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Manual in that of Harbour Master and Marine Magistrate
néve, Jun
several.
performing
and
the duties, in addition
Responsible
to those which appertain
to the offices
of which
the performance
is not
mentioned in England as likely
to be expected of me.
The
system of
mooring Vessels [act 17 + 18 Vic : C 104, Part 2] requires an amount of physical exertion
that under
ordinary
circumstances
I do not feel myself competent to undergo, while the nature of
the employment, such as
the erecting
of moorings, rods, fixing Index and Lift moorings, girting Vessels with Chains, etc., is quite incompatible with
the bench I have the honour
to hold in Her Majesty's Service, and specially
recognized in my appointment.
From being
Free from the duties that,
in other Ports,
are conducted
by the Custom House,
have been performed by me; the
annual
average of ships
arriving
is about eleven hundred,
with an
aggregate tonnage
of from
440 to 450,000 tons;
the Departures
are
proportionate; all sea-going