SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

New Zealand Colonist and Port Nicholson Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 13, 13 September 1842, Page 2

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

ARRIVED. Suptemweu 10.—Schooner .Perse vjsrance, Edward Bishop, master, from Nelson, ballast. Passengers —the .Bishop, Rev. Mr. Uay, J. M. Taylor, and Mr. Ross. Skptkmueh 12.—The Schooner Jane, from whaling station. September 12. —The schooner, Nymvtu, from Ploudy Bay. ‘‘l Same day, the cutter Ptckwre k, Styles, master, from the coast. The Tobago from London, was entering our port as we were going to press. SAILED. September 10. —The brigantine Hannah, Bell, for xij.-on and the Chatham Islands. Passengers—Mr. Walkinshaw, Mr. Moore, Mr. Vertuc, Air. Child, Mr. Dean, Mr. lYFGurk. September 12.—The schooner Vanguard, Newton, master, for Nelson, general cargo. Passenger—Mr. Sohlanders.

IN PORT

Barque Clydeside, Glasgow, 230, Waitt A Co. agents; arrived Jan. 2G, from the Clyde; laid up for repairs. Barque Indemnity, Loudon, 150, Adams, Waitt & Co. agents; arrived July 12, from London; for Nelson, •Valparaiso, and London, repairing. Schooner Ann, Wellington, 22, Brown, Suhultzc, agent; arrived July 22, from Akaroa; laid up. Brig Patriot, Hobart Town, 189, Wright, Penny, agent; arrived Aug. 3, from Auckland; for Hobart Town. Schooner Look-In, 80, Finlay, from Nelson, repairing. The schooner Catherine, Bannatyne, master, from Sydney.

The brigantine Success, Mason, master, from Cloudy Bay, repairing The barque Lady Mary Pelham, John Harper, master, from tiic whaling grounds. The schooner Jane, from Wyderop. The schooner Henry, Daymoud, from Cape Terawiti. The barque Brougham, 227 tons, Robinson, master, Bouloott, Agent. The barque Jane Goutlie, 280 tons, Goudie, master. Waitt and Tyscr, Agents. The cutter Brothers, 44 tons, Bruce, master. Rhodes and Co., Agents. The schooner Mana, 27 tons, Swany, master. Willis and Co., Agents. The cutter Pickwick, 38 tons, Styles, master, the Captain Agent.

We have been favored, through the kindness of Captain Harper, of the Barque Lady Mary Pelham, with the following list of the Whaling Ships cruising in Pegansi Bay during this present season. The French Ship Mary, Toupcll, from Nantz; had caught one whale, GO barrels oil. The French Ship Bourbon, Mason,<fcut fifteen months ; 300 barrels of oil, had caught one whale this season, 35 barrels. The French Ship Asia, Flamm, out fifteen months; 900 barrels, had got one and a half whale this season, 100 barrels. The French Ship Catos, Brewer, out fourteen months ; 900 barrels, had got no fish this season. The French Ship Havre , from Havre; out fifteen months, 1000 barrels, had got four whales this season, 250 barrels. The Captain had died at sea, and the vessel was in charge of the chief officer. The American Barque Amirald, Stafford ; out thirtytwo months, 700 barrels, black; 350 sperm oil; had procured 250 barrels this season. The Barque Boston, Hemstead ; out fifteen months, 1500 barrels, all black oil; procured this season 150 barrels. The French Ship Rawlings ; left Pegansi Bay for Hobart Town ; no fish this season. The French Ship Gustave, Declare, from Havre ; fifteen months out, 1800 barrels black oil; 400 barrels this season at Pegansi Bay and the Tcmaroo Beach.

HARBOUR REGULATIONS

It having been intimated to us that several whaling vessels, on the coast, are deterred from entering this port, from their ignorance of the existence of any Harbour Regulations, we publish the following, now in force, for general information: — 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 annexed hereto. 3. —Every pilot shall carry his license with him, and shall produce it to the captain of any vessel on its being demanded, or forfeit a sum not exceeding forty shillings. 4. —The rates of pilotage into or out of any of the harbours within this Colony, from or to the distance of one league, from the respective pilot stations, shall be those specified in schedule A hereunto annexed; but no pilotage is to chargeable on any vessel engaged in the colonial coasting trade, unless the assistance of a pilot be required by the commander of the vessel. 5. —Pilots are not bound to conduct any vessel to sea, until payment of the pilotage has been satisfactorily secured.

