Art. 7th. No ballast will be allowed to be thrown overboard. Any ballast which may be wanted to discharge, by application to the Harbor Master, a place of discharge will be designated, and any vessel requiring ballast, instructions will be furnished on application.
Art. 8th. All difficulties arising between ships relative to the foregoing rules, shall be settled before the Harbor Master.
Art. 9th. Disobedience to the orders of the Harbor Master, in the discharge of his duty will subject the offender to a fine of fifty dollars, to go towards the Hospital Fund, of the town of San Francisco.
Art. 10th. After mooring, ships must rig in jib and flying jib-booms.
Art. 11th. Forty-eight hours notice to be given at the Custom House before clearing.
Art. 12th. No fire arms to be discharged in the Harbor under penalty of Article 9th.
Approved:—
THOS. AP C. JONES, Comdr. U. S. N.
Edw. A. King, Harbor Master.
Next to the port of San Francisco, in maritime importance, we must put the Bay of Monterey, with its two ancient towns of Monterey and Santa Cruz lying on the opposite shores of the bay. At present the mining operations being confined to the north of the Bay of San Francisco, the whole commerce is concentrated in that port; but ere long they will go farther south, and then the town of Monterey will be likewise benefitted by the trade with the mines, as its facility of communicating by land with all the points south of San Francisco promises it.