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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 73

be sufficient if given by the Minister and delivered at or posted to the last-known addresses of the licensees.
10. The licensees shall be liable for any injury which the said wharf may cause any vessel or boat to sustain through any default or neglect on their part.
11. In case the licensees 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 wharf ;
(3.) Commit a breach of their trust ; or
(4.) Die during the subsistence of the license hereby granted ;
then and in any of the said cases this Order in Council and every license, right, power, or privilege may be revoked and determined by the Governor in Council without any notice to the licensees or other proceeding whatsoever; and publication in the New Zealand Gazette of an Order in Council containing such revocation shall be sufficient notice to the licensees, and to all persons concerned or interested, that this Order in Council and the license, rights, and privileges thereby granted and conferred have been revoked and determined.
12. 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 direction of such Minister.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Prescribing Dues and Rates and making Regulations for Kaikoura Wharf.

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this eighth day of November, 1887.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS it is provided by “ The Harbours Act, 1878 ” (hereinafter termed “ the said Act), that in harbours where there is no Harbour Board the Governor in Council shall have all the powers, functions, duties, and authorities by such Act conferred upon Harbour Boards, and may exercise the same under regulations to be made in manner provided in section two hundred and twelve of the said Act : And whereas there is no Harbour Board having jurisdiction in the Harbour of Kaikoura : And 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 section 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 provided : And whereas dues and rates to be charged for the use of the Kaikoura Wharf and goods-shed (the management of which was, by Order in Council dated the second day of July, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three, vested in the Kaikoura County Council) were prescribed, and regulations made, for such wharf and goods-shed by Order in Council dated the seventh day of July, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five : And whereas it is expedient to amend such dues and rates and regulations :

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 pursuance and exercise of the power and authority granted by the said Act, “ The Harbours Act Amendment Act, 1879,” and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, doth hereby prescribe that the dues and rates specified in the First Schedule hereto shall be taken and charged on and after the date of this Order in Council for the use of the said wharf and goods-shed ; and doth order that they shall supersede any dues and rates at variance therewith.

And His Excellency the Governor, with the like advice and consent, and in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority granted to him by the said Act, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, doth hereby make the regulation contained in the Second Schedule hereto, and doth order that the same shall, on and after the date of this Order in Council, apply to the Port or Harbour of Kaikoura and to the wharf aforesaid, and shall supersede any regulation at variance therewith.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

WHARFAGE DUES AND RATES.

s. d.

GRASS-SEED, bran, pollard, and grain, such as wheat, oats, barley, &c., per bag .. .. .. 0 2

STORAGE.

Potatoes, grass-seed, and grain, such as wheat, oats, s. d. barley, &c., per bag, for two weeks or part of two weeks .. .. .. .. .. 0 2

SECOND SCHEDULE.

REGULATION.

THE charge on goods landed or landed and stored on Sundays and holidays shall be paid by the ship, consignees paying single wharfage only. Goods such as bricks, coal, and timber may be left on the wharf for forty-eight hours, at the request of the consignees, without payment of extra charge for wharfage or storage, provided the proper working of the wharf is not obstructed ; but the wharfinger shall not be responsible for the safety of such goods.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this eighth day of November, 1887.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

IN exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by “ The Public Domains Act, 1881,” His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council thereof, doth hereby revoke a certain Order in Council, dated the tenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine, making delegation of certain powers in manner as therein appears; and doth, with the like advice and consent, by this present order, delegate, but only with respect to the piece or parcel of land described in the Schedule hereto, all the powers conferred by the Act aforesaid, except the powers under or conferred by sections five and twelve thereof, to the under-mentioned persons, who shall be known as the Springston Public Domain Board, namely,—

The Reverend ARTHUR PYNE O’CALLAGHAN,
JAMES GAMMACK,
JOHN JOSEPH KERRICK,
JOHN WOODWARD, and
JOHN MARSHALL

(herein referred to as “ the Board ”), subject to the stipulations hereinafter contained, that is to say,—

1. The Board shall meet for the transaction of business on the second Monday in each month, at seven o’clock p.m., at the Road Board Office, Springston, or at such other time or place as may from time to time be fixed by the Board. The first meeting shall be held on Monday, the twelfth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven.

2. Special meetings may be convened by the Chairman or by any two members of the Board, provided that two days’ notice of such meeting be given to each member, specifying the business to be transacted at such special meeting, and no other business than that so specified shall be transacted at such meeting.

3. Any three of the said Board shall form a quorum. Any meeting may be adjourned from time to time.

4. The members of the Board shall, at their first meeting, and thereafter at an annual meeting to be held on the second Tuesday in January in every succeeding year thereafter, elect one of themselves to be Chairman, who may join in the discussion, and shall have an original as well as a casting vote. The Chairman shall hold office until the election of his successor.

5. If at any meeting the Chairman is not present at the time appointed for holding the same, the members present shall choose some one of their number to be Chairman of such meeting.

6. If, by resignation, death, or incapacity, or otherwise, the office of Chairman shall be or become vacant, the members may at any monthly or special meeting appoint a Chairman.

7. All questions shall be determined by the majority of votes of the members of the Board present at a meeting.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land in the Provincial District of Canterbury, being Section No. 2362 (in red), and containing 10 acres, more or less. Bounded on the northward by private lands, 1222 links ; on the southward by the Ellesmere Junction Road, 1191 links ; on the eastward by Reserve No. 372 (in red), 705 links ; and on the westward by Reserve No. 372 (in red), 975 links : as the same is delineated on the official map in the District Survey Office, Christchurch.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council,