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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Filling up Vacancies in the Senate of the University
of New Zealand.

NORMANBY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Auckland, this
eighteenth day of April, 1878.

Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the seventh section of "The New
Zealand University Act, 1874," it is, among
other things, enacted that, until a Convocation shall
be constituted, the Governor in Council shall appoint
persons to fill up all vacancies in the Senate by re-
signation or otherwise:

And whereas a Convocation has not yet been con-
stituted: And whereas the Hon. Thomas Fraser,
M.L.C., has resigned the seat held by him in the said
Senate, and it is expedient to fill up the vacancy so
caused:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, by
and with the advice and consent of the Executive
Council of the Colony, in exercise and pursuance of
the power and authority in that behalf vested in him,
doth hereby appoint the following person to be a
Fellow of the University :-

Professor JOHN SHAND.

IRWIN C. MALING,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Authority to construct Wharves on the Tairua River.

NORMANDY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Auckland, this
eighteenth day of April, 1878.

Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Marine Act 1867 Amendment
Act, 1877" (hereinafter called "the said Act"),
it is, amongst other things, enacted that the Governor
in Council may, subject to the provisions of "The
Marine Act, 1867," and any Act amending the same,
and "The Harbour Works Act, 1874," authorize any
local body or any person to construct a wharf for the
use and benefit of the public, and to take and receive
such dues for the use thereof as may be prescribed
under the said Act, and to use and occupy such part
of the foreshore of any lake, river, tidal land, or tidal
water, as may be necessary for the construction of
such wharf:

Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, Governor of the Colony of
New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of
the Executive Council of the colony, and in exercise
of the powers and authorities vested in me by the
said Act, do hereby authorize the Union Steam Saw
Moulding Sash and Door Company (Limited) to
construct wharves on that portion of the foreshore
of the Tairua River, within the Provincial District
of Auckland, described in the Schedule hereto, and
to use and occupy such portion of the foreshore
for the construction of such wharves, subject to the
provisions of the said Act, and of "The Marine Act,
1867," and "The Harbour Works Act, 1874," and to
the following conditions :-

(1.) That Her Majesty and her subjects shall, at
all reasonable times, have free and full liberty to use
any wharf erected by the Company under the
authority aforesaid, and of ingress and egress there-
over, and that the Company shall at all times permit
Her Majesty and her subjects the right of passing
and repassing over and along any roadway or passage-
way by means whereof any such wharf is connected
or communicates with any road or highway:
Provided that no person shall be entitled to use any
of the said Company's wharves, unless and until he
shall have paid such wharfage dues as may be author-
ized under the said Act; but this shall not apply to
those cases where the person to pay such dues shall
be engaged in the service of the Government of New
Zealand, or be a person employed in Her Majesty's
land or sea forces, or to any case in which the use of
any such wharf may be necessary for the public
service of the colony.

(2.) That the Company shall not obstruct the free
passage of the public over and along that portion of
the foreshore already reclaimed on the left bank of
the river, nor do anything whereby the right of
passing thereover may be hindered or prevented.

(3.) That, except as aforesaid, the Company shall
have the exclusive right to the use and benefit of any
wharf erected by the Company.

(4.) That the Company, in exercising any of the
powers and authorities conferred by this Order in
Council, shall not interfere with any rights and
privileges of water frontage.

(5.) That the Company shall maintain and keep
every wharf erected by the Company in good repair,
and will so keep the same that no hindrance to the
navigation of the said river shall be occasioned.

(6.) That the rights hereby conferred shall con-
tinue in force for fourteen years, computed from
the date of this Order in Council, unless altered,
modified, or revoked.

(7.) That the rights and powers conferred under
or by virtue of this Order in Council may be at any
time resumed by the Governor, on giving to the said
Company six calendar months' notice.

SCHEDULE.

THAT portion of the foreshore of the Tairua River
bounded on the North by low watermark of Pepe
Creek, 13 chains; on the South by present mill and
wharf sites, 7 chains; on the east by low watermark
of left bank of Tairua River, 4½ chains; and on the
West by high watermark of Matapaia Block, 5 chains.

IRWIN C. MALING,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Delegating certain Powers under "The Mines Act,
1877."

(L.S.) NORMANBY, Governor.

WHEREAS by the one hundredth section of "The
Mines Act, 1877," it is enacted that it shall
be lawful for the Governor, under his hand and the
Public Seal of the Colony, from time to time to dele-
gate to such person or persons, being in the service
of the Crown, as the Governor may deem fit, all or
any of the powers vested in the Governor by the
said Act, except the powers conferred by sections
six, seven, eight, nine, ten, forty-five, forty-six, forty-
nine, fifty-one, fifty-four, fifty-five, fifty-nine, sixty-
one, sixty-eight, seventy, eighty-two, eighty-three,
ninety-nine, one hundred and one, one hundred and
seven, and one hundred and twelve, subject or not
to any limitations or restrictions as he may think fit,
and in like manner to alter or revoke any such dele-
gation: And whereas it is expedient to make the
delegation hereinafter contained:

Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, Governor of the Colony of
New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the
power and authority vested in me by the said recited
Act, do hereby delegate unto Joseph Giles, Esquire,
of Hokitika, and Commissioner of Crown Lands for the
Provincial District of Westland, all the powers vested
in the Governor under the thirty-seventh, thirty-