B.—No. 4.

I : : —. . r = 1 Note.—No pilotage shall be charged for New River (Invercargill) unless the Pilot Establishment is in proper working order, or a Pilot is taken round from Bluff Harbour.

Auckland ; and at Otago, Wellington, and Nelson, special conveniences for swinging vessels have been fitted. The authorized scale of fees is as follows :— For vessels under 50 tons ... ... £3 3s. „ from 50 to 100 tons ... ... £4 4s. „ from 100 to 300 tons ... ... £5 ss. „ from 300 to 500 tons ... ... £6 6s. „ over 500 tons ... ... £7 7s. 4. By the Harbour and Quarantine Regulations for New Zealand it is provided (Clause 21) that " vessels in distress, and whaling vessels, putting into any port through stress of weather, or for water or provisions, or to refit, are to be exempt from all port dues and from pilotage, except where the services of a pilot are actually made use of."

Appendix L. — continued.

Notes.—1. In addition to the Pilotage rates in the above Schedule there is a charge of 15s. per day for the first three days, and 10s. per day after the first three, for any period that a Pilot may be detained on board any vessel, whether by stress of weather, quarantine, or otherwise. (See " Harbour and Quarantine Regulations for the Ports of New Zealand," Clause 13, in New Zealand Gazette for 1868, p. 279.) 2. Where Municipal Corporations have been established under " The Municipal Corporations Act, 1867," and have adopted section 3 of Part X. of the thirteenth Schedule to the said Act (referring to boats and boatmen) the provisions of the Harbour Regulations regarding boats and boatmen, and the foregoing scale of License Pees, are by the said Act superseded. 3. There are licensed Adjusters of Compasses at Otago, Lyttelton, Wellington, Nelson, and

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REPORT ON THE MARINE DEPARTMENT.

"VVheee to be Levied. Light Dues. Pilotage. Poet Chaeges. Shifting or Haeboubmastees' Eeei Fees foe Boat"=Licenses. Fees foe Licenses to Boatmen and Wateemen. Province or District. Port. Charged at each time of entering Inwards only. EH | rt OJO co co FhPh Charges both Inwards and Outwards. a a' 0. too PHP? Classes of Vessels which pay Port Charges, and how levied. co EH 'a a Ph3 Services for which Shifting Fees are charged. ©J Classes of Boats for which Licenses are Issued. a. ba fl Classes to whom Licenses are Issued. CD ca Q q a. a. 6 4 a. a. !£ s. a. £ s. d. Southland — continued. Invercargill ... Bates the same as at Bluff Harbour, but no vessel is to be charged light dues for Dog Island at more than one port on any one voyage or trip. Sailing vessels ... Steamers Vessels under 50 tons exempt. All vessels plying within the port, or engaged in coasting only, half-yearly, in advance ... All vessels not plying within the port, or not engaged in coasting only, on arrival Not to exceed sixpence per ton in any one half-year. Port charges to be the same as at Bluff Harbour. Same as at Bluff Har-" bour i Same as at Bluff Harbour. Same as at Bluff Harbour. Bates the same as at Bluff Harbour, but no vessel is to be charged light dues for Dog Island at more than one port on any one voyage or trip. Sailing vessels ... Steamers Vessels under 50 tons exempt. Ditto. Ditto. Eiverton 6 4 Ditto