PIERS AND WHARVES ( JOHNSON's ). [ 18 OF 1884. 707
PIERS AND WHARVES (CHATER's). [ 19 or 1884. ]
3. Every ressel that shall come into collision with the pier, or otherwise
injure it, whether in consequence of the incompetence or carelessness of the
pilot, master, or officers, or from any other cause, shall be responsible for the
repair of the damage.
4. Masters or commanding officers shall rig in the jib and spanker booms
of their vessels, while alongside the pier, on being required to do so by the
wharfinger.
5. No sails may be left loose at night on board any vessel, while she is
alongside the pier, and , if any should be loose during daylight, the master or
commanding officer shall store them on being required to do so by the
wharfinger.
6. The master or commanding officer of any vessel alongsiile the pier,shall
shift his berth immediately on being required to do so by the wharfinger.
7. The discharge of every vessel shall commence immediately on her
arrival at the pier, and be continued, with all possible despatch, daily from
sunrise to sunset, until it shall bave been completed. Any delay that may
arise in proceeding with the discharge, from want of ballast, labour, or from
any other cause, for which the master, owners, or agents may be responsible,
shall subject the vessel to an additional charge, over and above the tariff rate
for wharfage, of dollars twenty - five ( $25 . ) for the first day, and dollars twenty
five ($25. ) per day for each subsequent day she may be detained .
8. On the completion of the discharge of cargo, the master or commmanding
officer of every vessel must remove her from the pier immediately. If there
should be any delay, an additional rate will be levied, over and above the
tariff rate, of dollars twenty - five ( $ 25 .) for the first day, and dollars twenty
five (325.) per day for each subsequent day she may be permitted to remain .
9. No ashes, dirt or other refuse shall be thrown overboard from any
vessel while she may be alongside the pier.
10. No persons not in the employment of the proprietors, nor belonging
to vessels alongside the pier, shall be allowed to walk or be on the pier,
without the licence of the wharfinger.
11. No waggons, carriages, carts, trucks or other conveyances shall be
taken on to the pier without the licence of the wharfinger.
12. No nuisance shall be committed on or about the pier.
13. Masters or commanding officers shall be held responsible for the crews
and workmen employed on board their respective vessels and for any
infringement by them of the foregoing rules and regulations.
14. Every person who shall commit a breach of any of the foregoing rules
and regulations shall, on summary conviction before a Magistrate, be liable
to a fine of not exceeding dollars fifty ( $ 50 .)
No. 19 OF 1881.
An Ordinance to authorise CATCHICK PAUL CHATER,
to construct piers and wharves in the harbour of Vic
toria, and to confer upon the said CATCHICK PAUL
CHATER certain other powers and privileges.
[12th June, 1884. ]
kong, is desirous of constructing, with the consent of
the Crown, piers, and wharves, in the harbour of Victoria, and
Pramille.