6. —Any 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 pur diem 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 the seas, and not being a coasting vessel, is to place her in charge of the first licensed pilot who may come alongside, and lie is not to enter the harbour or proceed to sea without having such pilot on board, under penalty of a fine not exceeding the amount of pilotage set forth in schedule A, to which he would have been liable, had he taken a pilot. 9. —Every person who shall more than once have entered the harbour as master of a vessel, may, on being found qualified, on application to the harbour master, be supplied with a certificate of exemption from pilotage. 10. —Every master who shall enter the harbour, having in his possession such certificate, and who shall hoist at the main a blue and white flag, shall be exempted from the necessity of taking a pilot. 11. —The master of every vessel shell hoist such signals as may be tendered to him for that purpose by the pilot, or forfeit a sum not exceeding five pounds. 12. —The master of every vessel shall anchor and 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 harbour master’s office, or forfeit a sum not exceeding five pounds.

13.—The master of csery vessel arriving at any harbour within the colony, which shall be deemed by the

harbour master to be liable to quarantine, shall, on being directed, anchor in the quarantine ground appointed for such harbour, or forfeit a sum not exceeding one hundred pounds. 14.—The master of every vessel so anchored shall neither himself quit, nor permit any seaman, passenger, or other person, to quit the same until he shall have been <kdy admitted to pratique, or forfeit a sum not exceeding one hundred pounds.

15.—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 entry to another, or forfeit a sum not exceeding ten pounds. 10.—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. 17. —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. 18. —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. 19. —All gunpowder so landed to be packed in barrels, containing 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. 20. —Previous to the delivery of any gunpowder so stored, fees as per schedule B shall be first paid. 21. —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. 22. —No timber or bulky article is to he left on any public wharf or landing place, under a penalty of any sum not exceeding five pounds. 23. —No ballast, rubbish, gravel, earth, stone, or filth, is to be thrown overboard from any vessel or boat, but is to be landed at such places as the harbour master may direct, under a penalty of any sum not exceeding twenty pounds. 24. —Any person removing, wilfully injuring or destroying any buoy, beacon, or sea mark, shall forfeit the sum of twenty pounds. 25. —Vessels are prohibited from firing guns between the hours of sunset and sunrise and on the sabbath (except in case of distress) under the penalty of any sum not exceeding five pounds. 26. —Any person removing any shingle, stone, shells, or any part of the soil, without permission from theJiarbour master, and in the absence of the harbour master, from the police magistrate, shall forfeit a sum not exceeding ten .pounds. 27. —All persons employed in the Customs, are to be deemed officers for such service. 28. —Every vessel arriving from beyond seas is to be boarded as soon as circumstances will allow, by an officer ©f the Customs, who will deliver to the master a copy of the harbour regulations, and to whom the master is to furnish such particulars of his voyage, crew, and passengers and to deliver such documents respecting the same as may be required of him, under a penalty of a sum not exceeding five pounds. 29. —Every master refusing or neglecting to bring to at any station appointed for the boarding of the Customs officer, shall forfeit a sum of not less than ten pounds, or not more than one hundred pounds. (4 Vic., No. 3.) 30. —Every master of any vessel is also to deliver to the Custom House officer, or other authorised person, all public dispatches, 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-men-tioned, and is to produce the said declaration at the Custom House, before making his report at these places, under a penalty of any sum not exceeding five pounds. 31. —Masters are to report to the Custom House within twenty-four hours, their vessel and cargo, under a penalty of any sum not exceeding five pounds. 32. —Officers of the Customs may be stationed on hoard any vessel whilst within the limits of the port. 33. —lf goods be not landed in twenty days, the officers may land and secure the same. 34. —Goods to be carried coastwise must not be laden, and having been brought coastwise must not be unladen until written notice has been given to the proper officer, and proper documents granted, under a penalty of any sum not exceeding twenty pounds.

