1820 ORDINANCE No. 18 OF 1884 .
Piers and Wharves (Johnson's).
Commence 21. This Ordinance shall come into force on a day to be proclaimed
ment of
Ordinance. by the Governor .
[NOTE. - Confirmation proclaimed 23rd September, 1884, but no proclamation as to the
day for the coming into operation ofthe Ordinance has been gazetted. ]
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· Rules and regulations made by Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co. , the Assignees of
Francis Bulkeley Johnson, Esquire, pursuant to sections 9 and 10 of Ordinance 18
of 1884, and approved by the Governor in Council the 24th September, 1885.
[Gazette 26th of the same month. ]
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co.'s PIER .
1. Vessels will be allotted berths at the pier in the order in which application
therefor may have been made at the office of the General Agents.
2. The proprietors undertake no responsibility for any damage that may be
sustained by a vessel while coming alongside the pier or leaving it ; but they will
provide every assistance in their power to the master, and have men in attendance to
run out and let go lines , shove off, &c . , and a boat will always be available for running
lines to the buoys.
3. Every vessel 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 alongside 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 sun rise to sun set,
until it shall have 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 commanding
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 ( $25 . ) 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.