THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 641

management of any wharves the property of Her Majesty in any local body, upon such terms and conditions as the Governor in Council thinks fit, and may fix the scale of dues to be paid for the use thereof, and for the storage of goods, and charges to be paid for taking into and delivering the same from warehouses or buildings attached to or connected with such wharves:

Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine, Marquis of Normanby, the 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 vest the management of the jetties at Le Bon’s Bay, Okain’s Bay, and Little Akaloa, all in the County of Akaroa, in the Okain’s Bay Road Board, subject to the conditions set forth in the First Schedule hereto: And with the like advice and consent I do hereby fix the following scale of dues, set forth in the Second Schedule hereto, for the use of the said jetties, and for the storage of goods in any warehouse or building attached to or connected with such jetties: Provided always that the aforesaid conditions and dues, and other the rights and privileges hereby conferred, may from time to time be altered, revoked, or modified by the Governor in Council.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

1. That all Her Majesty’s subjects shall, at all reasonable times, and upon payment of the proper dues, have free and full liberty to use either of the above-mentioned jetties, and of ingress and egress thereon.

2. That Her Majesty or the Governor, and all officers of the Marine Department or Customs, acting in the execution of their duty, shall at all times have free ingress, passage, and egress into, through, and out of the wharf without payment.

3. That the said Road Board shall maintain and keep the above-mentioned jetties and all erections thereon in good order and repair, and shall at all times permit to be erected and exhibited therefrom any lights for the guidance of vessels, and shall maintain at its own cost any such lights: Provided that no new light shall be exhibited until after it has been approved of by the Marine Department.

4. That any person authorized by the Minister having charge of the Marine Department, or any officer acting with his approval, may, at all reasonable times, enter upon the said wharf, and any buildings erected thereon, and view the state of repair thereof, and may leave at the last-known office of the Board a notice in writing of any defect, requiring the Board, within a reasonable time to be therein prescribed, to repair the same.

5. That the Board will not erect or suffer to be erected on the said wharf any building or structure whatever, except with the consent of the Marine Department.

6. That nothing herein contained shall authorize the Board to do or cause to be done anything repugnant to or inconsistent with any law relating to the Customs, or any regulation of the Commissioner of Customs.

7. That the rights, powers, and privileges conferred by this Order in Council shall continue in force for fourteen years, computed from the date of this Order in Council, unless in the meantime altered, modified, or revoked.

8. That the rights, powers, and privileges conferred under or by virtue of this Order in Council may be at any time resumed by the Governor on giving to the said Road Board six calendar months’ notice in writing; any such notice shall be sufficient if given by the Governor or the Minister having charge of the Marine Department, or any person acting under his or their instructions, and delivered at the last-known office of the said Board, their successors or assigns. No compensation or allowance shall be payable in such case.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

Wharfage. — Scale of dues, inwards and outwards:—

Timber, per 100 feet … … 0 2
Dairy produce, per ton … … 2 0
Sheep and pigs, each … … 0 1
Great cattle and horses, each … … 1 0
Palings, per 100 … … 0 3
Shingles, per 1,000 … … 0 3
Hides, each … … 0 3
Firewood, per cord … … 1 0
Posts and rails, per 100 … … 1 3
Wool, per bale … … 0 9
All other goods, per ton weight or measurement … … … 1 3

Storage.—Free storage to be allowed for imports for forty-eight hours, and for exports for one week. All goods put into store to be charged in addition the above rates for each week or part of a week that they remain in store beyond the said periods: Provided that nothing herein contained shall charge with wharfage dues—

1. Any ship of, or in the service of, Her Majesty, her heirs and successors, or any stores or goods required for the use of Her Majesty’s Naval or Military Forces.

2. Any ship in the service of the Government of this or any other British colony.

3. Vessels employed in fishing, sealing, or oyster dredging, and not conveying goods for hire.

4. Any steamship carrying mails under any contract made with the Postmaster-General, in cases where it is provided by the terms of such contract that such steamships shall be exempt therefrom.

5. Any person in the service of Her Majesty, or the Government of the colony, travelling on public service, or his baggage.

6. Any ship or goods under seizure by officers of revenue.

7. Goods of, or for the service of, Her Majesty in the colony.

8. Any of Her Majesty’s Military Forces, or of the Militia or Volunteer Forces, or any constables or peace officers while on duty.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Land temporarily reserved in the Provincial District of Auckland.

NORMANBY, Governor.

WHEREAS by the one hundred and forty-fourth section of “The Land Act, 1877,” it is enacted that the Governor may from time to time, either by general or particular description, and whether the same has been surveyed or not, reserve from sale temporarily, notwithstanding that the same may be then held under pastoral license, any Crown lands which in his opinion are required for any of the purposes in the said section mentioned:

Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine, Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in me by the said Act, do hereby temporarily reserve from sale the land in the Provincial District of Auckland, described in the Schedule hereunder written, for the purposes in the said Schedule specified.