Wharf Regulations and Public Domain Orders




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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 50

Wool, per bale .. .. .. .. .. s. d.
Flax and tow, per bale .. .. .. .. 0 2
Hides, 1d. each, or per ton of 40 to the ton .. .. 2 0
Sheepskins, per bale .. .. .. .. 0 3
All other goods, either weight or measurement, at the
option of the Wharfinger, per ton .. .. 1 0
Half-dues to be charged on all goods transhipped into
lighters.
All vessels lying alongside the wharf, without landing
or receiving cargo, first day, free.
Ditto, after the first day (excepting Sundays and
holidays), for every 10 tons burden, per ton net
register, per day .. .. .. .. 0 ½
Such passengers’ luggage or ships’ stores as are carried
in hand, not exceeding ¼ ton, and all goods, produce,
or stock coming from or going to settlers residing in
the Pelorus Sound, shall be exempt from wharfage
charges.

SECOND SCHEDULE.
REGULATIONS.

  1. THE owner or master of every vessel lying at wharf, pier,
    jetty, or landing-place shall, before commencing to discharge
    or land his cargo on any such wharf or landing-place, obtain
    the permission of the Wharfinger or his deputy so to do.

  2. No ballast, timber, coal, produce, or cargo of any
    description shall be embarked or shipped, disembarked or
    unshipped, except at such times and places, and in such
    order and mode, as may be directed and deemed expedient
    by the Wharfinger or his deputy for the proper working of
    the wharf.

  3. No goods or articles of any description which, in the
    opinion of the Wharfinger or his deputy, are likely to occa-
    sion damage to the wharf or landing-place shall be dis-
    charged or landed on any such wharf or landing-place.

  4. The master of every vessel shall on demand give to the
    Wharfinger or other person deputed by him a copy of the
    bill of lading, freight-list, or manifest of the cargo, or other
    proper account of all goods intended to be unshipped from
    the vessel, and the name or names of the owners to whom all
    or any goods in such vessel are intended to be delivered.

  5. Shippers and consignees of all goods landed on or
    shipped from the said wharf shall, before landing or shipping
    such goods, deliver to the Wharfinger or his deputy a full
    and true account of all such goods, stating the respective
    weights or measurements of the same according as freight is
    payable thereon. All charges to be paid previous to delivery
    of goods.

  6. All goods landed on any wharf or landing-place, or
    brought thereon for shipment, are to be placed as the
    Wharfinger or his deputy may direct; and no goods or other
    articles shall be placed in any shed or on any wharf or
    landing-place so as to be an impediment to the approaches
    or an obstacle to the removal of other goods from shed,
    wharf, or landing-place, or so as to encumber the mooring-
    posts or rings on any such wharf or landing-place.

  7. The wharf shall be open daily for business from 8 a.m.
    to 5 p.m. (Sundays and holidays excepted): Provided that
    when steamers arrive before 8 a.m., then the wharf shall be
    open from the time of the arrival of the steamer, and, if
    after 5 p.m., for one hour after the time of discharging.

  8. All goods landed on the wharf shall be removed there-
    from before 4 o’clock p.m. on the day on which they are
    landed, except as provided by Regulation 7.

  9. The Wharfinger is empowered to take charge of and
    store cargo if not removed by the consignee within six hours
    after being landed, or to cause the same to be delivered to
    the consignee at his expense and risk.

  10. No person taking any vehicle on the wharf shall allow
    the same to go at greater than a walking pace.

  11. Any person taking any vehicle drawn by two or more
    horses on any such wharf, pier, or jetty as mentioned in the
    preceding by-law shall ride on the said vehicle so as to keep
    the horses attached thereto as far as possible under his con-
    trol while the said vehicle is in motion; and shall stand by
    the said vehicle when and so long as the same shall be at a
    standstill on any such wharf, pier, or jetty.

  12. All vessels shall pay (not exceeding) 1s. per ton extra
    on all cargo landed before 8 a.m. and after 4 p.m., exclusive
    of labour. Wool, skins, fungus, and flax shall be charged
    for at the rate of 3d. per bale. No extra charge shall be
    made for coal, ballast, or timber discharged or shipped
    during extra hours.

  13. In the construction of the above by-laws the terms
    and expressions following shall have the meaning herein-
    after assigned to them:—

“Wharfinger” shall mean and include the person ap-
pointed by the Pelorus Road Board or Wharfinger to
collect and receive all dues payable under these by-
laws:

“Deputy” shall mean any officer acting under the in-
structions or by the authority of the Wharfinger or
the said Board, as the case may be.

  1. If any person fails, refuses, or neglects to do anything
    required by these regulations, or in any manner obstructs,
    impedes, or interferes with the doing of anything enjoined or
    authorized to be done, or wilfully does anything prohibited
    by these by-laws, every such person in any case so offending
    shall be liable to forfeit and pay a penalty not exceeding £20.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Lawrence Recreation-ground brought under “The Public
Domains Act, 1881.”

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-fifth
day of August, 1885.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

BY virtue of the powers and authorities vested in me by
the twenty-fourth section of “The Public Reserves
Act, 1881,” I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the
advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said
colony, do hereby order and declare that the reserves made
for public recreation in the Provincial District of Otago,
and known as the Lawrence Recreation-grounds, and de-
scribed in the Schedule hereto, shall be and the same are
hereby brought under the operation of and declared to be
subject to the provisions of “The Public Domains Act,
1881;” and such domain shall hereafter be managed, ad-
ministered, and dealt with in manner directed by the said
Act.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Land District of Otago containing by
admeasurement 19 acres 1 rood 37 perches, more or less,
situate in the Town of Lawrence, being Sections Nos.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 13, 14, 15, and 16, Block XIV.,
together with Blocks XV., XVIII., and XIX., on the map
of the said town. Bounded towards the North by Stranraer
Street 500 and 250 links, also by Section No. 9, Block XIV.,
250 links; towards the East-north-east by Peel Street,
605 and 1019 links; towards the East by Section No. 11,
Block XIV., 100 links, by Corsewell Street 100 links, also
by Sections Nos. 11 and 12, Block XIV., 230 links; towards
the South by Thurso Street 717 and 500 links, also by
Section No. 9, Block XIV., 250 links; towards the West by
Ardrossan Street, 1000 and 1000 links; and towards the
North-north-west by Section No. 12, Block XIV., 130 links:
and intersected by Corsewell Street and Harrington Street,
each 100 links wide.

Also all that parcel of land in the Land District of Otago,
situate in the Town of Lawrence, being Section No. 6, Block
LIII., on the map of the said town, containing by admeasure-
ment 5 acres and 15 perches, more or less. Bounded towards
the North by Thurso Street, 1336 links; towards the South-
east by New Street, 419 links; towards the South by Sections
Nos. 1 and 2, 1210 links; and towards the West by Ardrossan
Street, 400 links.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Powers delegated to the Lawrence Domain Board under
“The Public Domains Act, 1881.”

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-fifth
day of August, 1885.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by the twelfth section of “The Public
Domains Act, 1881,” it is, inter alia, enacted that
the Governor, by Order in Council, may from time to time
delegate all or any of the powers by the said Act conferred,
save as is therein mentioned, to any person or persons for
any period, and subject to such stipulations as may be
specified in such order, and that every such delegation may
from time to time in like manner be altered or revoked:
And whereas, pursuant to “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,”
by an Order in Council of even date herewith, the land
described in the Schedule thereto is declared to be brought
under the operation of and to be subject to the provisions of
the said “Public Domains Act, 1881:”

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, by and with
the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the
Colony of New Zealand, doth, by this present order, delegate
all the powers conferred by the Act first above mentioned,



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