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with the signal NM, "I am on fire," shall be hoisted at the highest masthead and guns fired as above provided for night time.
3. If on board any ship or vessel in the waters of the Colony a disturbance or riot shall occur which the master or his officers are unable to quell: if by day, the ensign Union down shall be hoisted at the peak and the signal PC, "want assistance; mutiny" shall be hoisted at the highest masthead or wherever practicable under the circumstances; guns may also be fired as in sub-section 2; if by night, three lights shall be hoisted at the peak and a single light at the masthead, and guns may also be fired as before stated.
Offences in the Waters of the Colony.
[See also "The Dangerous Goods Ordinance, 1873," and Regulations.]
XXVIII.-Every person who within the Colony or the waters thereof shall commit any of the following offences, shall incur a penalty of not more than fifty dollars, or imprisonment for any term not exceeding three months, with or without hard labour.
Every person who shall cast or throw any dead body, ballast, rubbish, or other substance either from shore or from any vessel, into the waters of the Colony, or shall neglect within a reasonable time to remove any sunken vessel or other obstruc- tion in the said harbour belonging to him or in his charge or in his keeping.
Every person who, not being in Her Majesty's service and not being duly authorised by law for the purpose, goes on board any ship within the waters of the Colony, without the permission of the master or officer in charge; the master or person in charge of such ship may take any such person so going on board as aforesaid into custody and deliver him up forthwith to any constable to be dealt with according to law.
Every person not being in Her Majesty' service who shall make fast to or cause to be made fast to a ship under way within the waters of the Colony, any boat, junk, or other vessel, without the sanction of the master or officer in charge of such ship.
2. Except as is hereinbefore directed by sub-sections 2 and 3 of section XXVII., or with the sanction of the Harbour Master, no cannon, gun, or fire-arm of any description shall be discharged, within such portions of the waters of the Colony as the Governor may from time to time by regulations prescribe, from any merchant vessel or boat, under penalty not exceeding two hundred dollars.
Removal of Obstructions.
XXIX. The Harbour Master may, by written notice, require any person to remove within a reasonable time, to be specified in such notice, any obstruction in the waters of the Colony caused by such person or belonging to him or in his charge or keeping; and if such person fail to remove the obstruction within the specified time, the Harbour Master shall cause the obstruction to be removed, and may recover the expenses of removal from the person named in the notice.
Mooring.
XXX. No person shall place moorings in the waters of the Colony except with the sanction of the Harbour Master, and such moorings shall be of such nature as the Harbour Master shall approve, and the Harbour Master may, upon giving such sanction, attach such conditions to the use and employment of such moorings as he shall think fit.
LIGHTHOUSES, BUOYS, OR Beacons. Light Dues.
XXXIV. The owner or master of every ship which enters the waters of the Colony, shall pay such dues in respect of the said lighthouses, buoys, or beacons as may, from time to time, be fixed by order of the Governor in Council, to such officers as the Governor shall, from time to time, appoint to collect the same, and the same shall be paid by such officers into the Colonial Treasury.