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PORT, CONSULAR, CUSTOMS, AND HARBOUR REGULATIONS, &c.

II.-Vessels shall, on being berthed, rig in jib and spanker booms, and top or brace up lower and topsail yards, except when actually needed for hoisting cargo.

III.-Vessels shall be moored and with a swivel, unless their tonnage be under 200 tons. If desired, the Harbour Master will furnish a swivel at a small charge, which if disputed, will be determined by the Consul of the nation to which the vessel belongs.

IV.-Vessels shall be allowed to lash alongside jetties, if desired by the owner, master, or consignees.

V. A sufficient channel shall always be kept open for vessels to pass up or down the anchorage.

VI. Should the Harbour Master not be at hand to berth the vessel on her entrance into the anchorage, she will be expected to berth herself, as much in accord- ance with these Regulations as possible.

VII.-These Regulations do not modify or affect any of the obligations or rights of vessels under the laws of s as and rivers recognised by civilized nations.

VIII.-A breach of any of these Regulations shall be visited with a penalty not exceeling one hundred taels Shanghai sycee, which shall only be inflicted on the offender by the Consul of the nation to which such offender belong, provided such nation be a Treaty Power.

CUSTOMS' REGULATIONS.

I. The port is limited by a line drawn from Paou-shan Point to the Battery on the right bank of the river below Woosung.

II. Customs' officers will board ships ntering the port, and examine them after clearance outwards.

III.-The anchorage is between the Teen-how Temple anl the new or lower Dock. No vessel must move from her berth without express permission.

IV.-Masters must deposit their ship's papers and manifest with their Consul (if they have no Consul, with the Customs) within forty-eight hours after entering the port. For failing to do this, they are liable to fine.

V.-The manifest must contain an account of the marks, numbers, and contents of every package on board. For exhibiting a false manifest, the master is liable tɔ fine. Errors must be corrected on the day on which the manifest is handed in to the Customs, It any portion of the cargo be for re-exportation, it must be so entered upon the manifest; goods found on board not specified in the manifest are liable to confiscation.

VI. Neither cargo tor ballast can be shipped or unshipped, except within the limits of the anchorage, and between sunrise and sunset on all days, Sundays and holidays excepted.

VII.—When a vessel is entered and her manifest received, the consigners of her cargo shall hand in to the Customs their Applications to Land. These must give the number of packages, with their marks, weight, quantity, and other such like parti- culars, and be accompanied by their delivery orders. The delivery orders will be stamped and returned to the consignees, who may then land their consignments. If cargo be unshipped without such delivery order duly stamped, it is liable to confis- cation, and the master to fine.

VIII. When the whole of the inward cargo is discharged, the vessel is examined by a Customs' officer. Shippers may then hand in to the Customs their Applications to ship, which must, as in the case of the Application to Land, give full particulars, aud be accompanied by their shipping orders. The shipping orders will be stamped by the Customs and returned to the shippers, who may then ship their goods. Goods shipped, water-borne to be shipped, without such shipping order duly stamped, are liable to confiscation, and the master of the vessel receiving them on board is liable to fine.

The outer limit has been enlarged to the Harbour Master's bulk Ngapuhi. The inner limit has been enlarged to a

lie running west to cast from the house under the city wall formally occupied by Mr. Culbertson.