harbour master

As we approached the town, the usual procession of harbour-master, doctor, and Custom-house officers came aboard.

Mr. Flint, the harbour-master, came on board at six o'clock to offer us the hospitality of his bungalow.

They were almost immediately followed by the harbour-master.

"The life-boat was manned with despatch," would be the short report the coxswain would afterwards make to the harbour-master.