( $తాtళ ) - Pura NOTIFICATION,” The 17th September 1877.—Under the provisions of Section 88, Act V (B.C.) of 1870 (an Act to appoint Commissioners for making Improvements in the Port of Calcutta), the following Bye-laws for landing and delivery of goods at the jetties, as proposed by: the {}ammissioners, are published for general,information, in supersessiow of#he Notification dated the 20th February 1872, which was published at page 551 of the Calcutta Gagette of the 21st February 1872 and in the two subsequent issues:— n , - . r * Bye-laws to be observed at the Port Commissioners' Jellies, . & The allotment of jetties shall be entirely at the discretion of the Commissioners, but as a general rule vessels shall be accommodated in the order of their arrival off the jetties. Vessels discharging or loading at the jetties shall move from one jetty to another when ordered. . 2. The master of every vessel lying alongside any of the Commissioners' jetties shall provide at least one gangway plank not less than two feet six inches wide; and of sufficient length, thickness, and strength to form a convenient communication between the jetty and the gangway of the vessel, and such gangway plank shall be properly and socurely placed between the gangway of the vessel and the jetty during the whole time the vessel remains alongside the jetty. 8. Masters of vessels about to discharge at the jetties shall not break bulk until a copy of the manifest or the masters' copies of the bills of lading have been deposited in the Jetty Office. The copies of the bills of lading, if deposited, shall be returned after discharge of the inward cargo. - 4. Ships lying at the jetties shall not discharge cargo into boats, if such cargo is to be subsequently landed on the Calcutta bank of the river between Chitpore Canal and Tolly's Nullah. 5. Packages of cargo shall be slung in the hatchway, and under no circumstances whatever shall the cranes be employed in breaking out cargo or removing it from under the combings. 6. Single packages over three tons shall not be hoisted until the correct weight shall have been ascertained, and when packages weighing more than three tons are being hoisted, the Superintendent of the crancs shall invariably be present. q 7. Masters of vessels shall furnish special notice to the shed officers before landing packages containing articles liable to ignition or explosion, or which are otherwise dangerous. 8. Packages shall not be opened for appraisement except in the presence of the consignee or his representative, and under an application to the shed officer from the appraiser endorsed on the bill of entry. w 9. No person shall remove from the wharf any goods other than those covered by the Customs bill of entry and the jetty chullan. In the event of any person removing goods not covered by such documents, the Commissioners may detain any goods of such person until all questions connected with the erroneous removal shall have been adjusted, and all moneys due to the Commissioners paid. 10. Smoking and the use of any unprotected fire or light in any office, shed, or warehouse within the jetty enclosure is strictly prohibited. 11. Excepting persons passing to and from ships lying at the jetties, no person shall be allowed inside the jetty enclosure after twilight. . . 4| ; : 12. No person, unless duly permitted by the Commissioners, shall take inside the jetty premises carpenters' tools or instruments used for opening cases, and no cooper shall be - s v - 」 : ". allowed to work in the sheds without license from the Commissioners. * * 18. Any person conting an infringement of any of the foregoing bye-laws shall be liable for the first offence to a fine not exceeding Rs. 100, and for continuance of that offence, [Government Gasette, 25th September 1877.] 智 体
