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altered, modified, or revoked by competent authority; and
the said James Darrow shall not assign, charge, or part with
any such right, power, or privilege without the previous
written consent of the Minister first obtained.

6. That the said rights, powers, and privileges may be at
   any time resumed by the Governor, and James Darrow may
   be required to remove the boom from the Kirikiri River, and
   the bed thereof, at his own cost, without payment of any
   compensation whatever, on giving to James Darrow three
   calendar months’ previous notice in writing. Any such
   notice shall be sufficient if given by the Minister, and
   delivered at or posted to the last known address of James
   Darrow.

7. James Darrow shall be liable for any injury which may
   be sustained by any vessel or boat in passing through the
   boom, or by contact with it, and which may be occasioned
   by any default or neglect of his.

8. In case the said James Darrow shall—
   (1.) Commit or suffer a breach of the conditions herein-
   before set forth, or any of them ;
   (2.) Cease to use or occupy the said boom ;
   (3.) Fail to pay the sums specified in clause two of these
   conditions ; or
   (4.) Become bankrupt or be in any manner brought under
   the operation of any Act for the time being in force
   relating to bankruptcy,

then and in any of the said cases this Order in Council and
every right, power, or privilege may be revoked and deter-
mined by the Governor in Council without any notice to the
said James Darrow or other proceeding whatsoever; and pub-
lication in the New Zealand Gazette of an Order in Council
containing such revocation shall be sufficient notice to
James Darrow, and to all persons concerned or interested,
that this Order in Council and the rights and privileges
thereby conferred have been revoked and determined ; and
upon such revocation the Minister may cause the said boom,
and all other erections or buildings thereto belonging, to be
removed, and may recover the cost incurred by any such
removal from James Darrow, or his legal or personal repre-
sentatives.

9. In these conditions the term “Minister” means the
   Minister having charge of the Marine Department, as defined
   by “The Shipping and Seamen’s Act, 1877,” and includes
   any officer, person, or authority acting by or under the direc-
   tion of such Minister.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Validating Election of Members of Waimakariri Harbour
Board.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this fifth day
of July, 1887.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS it is provided by the two hundred and
thirty-third section of “The Harbours Act, 1878”
(hereinafter termed “the said Act”), that in any case in which,
by any misadventure or accident, anything is at any time
done after the time required by the said Act, or is otherwise
irregularly done in matter of form, the Governor may, by
Order in Council duly gazetted, from time to time make
provision for any such case, or may extend the time within
which anything is required to be done, or may validate any-
thing so done after the time required or so irregularly done
in matter of form, so that the true intent and purpose of the
said Act may have effect: And whereas the Waimakariri
Harbour Board appointed Edward Revell to be Returning
Officer for the election at the biennial election in February,
one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, of the mem-
bers of the Board required by the Second Schedule of the
said Act to be elected by the ratepayers of the Borough
of Kaiapoi, the ratepayers of the Eyreton Road Board Dis-
trict, and by the ratepayers of the Mandeville and Rangiora
Road Board District: And whereas at the election of two
members of the said Board by the ratepayers of the Borough
of Kaiapoi, conducted by the said Returning Officer on the
fourteenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-seven, Richard H. Mathews and Edward Smethurst
were declared to be elected: And whereas nominations of
candidates by the ratepayers of the Eyreton Road Board
District and of the Mandeville and Rangiora Road Board
District were received by the said Returning Officer up to
noon on the eighth and tenth days of February, one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-seven, respectively: And whereas
only two persons, namely, Richard Evans and Thomas
Pashby, were nominated by the ratepayers of the Eyreton
Road Board District; and only two persons, namely, W. R.
May and Walter Moody, were nominated by the ratepayers

of the Mandeville and Rangiora Road Board District; and
these persons were, by the said Returning Officer, declared
to be elected members of the Waimakariri Harbour Board :
And whereas the Returning Officer for the conduct of the
elections hereinbefore set forth should, in pursuance of the
provisions of the said Act, have been appointed by the
Kaiapoi Borough Council, the Eyreton Road Board, and the
Mandeville and Rangiora Road Board respectively: And
whereas it is expedient to validate the said elections:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council of the said colony, and in exercise of the
powers conferred upon him by the said Act, doth hereby
validate the said elections of Richard H. Mathews and
Edward Smethurst, of Richard Evans and Thomas Pashby,
and of W. R. May and Walter Moody, by the ratepayers of
the Borough of Kaiapoi, by the ratepayers of the Eyreton
Road Board District, and by the ratepayers of the Mandeville
and Rangiora Road Board District respectively; and doth
declare that the said persons shall continue to hold office as
members of the Waimakariri Harbour Board in the same
manner as if the irregularities hereinbefore mentioned in
connection with such election had not taken place.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations under “The Customs Laws Consolidation Act,
1882.”

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twelfth
day of July, 1887.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by section forty-six of “The Customs Laws
Consolidation Act, 1882,” it is enacted that the
Governor in Council may from time to time make rules and
regulations for ascertaining in certain cases the value of
goods subject to ad valorem duty:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of New
Zealand, in pursuance of the authority conferred by the said
Act, and with the consent of the Executive Council of the
said colony, doth hereby make the following regulations,
that is to say,—

(1.) In cases where the Collector or other proper officer of
Customs has, in accordance with section forty-six of the said
Act, detained goods subject to ad valorem duty and assessed
the value thereof, and the importer or his agent has objected
to pay duty according to such assessment, or in case the
value of such goods is unknown or uncertain, it shall be law-
ful for the Collector of Customs or other proper officer to
appoint two valuators to appraise the fair market-value of
the goods as defined in section forty of the said Act.

(2.) The said valuators shall make and subscribe a de-
claration in the following form, viz. :—

We, and , having been appointed by the
Collector of Customs at to appraise the fair market-
value of the under-mentioned goods subject to ad valorem
duty, namely, , do hereby solemnly and sincerely
declare that we have examined the said goods, and that, to
the best of our knowledge and judgment, the fair market-
value thereof at the usual and ordinary credit in the country
whence they were exported amounts to ; and we
make this declaration conscientiously believing the same to
be true.

Declared before me, at , this day of .
Collector.

(3.) The said valuators shall each receive a fee of not more
than four pounds nor less than ten shillings, to be determined
by the Collector on the basis of the value of the services
rendered.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations for Trout- and Perch-fishing, Ashburton
County.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twelfth
day of July, 1887.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him
by “The Salmon and Trout Act, 1867,” and “The
Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884,” His Excellency the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting by and with
the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said