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West Coast Times, Issue 393, 28 December 1866, Page 1

Shipping Advertisements NOTICE^ To Consignees per SARAH & MABY, from Melbourne. rpHIS Vessel haying entered at the ■*- Customs, consignees will please pass entries, present bills of lading, and pay freight to the undersigned. All goods not removed before four o'clock p.m, will be stored at consignees' risk and expense. Spence Bros. & Co., 6118 Agents. STEAM TUG CHALLENGEGeorge Wilson Master. fpHE above powerful double-engine Tug L. is prepared to tow vessels in and Dut of the River, as per agreement to be arranged on application to the Captain, on board, or to Spence Bros, and Co., Bevell street. 4831 PADDLE-STEAMERS "YARRA" AND "PERSEVERE." THE above Steamers are prepared to carry Passengers and Cargo, and TOW VESSELS in and out of the River at current rates. No passengers will be allowed to cross the Bar in these Steamers without a ticket from the ofiice of the undersigned. Botse, Mudie & Co., Agents, 3623* Wharf street. TEA M-T UG LIONESS, George Whitford, Master. This powerful double-engine Tug, 60horse power, having received a thorough overhaul and new boilers, has returned to Hokitika and resumed her original work, and is now prepared to tow vessels in acd out of the river, as per agreement, to be arranged on application lo the captain on board, or Cakey & Gillks, Agents, 6123 Wharf street. MABINE INSURANCE. ri^HJHJ Undersigned having been appointed Agents in Hokitika for the SOUTHERN INSURANCE COMPANY (LIMITED), are now prepared to accept Marine Risks coastwise, also to Australian and other Foreign ports. 2501 Royse, Mubie & Co. IMPEHIfth FIR® TXZUxiAXCK COMPANY. Subscribed and Invested Capital — L 1,600,000. ! rpHE undersigned, having been apJ_ pointed Agents of the Imperial Fire Insurance Company, for the West Coast, are now prepared to accept risks. Scale of rates, and all information may be obtained at our office. Boyse, Mudie, & Co., Agents, 6064 Whnrf street. J . NASH, AND COMMISSION AGENT, Brighton, Fox's River. 5927 NOTICE TO MASTERS OF VESSELS CLAIMING EXEMPTION FEOM PILOTAGE.

TTNTIL further provision be made iv that behalf, Certificates of Exemption from Pilotage, under the 16fch Section of the " Marine Act, 1866," will be issued on application to the Marine Department, Wellington; or, to the Collectors of Customs, at Auckland, Napier, New Plymouth, Nelson, Lyttelton, Hokitika, Dunedin, and the Bluff. Every person making application for any such certificate, must furnish a certificate from the Harbor Master or principal Nautical Officer of the port or ports, in respect of which the exemption is claimed, that such person is qualified to conduct and navigate his vessel into and out of such porb or ports, and must also state the name of the vessel commanded by him. The distinguishing flag to be hoisted by vessels exempted from Pilotage is a White Flag. (Signed) J. m. Balfour, Marine Engineer Marine Department, Wellington, 17th December, 1866. Custom House, Hokitika, 22nd December, 1866. True Copy. Edward Patten, 6066 Collector of Customs . OKIFFS and other Boats, from 17s. per 0 foot. Joseph E. Jones, South Yarra Bank, Melbourne. 10