HARBOR REGULATIONS.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume III, Issue 288, 10 July 1875, Page 2

HARBOR REGULATIONS.

Str., —Would you kindly draw the attention of the public through your paper to the following clauses in the Harbor Regulations sent to me from the chief Harbor Master, relative to the depositing of rubbish and dead animals in the harbor, and other matters of equal public interest.—l am, &c., Thomas Chrisp, Harbor Master. Gisborne, July 8, 1875. “ 30. The master of any vessel who shall anchor in the fairway of any channel, or so as to obstruct the approach to any wharf, pier, or jetty, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding fifty pounds. 40. Any person obstructing or impeding the navigation of any channel, river, inlet, or creek, or obstructing any landing place, by any vessel, cable, boat, warp, or other article, shall be liable, to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds ; and in ease such obstruction or impediment be not removed when ordered by the Harbor Master or Pilot, or any other lawfully appointed, officer cf the port, the Harbor Master or Pilot may remove, cast off, hr cut any such obstruction. 41. It shall be competent for the Harbor Master or a person deputed by him to order that any vessel, lighter, bo'at, or timber be removed from any berth alongside any wharf, or from any anchorage to any part of the harbor, whenever such removal shall in his opinion be proper for the general accommodation of the shipping. And any person who shall fail to obey such order, or otherwise offend against this shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds. 42. If anyjvessel or boat be sunk, stranded, or run on shore, or if any baulk of timber or other bulky article be in the water in anv port or harbor, and if the master of such vessel, or owner or part owner, or charterer or hirer thereof, or the person who shall have been in charge of such vessel or boat at the time of the sinking, stranding, or running on shore thereof, or the owner of such timber or bulky article, or the person who placed, put or threw such timber or bulky article in the water, or the master of the vessel or boat from which such timber or other article may have fallen into the water, shall not clear the port or harbor of ' such vessel, timber, or article as the case may be, within such time as the Harbor Master or other officer of the port sh U require, by notice in writing, every such person shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding fifty pounds ; and every sueh person shall be liable to a further penalty not exceeding fifty pounds for every period of twenty-four hours after the expiration of the first twentyfour hours after the expiration of the time fixed in such notice, that he shall permit such vessel, boat, timber, or article to remain unremoved.

47. -Any person drowning any animal in the harbor and leaving the carcase therein, or throwing any dead animal into the harbor, or placing any dead animal below high water-mark therein, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds, and an additional penalty of one pound for every day during which any such animal remains in the harbor or below high watermark, or unburied on the beach above high water-mark: Provided that no such penalty and additional penalty shall together exceed the sum of twenty pounds for any one offence. 48. Any person removing shingle, stone, shells, ordriftwood, or any part of the soil below high water-mark, from any lands belonging to the Crown, without permission from the Harbor Master, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds ; a rate of one shilling per ton may (at the discretion of the Superintendent) be charged for ballast removed by authority from within the limits of the Harbor.

49 No rubbish or filth is to be landed or deposited on any lands belonging to the Crown except in such places as the Harbor Master may point out, under a penalty of five pounds to be paid by the person landing or depositing such rubbish or filth.

50. No ballast, rubbish, gravel, earth, stones, earthenware, glass, or filth, is to be thrown overboard from any vessel or boat within any harbor, but it is to be landed and placed where the Harbor Master may direct; and no gravel, earth, stones, earth enware, glass-bottles, fifth, or rubbish, is to be placed by any other means at any place below high water-mark within the harbour. Proper tarpaulins are to be used in discharging or taking in ballast, coals, rubbish, gravel, earth, or filth of any kind, so as to prevent any part thereof falling into the harbor. Any person who shall offend against any of the provisions of this regulation shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty pounds. 52. All complain! s against any person connected with the Harbor Department must be made in writing to the Harbor Master. 60. All goods landed on any quay, wharf, or jetty, or brought thereon for shipment, are to be placed as the Harbour Master or other authorised person may direct, and so as to keep all mooring posts or rings free, and all rail or tramways clear ; and any person offending against this regulation shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds. 62. Before any vessel or boat is removed from any wharf or jetty, the

master or other person in charge of the said vessel or boat shall cause all dirt or rubbish to be thoroughly cleared from that portion of the said wharf or jetty occupied by such vessel or boat, such dirt or rubbish to be deposited at such places as may be appointed by the Harbor Master. Breach or neglect of this regulation will subject the offender to a penalty not evceeding ten pounds, 66. [ln lieu of clause 66 it is provided by Order in Council of Ist September, 1869, that, — All watermen, stevedores, carters, or others--Engaged on any wharf or jetty, or at any public landing-place, shall be under the control and obey the orders of the Harbor or Pier Master; and any person disobeying this regulation, or in any way obstructing the traffic on any wharf or jetty, or public landing-place, or making use of abusive or improper language thereon, shall he liable to a penalty not eceediug five pounds.”]x