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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 66

Dues and Rates for the Otamatea County Wharves.

ONSLOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twentieth
day of November, 1889.

Present:
THE HONOURABLE E. MITCHELSON 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 dues and rates for the use of the said
wharves were prescribed by Order in Council dated the
eighteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-nine, and published in the New Zealand Gazette
No. 27, of the third day of May, one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-nine, page four hundred and thirty-five: And
whereas it is desirable to revoke such dues and rates, and to
fix others in lieu thereof:

Now, therefore, 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 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 revoke the dues and rates for the use of the said
wharves which were prescribed by Order in Council as afore-
said; and 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
Matakohe, Pahi, Point Curtis, and Toka Toka, in Kaipara
Harbour aforesaid.

SCHEDULE. s. d.
On every vessel under 20 tons register, for each day or
part of a day .. .. .. .. 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 0 $\frac{1}{2}$
Minimum charge on sailing-vessels per day .. .. 1 0
Minimum charge on steamers per day .. .. 1 6

On every vessel of 20 tons register and upwards,
lying alongside a vessel at the wharf, or lying off
the wharf with a line attached thereto, or under-
going repairs or fitting out alongside the wharf,
per ton per day or part of a day .. .. .. 0 0 $\frac{1}{2}$
Minimum charge per day .. .. .. .. 0 6

On all stone or shingle ballast landed on a wharf, per
ton .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0 6

On all other kinds of ballast, as per agreement.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Rural Land in the Canterbury Land District open for Sale
or Selection.

ONSLOW, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
conferred upon me by the third section of "The Land
Act Amendment Act, 1887" (hereinafter termed "the said
Act"), I, William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, the Governor of the
Colony of New Zealand, having received the report of the
Surveyor-General in this behalf, as in the said section is
provided, do hereby declare that the rural land enumerated
in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection,
after the lapse of a period of not less than forty-five days from
the date of the first public notification hereof, in the manner
and upon the conditions mentioned in the said Act, and at
the price per acre respectively set opposite such land in the
said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.
FIRST-CLASS LAND.
Geraldine Survey District, Geraldine County.

Situated on the south side of the Rangitata Island, below
and adjoining the Rangitata Island Railway-station Reserve.

As witness the hand of his Excellency the Governor,
this twentieth day of November, one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-nine.

W. R. RUSSELL,
(For the Minister of Lands.)

Rural Lands in the Otago Land District open for Sale or
Selection.

ONSLOW, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
conferred upon me by the third section of "The Land
Act Amendment Act, 1887" (hereinafter termed "the said
Act"), I, William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, the Governor of
the Colony of New Zealand, having received the report of the
Surveyor-General in this behalf, as in the said section is
provided, do hereby declare that the rural lands enumerated
in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection,
after the lapse of a period of not less than forty-five days
from the date of the first public notification hereof, in the
manner and upon the conditions mentioned in the said Act,
and at the price per acre stated opposite such land in the said
Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

Section. Block. Area. Cash Price per Acre.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.
Kurow District.
A. R. P. £ s. d.
12 VIII. 142 2 0.6 1 10 0
Open broken section, not very well watered, situated
within two miles of Kurow Railway-station. Distance from
Oamaru forty-three miles.

5 I. Tuapeka East District.
V. 18 2 25 1 0 0
Rough section, situated about three miles from Lawrence
Railway-station. Distance from Dunedin sixty-three miles.

25 I. Woodland District.
I. 61 0 36 1 0 0
Undulating section covered with bush, soil fair, well
watered, situated on south side of Catlin's River, two miles
from Big Mill steam-boat wharf. Distance from Dunedin
about eighty-three miles.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.
12 XII. Benger District.
317 0 37 0 15 0
Rough open land, situated about twenty miles from Law-
rence Railway-station. Distance from Dunedin about eighty
miles.

14 XVI. Blackstone District.
140 1 34 0 15 0
Open undulating section, situated in Ida Valley, about
ten miles from Hill's Creek Township.

38 IV. Catlin's District.
61 1 0
39 " 124 3 12 } 0 15 0
Bush sections, soil fair, situated about eight miles from
Owake Township and twenty-three miles from Romahapa
Railway-station.

49 I. Crookston District.
25 3 2
51 " 35 1 25 } 0 10 0
Rough broken sections, on main road, Lawrence to Rox-
burgh, about two and a half miles from Beaumont Bridge.

12 XIII. Greenvale District.
226 0 8 0 15 0