in each year, and shall send a copy of such account when
balanced to the Marine Department, and shall supply any
particulars in reference thereto as may be required by the
Marine Department.

7. That nothing herein contained shall authorize the said
   Council 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 Trade and Customs, or
   with any provisions of "The Harbours Act, 1878," or its
   amendments, or any regulations thereunder.

8. 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.

9. 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 Council 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 address of the said Council, their successors, ad-
   ministrators, or assigns. No compensation or allowance
   shall be payable in such case.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Vesting Management of Russell Wharf in the Bay of
Islands County Council.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS, Governor,
By his Deputy,
JAMES PRENDERGAST.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this eleventh day
of March, 1885.

Present:

His Excellency the Deputy-Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by section fourteen of "The Harbours Act,
1878," it is enacted that the Governor in Council
may vest the management of any wharf the property of Her
Majesty in any local governing body or person, upon such
terms and conditions as the Governor in Council thinks fit:
And whereas it is thought desirable to vest the management
of the wharf at Russell in the Bay of Islands County
Council, on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth:

Now, therefore, I, James Prendergast, for and on behalf
of His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New
Zealand, and as his duly-appointed Deputy, by and with
the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the
colony, and in pursuance and exercise of the power and
authority vested in him by the said fourteenth section of
"The Harbours Act, 1878," and of all other powers and
authorities in anyway enabling him in that behalf, do
hereby vest the management of the Russell Wharf, which
is shown on plan marked M.D. 457, and deposited in the
office of the Marine Department, in the Bay of Islands
County Council, subject to the following conditions: Pro-
vided always that the rights hereby granted shall only be
for the period of fourteen years, and this Order in Council
may at any time be altered, modified, or revoked:—

CONDITIONS.

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 the above-mentioned wharf, and of ingress
   and egress thereon.

2. That Her Majesty, or the Governor, and all officers in
   the Government service 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 County Council shall maintain and keep
   the above-mentioned wharf, and all erections on the wharf,
   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 on the wharf, and view
   the state of repair thereof; and that, upon his leaving at the
   last known address of the said Council a notice in writing
   of any defect or want of repair in such wharf or buildings,
   requiring the Council, within a reasonable time to be therein
   prescribed, to repair the same, the said Council shall, with
   all convenient speed, cause such defect to be removed or
   such repairs to be made.

5. That the said Council shall not erect, or suffer to be
   erected, on the said wharf any building or structure what-
   ever, except with the consent of the Marine Department.

6. That the said Council shall keep a separate account of
   the receipts and expenditure on account of such wharf, and
   shall cause such account to be balanced to the 31st March
   in each year, and shall send a copy of such account when
   balanced to the Marine Department, and shall supply any
   particulars in reference thereto as may be required by the
   Marine Department.

7. That nothing herein contained shall authorize the said
   Council 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 Trade and Customs, or
   with any provisions of "The Harbours Act, 1878," or its
   amendments, or any regulations thereunder.

8. 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.

9. 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 Council 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 address of the said Council, their successors, ad-
   ministrators, or assigns. No compensation or allowance
   shall be payable in such case.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Dues and Rates to be charged for the Use of Russell Wharf.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS, Governor,
By his Deputy,
JAMES PRENDERGAST.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this eleventh day
of March, 1885.

Present:

His Excellency the Deputy-Governor in Council.

WHEREAS it is provided by section four of "The
Harbours Act Amendment Act, 1879," that the power
granted to the Governor in Council by the seventeenth sec-
tion of "The Harbours Act, 1878," in respect of prescribing
what dues and rates may be charged on wharves vested in
local bodies may be exercised from time to time as occasion
may require, and shall not be limited as in the said section
is provided: And whereas the management of the Russell
Wharf was, by Order in Council of even date herewith,
vested in the Bay of Islands County Council: And whereas
it is expedient to prescribe dues and rates to be charged for
the use of the said wharf:

Now, therefore, I, James Prendergast, for and on behalf of
His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand,
and as his duly-appointed Deputy, by and with the advice
and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, and
in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority granted
to him by section seventeen of "The Harbours Act, 1878,"
section four of "The Harbours Act Amendment Act, 1879,"
and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in that
behalf, do hereby prescribe that the dues and rates specified
in the Schedule hereto shall be charged and taken, on and
after the date of this Order in Council, for the use of the
Russell Wharf aforesaid, and such dues and rates shall be
applied to keeping the above-mentioned wharf, and all
erectons on the wharf, in good order and repair, as provided
in the said Order in Council of even date herewith.

SCHEDULE.

For vessels coming alongside wharf,—
Steamers and sailing-vessels under 100 tons register,
per day or part of a day, per ton .. .. .. 0 0½
Steamers and sailing-vessels of and over 100 tons
register, for first 100 tons, per day or part of a
day, per ton .. .. .. .. .. 0 0½
Steamers and sailing-vessels of and over 100 tons
register, for every ton after the first 100 tons, per
day or part of a day, per ton .. .. .. 0 0¼
For goods landed on or shipped from the wharf,—
Parcels, each .. .. .. .. .. .. 0 8
Goods of and under ¼ ton .. .. .. 0 6
Goods from ¼ to ½ ton, inclusive .. .. 0 9
Goods from ½ ton to 1 ton .. .. .. 1 0
Goods over 1 ton, at per ton .. .. .. 1 0
All goods remaining on wharf or in goods-shed to be
charged 1s. per ton per week extra for every week or part
of a week they so remain.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.