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THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1889.

Scale of Tolls to be collected at the Oparau Ferry, on the
Kawhia-Waipa Road.

(L.S.) JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the Kawhia to Waipa Road, in the Provin-
cial District of Auckland, is a Government road, and
a ferry on the said road has been established over the Oparau
River, and it is desirable that a scale of tolls to be collected
at such ferry upon all persons, horses, and vehicles passing
the same should be fixed in the manner prescribed by "The
Public Works Act, 1882" (hereinafter referred to as "the
said Act"):

Now, therefore, I, James Prendergast, the Administrator
of the Government of the Colony of New Zealand, in pur-
suance and exercise of the power and authority conferred
by the said Act, and of all other powers and authorities
enabling me in this behalf, do hereby fix and appoint
the rates of tolls set forth in the Schedule hereto as the
scale of tolls to be paid for passing or repassing through, over,
or upon the said ferry over the Oparau River; and do further
direct that such scale of tolls shall come into operation and
have full force and effect on and from the first day of June
next ensuing.

SCHEDULE.

SCALE OF TOLLS TO BE COLLECTED AT THE OPARAU FERRY,
ON THE KAWHIA-WAIPA ROAD.

For every foot-passenger .. .. .. .. s. d.
0 6
For every horse not harnessed to a vehicle .. .. 1 0
For every vehicle drawn by one or two horses, inclu-
ding such horses .. .. .. .. 2 0
For every vehicle drawn by three horses, including
such horses .. .. .. .. 2 6
For every additional horse beyond three horses at-
tached to a vehicle .. .. .. .. 0 6

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir James
Prendergast, Knight, Chief Justice, the Adminis-
trator of the Government of Her Majesty's Colony
of New Zealand; and issued under the Seal of
the said Colony, at the Government House, at
Wellington, this twenty-second day of April, in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight hun-
dred and eighty-nine.

G. F. RICHARDSON,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Dues and Rates for the Otamatea County Wharves.

JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this eighteenth
day of April, 1889.

Present:
THE HONOURABLE THE PREMIER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS it is provided by section four of "The Har-
bours 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 pre-
scribing 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
wharves at Matakohe, Pahi, Point Curtis, and Toka Toka, in
Kaipara Harbour, has, under the provisions of "The Coun-
ties Act, 1886," become vested in the Otamatea County
Council: And whereas it is expedient to prescribe dues and
rates to be charged for the use of the said wharves:

Now, therefore, His Excellency Sir James Prendergast,
the Administrator of the Government of the Colony of
New Zealand, acting 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 conferred by "The
Harbours Act, 1878," and the amendments thereof, and of
all other powers and authorities enabling him in this behalf,
doth hereby prescribe that the dues and rates specified in
the Schedule hereto shall be charged and taken, on and
after the publication of this Order in Council in the New
Zealand Gazette, for the use of the county wharves at Mata-
kohe, Pahi, Point Curtis, and Toka Toka, in Kaipara Harbour
aforesaid.

SCHEDULE.

On every vessel under 20 tons register, for each day
or part of a day .. .. .. .. s. d.
1 0
On every vessel under 20 tons register, for every day
or part of a day that such vessel shall be alongside
a vessel lying at the wharf .. .. .. .. 0 6
On every vessel under 20 tons register, undergoing
repairs or fitting out alongside the wharf, or lying
off the wharf with a line attached thereto, per day
or part of a day .. .. .. .. 0 6
On every vessel of 20 tons register and upwards, per
ton per day or part of a day .. .. .. 0 0½
Minimum charge per day .. .. .. .. 1 0