. 18. Any person making fast any vessel, raft, timber or other article to, or in any way removing or wilfully injuring or destroying any buoy, beacon, or sea mark, shall forfeit a sum not exceeding £2O. . . 19. Any person throwing a dead animal into the Harbour, or placing any dead animal below high water mark, shall be bab e to a pena y not exceeding £5, and to an additional penalty of £1 for every day during which any such amirnal remains in the Harbour or below high water mark, or unburied on the beach above high water mark. Provided that no such penalty and additional penalty shall together exceed the sum of £2O. 20. Vessels, unless specially permitted in writing by the Harbour Master, are prohibited from firing guns between the hours _of sunset and sunrise, and on Sunday (except in cases of distress) and any person who shall offend against this regulation shall he liable to a penalty not exceeding £5. 21. Any person removing shingle, stone, shells, or any part of the soil below high water mark, without permission from the Harbour Master, or in the absence of the Harbour Master from a Resident Magistrate, shall forfeit a sum not exceeding £lO. Gunpowder. 22. All vessels arriving, having gunpowder on board, exceeding thirty pounds, shall hoist the « Union Jack” at the main, and remain clear of the shipping until such gunpowder be landed; and any person offending against this regulation shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £2O. , . 23. Provided that the foregoing regulation shall not apply to gunpowder in such quantity as may be sufficient only for and be on board as ships’ stores, but in no case to exceed the weight of 50 lbs. Notes. Gunpowder , &jc. The penalty for landing gunpowder (and also arms and other warlike stores) without a license is any sum not exceeding £SOO. Merchant Shipping Act. The third part of the Act of the Imperial Parliament, the “Merchant Shipping Act, 1854,” has been brought into operation in New Zealand so far as the same is applicable. * General Directions. All masters of vessels are requested to heave the lead constantly when crossing the bar or passing through the channels at the entrance of the Harbour, in order that any change in the soundings may be noted, and any such change must be reported to the Harbour Master as soon as practicable. All persons navigating vessels are to observe the following established nautical rules:— Sailing vessels having the wind fair are to give way to vessels on a wind. When two vessels are going by the wind the vessel on the starboard tack shall keep her wind, and the vessel on the port tack shall bear up, thereby passing each other on the port hand. When two vessels have the wind free or abeam and meet, they shall pass each other on the port hand, the helm of each being put to port. Steam vessels when passing or near other vessels are always to be considered as vessels navigating with a fair wind, and as far as practicable, due regard must be paid to the tides, and the dangers and position of each vessel, but the law is to pass on the port hand. Signals. Code of Signals for entering and leaving the Harbour of “ Manukau,” and when a vessel is seen approaching the Harbour. The following signals will be hoisted at the Pilot static* (Paratutai), for their guidance. The master of every vessel entering or leaving the Harbour is requested to answer the signals by hoisting and dipping the ensign at the peak. No. I.—Second Distinguishing Pendant at Mast head with one ball underneath— The Vessel is seen from the Station. No. 2.—-White Flag at Mast head, with tw« balls underneath— First Quarter Flood. No. 3.—-No. 4 Marryatt’s Code at Most head, three balls underneath— Ebb Tide—wait for the Flood. No. 4—No. 5 Marryatt’s Code at Mast head, ball in centre of yard, and balls at both yard arms— Take the Bar—no danger. No. s.—No. 8 Marryatt’s Code at Mast head, ball undei Death, and balls at each yard arm— Keep to Sea—Bar unsafe. No. 6.—No. 5 Marryatt’s Code at Mast head, two balls at South, one ball at North yard arm— Take the South Channel. No. 7.—Telegraph Flag, Marryatt’s Code, at Mast head, ball at North yard arm— Anchor at the Huia Banks—Bar unsafe. No. B.—Ball at Mast head, and ball at North yard arm— No Wind outside the Heads. No. 9.—Three balls vertically at South yard arm— Anchor with Kedge and Warp. No. 10. —Three balls describing a triangle from the South yard arm to centre of yard— Let go the Bower Anchor. The first five signals (with the exception of the balls) are the same as given in the New Zealand Pilot (published by order of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty), but the remainder have been added since, in order to make the signals more complete and better understood. When the wind is light or blowing in or out of the Harbour, the leading marks for crossing the Bar may be considered the same as published in the New Zealand Pilot, viz., the Nine Pin Hock, the South entrance of “ Paratutai,” and the extreme of “ Puponga,” in a line N.E. by E. by compass, leads over the bar, but the smoothest water seems to be found by keeping the Nine Pin Rock a little open of “ Paratutai,” shutting in the extreme of “Puponga,” high water over the Bar on the fall and change of the moor, 10 o’clock. In cases where two or more vessels are in sight of the Signal station at the same time (inward and outward bound) a large red square i will be fixed at the foot of the signal mast which will denote, the signal hoisted is intended for the vessel inside the Harbour. Also, when ' the “ Blue Peter” signal is hoisted to the vessels inside the Harbour, it is to be understood, come to anchor, the Bar is unsafe. Persons in charge of vessels crossing the Bar or passing through the channels should pay particular attention to the Telegraph Anns