JUNE 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, 903

Fixing Pilotage Rates and Harbourmaster's Fees at
the Port of Nelson.

JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
twenty-sixth day of June, 1882.

Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE
GOVERNMENT IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the two hundred and fifteenth
section of "The Harbours Act, 1878," it is,
among other things, enacted that every Harbour
Board shall have power to fix and alter pilotage rates,
and to fix and authorize the levying of Harbour-
master's fees, not exceeding the rates specified in the
Fifth Schedule to the said Act: And whereas by the
twelfth section of the said Act it is further enacted
that, in harbours where there is no Harbour Board,
the Governor in Council shall have all the powers,
functions, duties, and authorities by the said Act con-
ferred upon Harbour Boards: And whereas there
is no Harbour Board at the Port of Nelson: And
whereas it is expedient to abolish the pilotage rates
and Harbourmaster's fees for that port, fixed by an
Order in Council made on the sixth day of October,
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, and to
fix and levy pilotage rates and Harbourmaster's fees
in lieu thereof:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Administrator
of the Government of the Colony of New Zealand,
by and with the advice and consent of the Executive
Council of the said colony, and in pursuance and
exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him
by the said Act, doth hereby fix the pilotage rates
and Harbourmaster's fees stated and set forth in
the Schedule hereto to be levied and taken at the
Port of Nelson; and, with the like advice and con-
sent, doth order that this Order in Council shall come
into operation, and the said pilotage rates and Har-
bourmaster's fees shall be levied and taken, on and
after the first day of July, one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-two.

SCHEDULE.

PILOTAGE RATES.

(Charged both inwards and outwards.)

STEAMERS.
Not exceeding 150 tons register ... ... 4
From 150 tons to 250 tons register,-
On the first 150 tons register ... ... 4
On excess over 150 tons register ... ... 2½
From 250 tons to 400 tons register,-
On the first 250 tons register ... ... 3½
On excess over 250 tons register ... ... 2
Exceeding 400 tons register, -
On the first 400 tons register ... ... 3
On excess over 400 tons register ... ... 1½

Steamers entering the harbour more than once during
the year to be charged the above rates for the first
time in each year, and the following rates for every
subsequent time in the same year, that is to say,-
Under 240 tons register... ... £1 0 0
240 tons register and upwards ... ... 1

SAILING VESSELS.
From 50 tons to 250 tons register ... ... 4
From 250 tons to 400 tons register ... ... 5
Exceeding 400 tons register ... ... ... 6
Vessels towed into and out of the harbour by a steamer,
also vessels anchoring in the roadstead, and not enter-
ing the harbour, half the above rates.

HARBOURMASTERS' FEES.

For each removal of any steamer or sailing vessel within
the harbour: On vessels
From 50 tons to 250 tons register ... ... 1

Exceeding 250 tons, —
For the first 250 tons register ... ... ... 1
On excess over 250 tons register ... ... ... 0½

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Removal of Drift-wood prohibited at Motueka.

JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
twenty-sixth day of June, 1882.

Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE
GOVERNMENT IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the one hundred and third section
of "The Harbours Act, 1878," it is enacted
that any Harbour Board may from time to time
make by-laws for regulating, restricting, or pro-
hibiting the taking away of any ballast, rock, stone,
slate, shingle, gravel, sand, earth, cinders, rubbish, or
other substance or thing from any tidal land or
a tidal water, or from the sea-shore below high-
water mark in any harbour within its jurisdiction:
And whereas by the twelfth section of the said Act
it is enacted that, in harbours where there is no
Harbour Board, the Governor in Council shall have
all the powers, functions, duties, and authorities by
that Act conferred upon Harbour Boards, and may
exercise the same in accordance with the said Act:
And whereas there is no Harbour Board at Motueka,
and it is expedient to prohibit the removal of drift-
wood from the sea-shore and from tidal lands within
the Harbour of Motueka:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Administrator
of the Government of the Colony of New Zealand,
by and with the advice and consent of the Executive
Council of the said colony, and in pursuance and
exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him
by the hereinbefore in part recited Act, doth order
that, on and after the first day of July, one thou-
sand eight hundred and eighty-two, the following
by-law shall be in force within the Port of
Motueka.:

BY-LAW.

No drift-wood shall be taken away from any tidal
land, or from the sea-shore below high-water mark,
without permission, in writing, from the Harbour-
master at Nelson.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Defining Limits of the Port of Motueka.

JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.

IN pursuance of the power and authority in me
vested by the ninth section of "The Harbours
Act, 1878," I, James Prendergast, the Administrator
of the Government of the Colony of New Zealand, do
hereby define the limits of the Port of Motueka, in
the County of Waimea and Provincial District of
Nelson, to be all the tidal water included within a
radius of two nautical miles from the centre of the
shore end of the wharf standing seaward of or abut-
ting on Section one hundred and forty-two in the
Motueka District.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the
Administrator of the Government, this
twenty-sixth day of June, one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-two.

H. A. ATKINSON.