DIRECTIONS TO .MASTERS OF VESSELSBOOUND TO REIVERTON.

Southland Times, Volume III, Issue 16, 14 December 1863, Page 5 (Supplement)

DIRECTIONS TO .MASTERS OF VESSELSBOOUND TO REIVERTON.

From the. Provincial Government Gazette Nov. 21. The entrance to this port being intricate, a stranger should not, under any circumstances, attempt to sail in without a pilot, but should make fast to the mooring buoy painted black, which is placed in twenty-one feet at low water spring tides with the following bearings : Steep Head, S.E. by E. North-west end of Stewart's Island, on with Howell's Point, S. by W. half W. The flagstaff on Bailey's Point, W. half N. The mooring anchors of this buoy are placed four hundred and fifty feet apart, east and west from each other; on each side of the buoy care should be taken in dropping an anchor near by, not to hook the moorings. On and after the Ist of November, 1863, between sunrise and sunset the following signals will be made at the flagstaff, on Bailey's Point, viz. : — When a vessel is approaching the harbor a number from Marryat's code indicating in feet the depth of water on the bar at the time, will be hoisted at the north yard arm. A black ball hoisted above this number will show that the sea is too high on the bar for the pilot to get off. Two black balls without the number will mean that some recent change has taken place in the channel or that it is dangerous in the opinion of the pilot even for a coaster acquainted with the place to attempt to run in. Vessels outside the bar or at the mooring buoy, when the pilot cannot get off may hold communication with him by means of Marryat's signals which in this case will be hoisted at the south yard arm. The pilot who is provided with a boat and crew of four men will, when it is practicable, always put off in his boat on the approach of a vessel not having the exemption flag flying. The. deptli of water on the bar is at the highest tides fourteen feet, and there is rarely less than eight feet at high water lowest neap tides. J. B. Greig, Harbor Master. Harbor Office, Tnvprcargill, 24th October, 18(53.

ALPHABETICAL LIST OF ARTICLES Which have received the decision of the Commissioner of Customs, as to their. liability to duty under the present tariff. Agricultural implements, free Almonds, shelled and in husk, free Anchovies, 4s per'cubic foot Arrowroot, free Axles, cart and dray, iron (loose) free Bathbricks, free Bedsteads (iron), 8s per cwt Bellows (forgfe), free Biscuits (fancy), free Bitters (orange). 4s per foot Capers, 4s per cubic foot Carraway seeds, free I Carriage lamps, 3s per cwt. _ I Chains (with anchors or for ship's use, free I Chain (all other), 3s per cwt. I Cherry cordials, 4s per foot . > I Cheese, free I Clocks, free I Coffee, essence of, free I Corrugated iron sheets, free I Cotton wick, free I Curry powder, free I Eau de Cologne. 9s per gallon I Fencing wire and standards (iron) free I Fish, preserved, free I Flavoring essences, free I Floor-cloth, free I .Forges and iron-work, loose, 3s per cwt. I Forks, digging and hay, 3s per cwt. I Galvanized iron sheets. free I „ „ wire, free I „ „ ware as buckets, gutter ' I ter angles, ridge caps, tiles, and orna- I mental pieces, 3s per cwt- I Gelatine, free I (jringer bread, free I Ginger cordials, 4s per foot I Groats, free I Gun barrels, 5s each t I Gutta pe-rcha, freeX I Harrows, free I Herrings, preserved, free I I Hops, tree B Horseshoes, 3s per cwt. I Huckaback (hemp or flax) 4? per culicfoot I Hurdles, iron, free I Iron chairs, 3s per cwt H „ safes, 3s per cwt- H „ tanks, free H j Ironwork for ships' use, free H Isinglass, free H Jams and jellies, 4s per cubic foot H Jewellery, free H Lemon and lime juice, free H Linseed oil, free H Lobsters, preserved, free H | Maccaroni, 4s per cubic foot H Machinery, agricultural or other, free H Meats, potted or preserved, free H Nipht lights, free H Oatmeal, free H Oilcloth, free ■ „ table covers, 4s per pubkffoot H Olive oil (perfumed), free H Olives, 4s per cubic foot H Orange bitters, 4s per foot H Oysters, preserved, free H Paint, free H Pearl barley, free Ploughs, free H Hick cloth, free § H Safes, iron, 3s per cwt Sago, free Salad oil, 4s per cubic foot H Salt, free H Sardines, 4s per cubic foot Sash weights, 3s per cwt Scythes, 3s per cwt Sheaves, brass, for ships' use, fre Shot, free Shovels. 3s per cwt. :^M Soda, free Soda crystals, free Soups (fish and vegetable, preserved) free Spades, 3s per cwt. Starch, free .Steel (bar), free Syrups, free Table covers (oilcloth), 4s per cubic foot Tanks (iron), free Tapioco, free Tarpaulins, free Tiles, iron, 3s per cwt. J^M Tinman's tools, 3s per cwt Vermicelli, 4s per cubic foot Vesta matches fwn x ), free Vinegarf in any package or vessel), free "Watches, free. Wick, cotton, free Whiting, free Winnowing cloths, free§ Wire, iron fencing, free Wire, small (as hell wire), 3s per cwt. -^H f Importation of Arms, &c, without license is n mislemeanor, punishable by fine or imprisonment. 1 A manufacture composed of any of the articles comprised in Section 7. and in which gntta percha is used merely to make it waterproof, is chargeable with 4S^H per cubic foot. $ When (he fabric is not superior toordi-^H nary sailcloth. CUSTOMS^ DUTIES. H CUAKGEABLR I'N'DER THE ' CUSTOMS DUTIES Act, ISoS/ ix all Ports of New Zeai.wp, 1. Ale, beer, cider and perry in wood, per gallon ..0 G Ale, beer, cider and perry, in bottles, per gallon ... ... I 0 2. Cigars and snuff, per lb. . 3 O^H 3. Coffee, chicory, cocoa, and chocolate, per 1b... 0 3^H 4. Cutlery, hardware, plated ware, bollowarc. ironmongery of all sorts, and candles and soap of all sorts, per cwt. ..3 O^H o. Firearms of every description, each ... ... ... ... 5 O^H 0. Gunpowder, per lb ... ... 0 3^H 7. Manufactures of silk, cotton, linen, and all articles mamifactnred therefrom ; drapery, haberdashery, hosiery, millinery, fur?, hats, boots, shoes, confectionery. bottled fruits, dried fruits, mustard, olive oil, pickles, preserves, sauces, spices, and oilmen's stores of all kinds, measuring outside the packages, per cubic foot 4 (^^H 8 Spirits and strong waters of every kind, sweetened or otherwise, of any strength not exceeding the strength of proof by Sykes's hydrometer, and so on in proportion for any greater strength than the strength of proof, per gallon 9 0 Sugar (raw and refined) of all kind-s, and treacle and molasses, perlb. .. 0 10. Tea, per lb 0 11. Tobacco, per lb. 1 12. Wine (in wood and bottle), containing less than 25 per cent, of alcohol oi a specific gravity of -825 at the temperature of 60 degrees Fahrenheit's thermometer, per gallon ... 3 13 Anchors and chains, arid rod, bolt, bar, sheet, hoop, and pig iron and sails, sail cloth, cordage, twine, cotton yarn, bags, sacks, and wool packs, spirits of tar and turpentine, tobacco for sheepwash, nufs of all kinds, powder fit only for blasting purposes, and all unenumerated -^^H wares and merchandise Fre^^H