35. —The vessels to be considered as engaged in the coasting or colonial trade, are those trading from one part of the Colony to another, or with any of the South Sea Islands, on which there are no public settlements: also, all vessels employed in the whale, seal, or sea elephant fisheries. 36. —The master of every vessel arriving at any harbour within the Colony, which shall be deemed, by the Harbour Master, to be liable to quarantine, shall, on being directed so to do by such Harbour Master, cause the same to be anchored in the quarantine ground appointed for the harbour, or forfeit and pay for every such offence, the sum of one hundred pounds. 37. —The master of every vessel so anchored, shall neither himself quit, or permit, any seaman, 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. 38. —Every seaman, passenger, or other person so quitting, shall, for every such offence, forfeit the sum of twenty pounds. 39. —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. 40. —The master of every vessel so anchored, is to deliver to the harbour master, or other authorised 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 C. annexed. 41. —The master of every vessel so anchored, who shall suffer any goods, wares, or merchandise, packets, hooks, 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. 42. —Every person or persons receiving any person, goods, wares, or merchandise, packets, packages, baggage, books, or letters, or any other article whatever, from any vessel so anchored, shall forfeit for each and every article, the sum of twenty pounds. 43. —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. 44. —lf 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. 45. —The harbour master shall, immediately after his having so anchored any vessel, report the same to the Police Magistrate and Health Officer, or to the person or persons acting, or appointed to act, for those functionaries.

46. —The Police Magistrate and Health Officer, or Medical Practitioner, appointed for that purpose by the Police 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 exist on board of*her, they shall submit the information to a board, consisting of the Police Magistrate, and one or more Justices of the Peace, the superior Officer of the Customs of the Port, and the Health Officer, or Medical Practitioner, as aforesaid, to he convened for that purpose by the Police Magistrate; which hoard, or the majority of them, shall have authority to detain such vessel in quarantine, until every symptom of the aforesaid disease has disappeared, when the same authority have hereby power to release such vessel from quarantine, and admit her to pratique. 47. —During the period any vessel may be in quarantine, the Police 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 cany 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 he admitted th pratique at the expiration of the term therein named, unless any sickness shall exhibit itself during the performance of such quarantine. Schedule A. Rates of Pihtage to be paid by Vessels entering any of the after-mentioned Harbours. £ s. d. a Waitcmata. —For all vessels drawing ten feet water, and under. 110 0 For every additional foot, or fractional part of a foot, a further sum of 0 2 6 b Wellington. c Nelson. d Bay of Islands. e Manukau. / Hokianga. Schedule B.

£ s. d. For each and every barrel or package containing 50 lb. of gunpowder, and upwards, for any period not exceeding six weeks 0 1 0 Ditto ditto, above six weeks, per week 0 0 2 For each and every barrel or package containing less than 50 lb., for any period not exceeding six weeks 0 0 G Ditto ditto, above six weeks 0 0 1 Schedule C. Questions required to be answered by the Master, or other person in command of any ship) or vessel arriving in the Port of from any infected place :— 1. What is the name of the vessel, and tonnage ? Answer. 2. What is the master’s name, and are you the master ? Answer. 3. From whence do you come, and when did you Sail ? Ansiver. 4. At what ports have you touched on your passage ? Answer. 5. What vessels have you had intercourse or communication with on your passage, and from whence did they come ? Answer. G. Have you any, and what bills of health? Answer. 7. 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 ? • Ansiver. 8. In the course of your voyage, have any persons on board suffered from sickness 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 ? Ansiver. 9. What number of officers, mariners, and passengers, have you on hoard ? Answer. 10. What was the whole number of persons on board your vessel, when you sailed ? Answer. 11. What is the whole number of persons now ill on board of your vessel ? Answer. 12. If there be no sickness now on board, when did the last attack of disease appear, and when did it entirely disappear ? Answer.