COLONY OF MACAO.
PORT REGULATIONS.
I.-Any vessel wanting a pilot should, on nearing the Macao roads, hoist the jack or national flag at the fore topgallant masthead.
II. No notice will be taken at the Harbour Master's Office of any damage occurring to vessels piloted by pilots unlicensed by the Harbour Master.
III. Only duly qualified pilots shall be employed by the Harbour Master.
1. To be a qualified pilot an examination must be passed at the Harbour-
Master's Office.
2.---Macao anchorage comprises the outer roads, the inner harbour, and the
port of Taipa,
3. Vessele anchoring in the roads will be required to pay one-half of the
amount stipulated for the inner harbour and Taipa.
IV-The captain of a vessel, or his agent, shall report his vessel at the Harbour Master's Office within twenty-four hours of the vessel's arrival, and in default pay a fine of one hundred dollars to the Public Exchequer.
V. Captains of vessels shall on landing deliver the ship's papers to the Harbour Master, such papers to be kept till the departure of the veasel, provided there be no Consulate of the nationality of the vessel at Macao.
The register or passport of Portuguese vessels shall be taken to the Government Secretary's office.
VI.It is incumbent on the Harbour Master to take the necessary steps for the apprehension of deserters, when required to do so. Such desertere may be captured even after the ship's departure on the requisition of the respective Consuls.
VII-Captains of vessels are forbidden to discharge part or the whole of their crew without the sanction of the Harbour Master or of the Consul.
VIII. The captain of a vessel desiring to send to the Hospital any one of his crew, must first apply to the Harbour Master and be answerable for any expense incurred.
IX. It is forbidden to cast off invalide in Macao; such invalids can only be landed by permission of the Harbour Master. A breach of this Article of the Regulations shall be visited with a fine of one hundred dollars, revertible to the Public Exchequer.
X. Vessels are not permitted to change moorings in the inner barbour without the sanction of the Harbour Master.
XI.-Merchant vessels are not permitted to enter the inner harbour with gun- powder on board; such gunpowder shall be previously deposited in the Barra Fort and received back after the vessel's clearance from the inner harbour.
XII-It is forbidden to throw ballast, ashes, or rubbish in the inner harbour and at the Taipa anchorage, under penalty of one hundred dollars.
XIII.--Anchorage dues to be henceforth paid by vessels in the harbours of Macao are fixed in annexed Table A.
1. A written receipt shall be given for all dues levied at the Harbour Master's Office, and shall specify the heads under which such dues may have been recovered.
2. All dues recovered at the Harbour Master's Office on account of other public departments, shall be sent to such departments by the Harbour Master under the prescribed legal forms.
XIV. All fees payable at the Harbour Master's Office are designated in Table B. XV.-Pilotage for vessels entering the inner harbour and Taipa to be paid according to Table C.
--From the total amount fixed, one dollar will appertain to the Harbour
Master and the remaining four dollars to the pilot.