HARBOUR REGULATIONS. 209 
The harbour laws, or regulations, enacted in 
1829, are not less important to public justice, than 
in reference to the security they are designed to 
afford; and as they point out the sources of evil 
to which the people are exposed, as well as the 
objects intended to be secured, their insertion may 
be advantageous. 
HARBOUR REGULATIONS. 
REGULATIONS TO BE OBSERVED BY SHIPS ENTERING THE 
HARBOUR OF HUAHINE. 
1. Any ship or vessel entering the harbour of Huahine, 
for the purpose of trading or procuring refreshments, shall 
be protected by the laws and regulations of the place; 
for which protection a fee of four Spanish dollars, or an 
equivalent, shall be paid to the chief governor, or gover- 
ness, as the case may be, before any trade shall commence, 
or refreshments be supplied.—N. B. This regulation does 
not refer to the small vessels or boats belonging to the 
islands; but should any such vessel or boat arrive from 
his Britannic Majesty’s colony of New South Wales, or 
Van Diemen’s Land, without a regular license, or regis- 
ter, she will be seized, and the people confined, until an 
opportunity offers of sending them back, or a conveyance 
be sent for them ; and should they prove to be prisoners of 
the crown of Great Britain, the colonial government will 
pay any reasonable remuneration for their maintenance, 
and a salvage will be paid by the owner of the vessel 
(should the same have been piratically taken) for retaking 
her. 
2. Should any seaman desert from his ship, he shall be 
immediately apprehended and taken on board, and the 
person apprehending him shall receive four dollars, or an 
equivalent, before he is given up, which of course the 
commander or master of the ship will stop out cf his 
wages. 
3. Should any seaman desert about the time of the ship’s 
sailing, and succeed in secreting himself until she is gone 
to sea, he will, as soon as found, be put to work on the 
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