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Master of ves-
wards of two hundred lbs.
of powder on board to fur- nish Harbour Master with particulars immediately. [Ibid, sec. 6.]
Master of such vessel to take
ORDINANCE No. 8 OF 1879.
Merchant Shipping.
3. The master of every vessel arriving in this Colony having on board thereof any quantity of gunpowder exceeding two hundred lbs. shall, immediately upon the arrival thereof, and before the discharge from the ship of any of such gunpowder, furnish the Harbour Master with a copy of the manifest of such gunpowder, the marks of all the packages wherein such gunpowder shall be contained, and the names of the consignees of such gunpowder, if he shall know the same.
4. The master of every such vessel as in the last preceding section mentioned shall as soon as possible take the same to the place which shall be pointed out to him by the Harbour Master, or his deputy, and the said vessel shall not be removed therefrom without the permission in writing [Ibid, sec. 7.] of the Harbour Master.
Mode of pro-
ceeding when gunpowder is to be export- ed.
[Ibid, sec. 8.]
Masters having more than two
hundred lbs.
5. When any quantity of gunpowder exceeding two hundred lbs. is about to be conveyed out of the Colony, the master of the vessel about to convey the same shall, on producing the written authority of the owners thereof or their agents receive from the Harbour Master a permit to take on board the packages mentioned in such authority and the master of such vessel shall thereupon move the same into such anchorage as the Harbour Master may deem expedient, and from such anchorage the master of such vessel shall not remove the same except for the purpose of proceeding on his voyage or for some other sufficient cause to be approved by the Harbour Master.
6. The master of every vessel having on board more than two hundred lbs. of gunpowder, or whilst engaged in the transhipment of gunpowder, shall exhibit a red flag at the highest masthead.
of gunpowder shall exhibit a flag,
also when
transhipping the same.
[Ibid, sec. 9.]
No gun powder to be transhipped at night. [Ibid, sec. 10.]
No vessel to anchor within five hundred yards of a Government Depôt for storage of gunpowder. [Ibid, sec. 11.]
7. It shall not be lawful for the master of any vessel to tranship any gunpowder between the hours of 6 P.M. and 6 A.M., from October to March inclusive nor between the hours of 7 P.M. and 5 A.M., from April to September inclusive, without the written permission of the Harbour Master.
8. It shall not be lawful for the master of any vessel, without the written permission of the Harbour Master, to anchor such vessel within five hundred yards of any Government Depôt for the storage of gunpowder.