1526 ORDINANCE No. 8 OF 1879 .
Merchant Shipping.
Master of ves 3. The master of every vessel arriving in this Colony having on
sel having up
wards of two board thereof any quantity of gunpowder exceeding two hundred fbs .
hundred lbs.
of powder on shall , immediately upon the arrival thereof, and before the discharge from
board to fur
nish Harbour the ship of any of such gunpowder, furnish the Harbour Master with a
Master with
particulars copy of the manifest of such gunpowder, the marks of all the packages
immediately.
[Ibid, sec. 6.] wherein such gunpowder shall be contained, and the names of the con
signees of such gunpowder, if he shall know the same.
Master of such 4. The master of every such vessel as in the last preceding section
vessel to take
same to speci- mentioned shall as soon as possible take the same to the place which shall
fied place and
there remain be pointed out to him by the Harbour Master , or his deputy, and the said
until he have
permission to. vessel shall not be removed therefrom without the permission in writing
leave.
of the Harbour Master.
[Ibid, sec. 7. ]
Mode of pro 5. When any quantity of gunpowder exceeding two hundred lbs . is
ceeding when
gunpowder is about to be conveyed out of the Colony, the master of the vessel about to
to be export
ed. convey the same shall, on producing the written authority of the owners
[Ibid, sec. 8. ]
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 proceed
ing on his voyage or for some other sufficient cause to be approved by
the Harbour Master .
Masters 6. The master of every vessel having on board more than two hundred
having more
than two tbs . of gunpowder, or whilst engaged in the transhipment of gunpowder,
hundred lbs.
of gunpowder shall exhibit a red flag at the highest masthead .
on board to
exhibit a flag,
also when
transhipping
the same.
[ Ibid, sec. 9. ]
No gun 7. It shall not be lawful for the master of any vessel to tranship any
powder to be
transhipped gunpowder between the hours of 6 P.M. and 6 A.M. , from October to
at night .
[Ibid , sec. March inclusive nor between the hours of 7 P.M. and 5 A.M. , from April
10. ]
to September inclusive , without the written permission of the Harbour
Master.
No vessel to 8. It shall not be lawful for the master of any vessel, without the
anchor within
five hundred written permission of the Harbour Master, to anchor such vessel within
yards of a
Government five hundred yards ofany Government Depôt for the storage of gunpowder.
Depôt for
storage of
gunpowder.
[Ibid, sec.
11. ]