HARBOR REGULATIONS FOR THE WEST COAST OF THE PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY.

West Coast Times, Issue 586, 10 August 1867, Page 2

HARBOR REGULATIONS FOR THE WEST COAST OF THE PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY.

The following important Order in Council is published in the "New Zealand Gazette' of the 24th ult. :— 1. Nothing contained in these Regulations shall be deemed to apply to any ship, boat, or gunpowder, the property of Her Majesty, or to any ship of war of any foreign nation, or to any gunpowder in charge of the Government of the Colony. 2. The master of every vessel shall anchor or moor where the Harbor Master or person deputed by him may direct, and he shall not unmoor or quit the anchorage until permission be given by the Harbor Master, and any master offending against this regulation shall forfeit a sum not exceeding five pounds. 3. All vessels moored or at anchor are to have both cables clear and in readineßs to slack away when required, and in default thereof the master shall forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding ten pounds. 4. All masters or other persons in charge of vessels are immediately to strike their topgallant yards and masts, to have their jib and spanker booms rigged close in, and moor or clear hawse, when called upon by the Harbor Master or other competent authority to do so, and are generally to follow such directions as the state of the weather, the crowded condition of the port or river or other circumstances j may render necessary or expedient in the judgment of the Harbor Master, with a view to the safety and interest of the whole shipping ; and any person offending against this regulation shall bo liable to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds. 5. After a vessel has been unloaded and properly baliasted, it will be at the option of the Harbor Master to moor her out clear of the shipping to make room for vessels requiring berths to unload. 6. In tho performance of any sucli service by the Harbor Master or Mb deputy, the master of the vessel and the crew thereof are required to give and afford to such Harbor Master or deputy all possible aid and assistance to effect the same ; and in effecting any such service, or any other service in the execution of his duty, the Harbor Master or his deputy is empowered to make faßt and attach any rope or other tackle to any other vessel, and if there is nq crew on board of the vessel to be moved, or the crew thereof refuse or fail to aid and assist fli aforesaid, or if the orevr nr tpty) w yfowif ef Mksfy e» Sert raft

Vessel is not sufficient to onabie tho Harbor Master or his deputy to effect such mnoval,he is empowered to hire and employ such other assistance and tackle, and to purchase and put on board such vessel, such other quantity of ballast as to him seems requisite at the cost or charges of the master or owner of such vessel, and such cost and charges such master or owner is required to pay to the Harbor Master or his deputy, to be accounted for to the proper authorities.; and if any person without the consent or authority of the Harbor Master or his deputy, cuts or casts off any such rope or tackle, so made fast and attached to any other vessel aforesaid, or in any oihor manner infringes this regulation, such person shall forfeit a penulty not exceeding twenty pounds. 7. The Harbor Master or any deputy of the Harbor Master, .is empowered to take such means and to give such orders and directions as he may deem necessary for the purpose of preventing risk or accident, confusion or overcrowding of boats alongside of vessels, and any person wilfully disobeying any orders so given as aforesaid, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds. 8. Any person obstructing or impeding the navigation of any channel, rivor, inlet, or creek, or obstructing any landing-place, by placing a vessel, cable, boat, -warp, or other article in the way, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds ; and in case any person causing such obstruction or impediment will not remove or cause to be removed the same when ordered by the Harbor Master, or pilot, or any othpr lawfully appointed officer of the port, the Harbor Master or pilot may remove, cast off, or cut away any such obstruction.

9. It shall be competent for the Harbor Master or a person deputed by him to order that any ship, lighter, boat, 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, for the general accommodation of tho shipping, be proper. And any person who shall fail to obey such order, or otherwise offend against this regulation, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds. 10. The owner or part owner in, or tho commander of any vessel or boat, which has been sunk, stranded, or run ou shore, or the owner of any baulk of timber, or other bidky article which is iv the water, who does not clear the the harbor of such vessel or boat, or remove such baulk of timber or other bulky article on being required so to do by notice in writing under the hand of the Harbor Master or other officer of the port, or of any Justice of the Peace, within such reasonable time as may be mentioned for the purpose in such notice, will for every such offence, be liable to be proceeded against under the provisions of "The Marine Act, 1866." « 11. The person against whom any penalty shall be recovered under the last preceding or under the regulation, shall, within such further time as shall be specified by the Court awarding such penalty, remove tho vessel or boat or baulk of timber or other buiky article in respect of which such penalty shall have been incurred. Breach of this regulation will render the person offending liable to a further penalty under the said Act. 12. No ballast, shingle, stone, or shells, or any part of the soil shall be removed from any land of the Crown without the permission of the Harbor Master, under a penalty of five pounds. 13. 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 oi five pounds, to be paid by tho person landing or depositing such rubbish or filth. 14. No ballast, rubbish, gravel, earth, stones, earthenware, glass, or filth, is to be thrown overboard from any vessel or boat within the harbor, but it is to be landed and placed where the Harbor Master may direct ; and no gravel, earth, stones, earthenware, glass bottles, filth, or rubbish, is to be placed by any other means at anyplacebelow high water mark within the harbor ; and 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 ; and any person who shall offend against any of the provisions of this regulation shall be liable to a penalty not^fixceeding twenty pounds. 15. All goods landed on any wharf, or jetty, are to be so placed as to keep the mooring posts, or rings, free, and allow a clear passage of at least eight feet from the edge of the wharf nearest the vessel, upon which space no goods are allowed to remain ; and any person infringing this regulation is liable to a penalty noc exceeding five pounds. 16. No timber, or any other article, shall be left on any public jetty, wharf, or landing place, for a longer period than twenty-four hours ; and any person offending against this regulation shall incur a penalty not exceeding ten pounds ; and it shall be lawful for the Harbor Master, when in his opinion the public convenience requires it, at any time during or after the expiration ef such period, to cause such timber or other article immediately to be removed from any such jetty, wharf, or landing place, or approach ; thereto, to any place he may think proper, at the expense and risk of the owner or his agent, or the person in charge of such timber or other article.