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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XIII, Issue 1027, 15 May 1869, Page 4

Tea, lb. Tinware, cwt. Timber, sawn, the 100 feet superficial Timber, shingles, laths, 1000 Timber, palings, 100 Timber, posts, 100 Timber, rails, 100 Tobacco, lb. Tobacco for sheepwash, subject to its being rendered unfit for human consumption, and to such regulations as the Commissioner of Customs shall from time to time prescribe in that behalf, per lb Tools, carpenters’, and others not otherwise described, cwt. Toys and fancy goods not otherwise described, cubic foot Trowsers, moleskin and cord cubic foot Twine, cwt. Tubs, of wood, nest Turpentine, gallon _ TJmbrellas and parasols, cubic f00t... Varnish, gallon Vermicelli, cubic foot Vinegar, gallon Weighing machines, cwt. Whips and walking sticks, cubic foot Whiting and chalk, cwt. _ Wine in wood and bottle, containing less than 25 per cent of alcohol, of a specific gravity of 825 at the temperature of 25 degrees Fahrenheit s thermometer the gallon, or for 6 reputed quart bottles, or 12 reputed pint bottles, gallon Woollen manufactures not otherwise enumerated, and all articles made of wool mixed with any other materials, cubic foot Zinc sheets, tiles, ridging, guttering, piping, & 1011, cwt' manufactures, not otherwise described, cwt. 0 6 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 4 0 2 6 0 3 4 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 6 5 0 0 6 2 6 0 6 4 0 1 0 1 0 4 0 5 0 1 0 4 0 EXEMPTIONS. Anchors, anvils Blacksmiths’ bellows ; bottles of all kinds (empty). Cabin furniture and effects, which have been in use and not imported and for sale ; carriage springs, mountings and trimmings ; chain cable's and shackles over |ths of an inch diameter ; churns, cotton waste, copper and composition rod, belts, sheathing, and nails ; corn sieves and riddles, crab winches, cranes, capstans and windlasses. Drainage pipes and tiles. Felt for sheathing, filtres, fire engines and hose, fish, oil in bulk, forges. Gas pipes and machinery—all material which may be especially imported for the construction of gas works. Iron, bridges, and all material which may be especially imported for the construction of bridges, wharves, jetties, or patent slips, iron bar, rod, bolt, bar, hoop and pig, iron and lamp posts, iron tanks, iron plates, rivets, bolts, nuts, screws, and castings for ships, iron weigh-bridges for carts. Machinery for agricultural purposes ; machinery for boring, brick andtile making, planing, punching, sawing, shearing, turning, and quartz-crusbing ; machinery for mills and looms, machinery for steam vessels, machinery for wool and hay pressing, machine saws, Maps and charts. Olive and palm'oil, in bulk. Organs, harmoniums, bells and furniture specially imported for places of public worship. Passengers’ luggage, printing machinery, presses, type, and materials ; printing ink, paper, printed books, paper, and music ; ploughs and harrows ; pumps and other apparatus for raising water. Railway plant, and all materials which tuay be specially imported for the construction of railways ancl tramways ; rope above three inches in circumference. Sailcloth, sewing machines, ships’ block, ships’ chandlery not otherwise described, school books, slates and apparatus, soda, ash and caustic soda, soda water machines, steam engines, and parts of steam engines. Tarpaulins. Waterpipes, not otherwise described, and all other material which may be specially imported for the purpose of constructing waterworks. And all other articles not otherwise described.

NEW CODE OF SIGNALS. From and after the first day of September, 1868, the following general signals are to be used at all New Zealand ports:— A.— Tidal Signals. Tidal signals are to consist of one, two,or three balls, of any colour which can be best seen at any port arranged vertically. Flood Tide. —Two Balls, vertical, at Masthead, not less than six feet apart. Last Quarter Flood. —Three Balls, vertical, at Masthead, not less than six feet apart. Ebb Tide.—One Ball at Masthead. B. — Bar or Danger Signals. Bar Signals will be distinguished by their being arranged horizontally. Wait for High 'Water. —A Ball at each Yardarm, and one on Mast, half the length of the yard, below, the yard. Stand on ; Take the Bar.—Four balls, horizontal, on Yard, two on each side of Mast. Bar Dangerous. —Three Balls, horizontal, on Yard, two on any one side of Mast and one on ;he other. Put to Sea. —Two Balls, horizontal, on Yard, on either side of Mast. Note —Semaphore Arms are to be used for piloting vessels over all bars where a pilot establishment is maintained, when pilots are put on board, and the vessel being piloted by the Semaphore is to be steered in the direction towards which the Semaphore Arm is pointed. When the Arm is dropped the vesseli to be kept as she goes. WHARF REGULATIONS AND BYE-LAWS (FROM “ THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.”) 1. The master, or if there be no master the person in charge o fevery vessel, whether steamer or sailing vessel, being or lying alongside of any pier, jetty, or wharf in the colony, and which vessel shall have passengers on board, or be engaged in carrying passengers, or in which, if a steamer, passengers may by law be carried, shall keep for the use of passengers or persons coming from or going on board such a vessel a proper and secure gangway, with double siderails, or stanchions with ropes rove taut through the same, the top rail or rope being not less than three feet three inchcshigh, and shall cause such gangway to be securely fixed and to extend from one portion of the vessel’s deck or siderail to the pier, jetty, or wharf, with a good solid bearing at each end, and to be so kept fixed as such vessel shall be alongside such wharf, pier, or jetty. 2. In the event of the outer end of any such gangway resting on the vessel’s siderail, the master, or if there be no master the person in charge of any such vessel, shall keep substantial steps fixed to lead from the end of the gangway to the vessel’s deck. 3. In cases in which by the preceding regulations it is required that a vessel shall have a gangway fixed, the master, or if there be no master the person in charge of such vessel, shall Keep a proper bright light fixed over such gangway from sunset to sunrise in such a manner as to light the whole length of it properly, and shall keep such light burning bright and clear from sunset till sunrise, so long as the vessel remains alongside any pier, wharf, or jetty. 4. Any master, or the person in charge of any •sw-'sel when there is no master thereof, who shall be convicted of any breach, neglect, or disobedience of any of the foregoing regulations or bye-laws shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £SO.