A.D. 1899.]
MERCHANT SHIPPING.
[No. 10.
31. The following table indicates the maximum scale of hire for rowing boats :-
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Maximum scale of hire.
Per day of 12 hours.
1st Class Boat $2.00
2nd do. $1.50
Any other boat. $1.00
Per hour with two passengers. All boats 20 cents.
Half an hour. 10 cents.
For each extra passenger 5 cents for half-an-hour, 10 cents per hour. Between sunset and sunrise, 5 cents extra per passenger.
Cinder Boats, Bum Boats, Hawkers' Boats, and Marine-Dealers' Boats.
32. Licences shall be issued by the Registrar General, on production of a certificate from an Inspector of Police, stating the particulars in the Form No. 3 in the Appendix to these Regulations. The applicant must furnish such security for his appearance when required, or for the production of the boat, as the Registrar General may demand. Each licence shall be numbered and shall not be transferable.
Issue of licence, Appendix: security, etc. Form No. 3.
33. Each licence shall state the length and breadth of the boat, and shall be valid for one year only, from the 1st of July.
34. Every licensed boat shall carry on each bow and on the stern, legibly painted upon wood, the number of its licence in figures at least 2 inches in height, and no other number, and such number shall not be concealed. Such boat shall, between sunset and sunrise, exhibit a light at the bow, visible all round; and shall also keep a lighted lantern with the licence number either painted on the glass or cut in on the frame in figures at least 2 inches in height, to be produced when demanded.
35. The following licence fees shall be charged :-
1st Class Boat, measuring upwards of 40 feet in length $5.00
2nd do. do. from 30 to 40 feet in length $3.00.
3rd do. do. do. 20 to 30 do. $2.00
4th do. do. do. 12 to 20 do. $1.00
5th do. do. less than 12 feet in length $0.50
Water Boats.
36. Licences shall be issued by the Registrar General, on production of certificate from an Inspector of Police, stating the particulars in the Form No. 3 in the Appendix to these Regulations, and certifying that Appendix: Form No. 3. security.