REGULATIONS FOR STEAM AND SAILING VESSELS.

West Coast Times, Issue 915, 28 August 1868, Page 4

REGULATIONS FOR STEAM AND SAILING VESSELS.

In the "New Zealand Ghizetto" of the 29Hi June, the following regulations are published with respect to steam and sailing vessels, and which will como in forco on tho Ist of September next : —

By-i.vwsi,

" 1. Fo vessel, whether v steamer or a liling vessel, shall be so la-lcn as to show led-; of her side above wulor amidships, as measured from her covering boards, than three inches* for every foot ot her draft of water ; but pacldle«ti amers, plying in rough water or ut sea, shull in no case bo laden so that Uioir spunSOU 3 shall bo less than one-fourth of (ho diameter of the puddles above tho surfatw of tho water.

"2. No sailing vosaol, trading on tho coast of tho colony, shall bo permitted to curry passengers unloss sho bo, in the judgment of tho Collector of Ou.-^oma, or a surveyor uppoinlul by him for tho purpose, in good

ni-dt'r, -propovly ladon or billasfed, and fit Co 1 f'. ' intended v.rwijo, commanded by a sober iuul cxpt'rieii'jcd h-isUt, msinncd by an ejRVivM eivw, a iv l i) op:.l\ eqi' ppod, and 1! fed .t'l round wi'li <,v licicnt bulwarks, rails, or -(.mt'lions with ivij'o or chain, and carries nt lea- 1 oio life- uoy !m I one cTiL-icit boat in su -a manner th:it boih :ihall bo immo liately availic'ile in any emergopcv. '•3. It 'bhall be the ilul.y of .tn° 11-iyboi-ni i^tcr ot- oilier port oliir-er of tiny port t/> urvoy any s tiling vessel i'oi 1 the purpose o,' n;cor(aim'iig whether the regulations cou'fai' '\1 in the.-c bye-laws have been complies! wiih, when called upon to do so, aud to notify to the Collector of Customs, in writing, tho result of such survey. - J '•4. -No sailing vessel, the duration of whose voyago does not exceed one day, reckoned as per schedule hereto shall be ..permitted to carry a greater number of passengers thun one to each ton register, or one to every five feet of clear deck space, free from all incumbranees, a.d all such vessels shall be provided with at least two gallons of water for each adult on board.

"5. Iso decked sailing vessel, the duration of whose voyage exceeds ono day, lvckoned as pur schedule he:clo, bhall be permitted to c irry passenger.*, uule:s, in nddilion to the equipments and fittings specilied in tho b eoiul by-law, she bo Ji'ted-.vilh subjlsuitiiil and ilrinly ' secured booby -hatches over Iho p.is-cnger hatchway, so iKed as to bo capable of being kept open in nil we. I .! hers, and of affording tho givale-t possible amount of light, air, and protection from wet, or unless phe has on board sullicicnL water i'or the i'i( ended voyage, to tho satisfaction of the' Collector of* Customs or tho surveyor, andnot Jess thun Iwo gallons lor each adult pass.'iiger for each day of the aveiagc duration of the voyage; and no euth vessel shall be purmilled to carry more passengers than at the ralo of one adult to every seventy-two cubic feet of clear space allotcd to passenger accommodation below hatches, or a greater number of passengers than one I'or every registered f.on of her burden, or a greater number thau ono for every seven superficial feet of deck space, clear for exercise, and properly protected by bulwark or rails r.s aforesaid. The number of passengers allowed to be carried shall in no case exceed tho smullujt number astieri.iiii.cJ by any one of the (hreo alternative methods of measuring mentioned therein.

"6. "' No vessel carrying pussengei's bhall bo permitted to carry deck car^o unlesa it be evidently secured to tho satisfaction oi' the burveyor.

" 7. Tho following penalties for breaches of tliese by-laws as heiviuafler specified are hereby imposed, aud may bo recovered according to the provisions of the s^id Act : — (a) For breach of any provision of theso bye-laws or regulations framed for the purpose of preventing Iho overloading of eleam or sailing vessels, any sum not exceeding five hundred pounds for any one voyage or attempted voyage of any vessel. (6) For breach of any provision of these by-laws or regulations framed /or tho purpose of 2'i'cvenling the overcrowding of sailing vessels with passengers, any sum not exceeding live hundred pounds i'or any one voyago or attempted voyage, to ba computed at a rale not exceeding five pounds for every passenger curried by any sailing vessel in excels ot'lhe numbers by these by-laws authorised. (c) For breach of uny other provisions of llicjc bj-laws or regulations, any eiuu not exceeding fifty pounds.