MAY 30.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 867

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

GLASGOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-
eighth day of May, 1895.
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, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor of the
Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and con-
sent of the Executive Council of the said colony, do hereby
order and declare that the reserve made for public recrea-
tion in the Southland Land District, and known as the
Limehills Recreation-ground, and described in the Schedule
hereto, shall be and the same is 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, administered, and dealt with in man-
er directed by the said Act.

SCHEDULE.
Sections Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 14, 15, 16, and 17, Block IV.,
Limehills Township, Southland Land District, and contain-
ing 2 acres 3 roods.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Dues and Rates for the Otamatea County Wharf, Pahi,
Kaipara.

GLASGOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-
eighth day of May, 1895.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR 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 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 is
provided: And whereas plans of a wharf to be erected by the
Otamatea County Council on the east side of the Pahi River,
in Kaipara Harbour, were approved by the Governor in
Council on the twenty-fourth day of July, one thousand eight
hundred and ninety-four, and the said County Council was
on the same date licensed to use the foreshore required for
the said wharf: And whereas such wharf has been erected:
And whereas it is desirable that dues and rates should be
prescribed for the use of the said wharf:

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 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 said county wharf on the east side
of the Pahi River, 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 0½
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 0½
Minimum charge per day . . . . . . . . . . 0 6
On all stone or shingle ballast landed on the wharf . . 0 6
On all other kinds of ballast, as per agreement.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Vesting Management of Wharves at Akaroa in Akaroa
Borough Council.

GLASGOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-
eighth day of May, 1895.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section fourteen of “The Harbours Act,
1878” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is
enacted that the Governor in Council may vest the manage-
ment of any wharf the property of Her Majesty in any local
governing body or person, upon such terms and conditions as
the Governor in Council thinks fit:

And whereas it is thought desirable to vest in the Akaroa
Borough Council the management of the Akaroa Wharf, and
the wharf locally known as Daly's Wharf, both within the
Borough of Akaroa, on the terms and conditions hereinafter
set forth:

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 pursu-
ance and exercise of the power and authority vested in him
by the said fourteenth section of the said Act, and of all
other powers and authorities in anywise enabling him in
that behalf, doth hereby vest the management of the Akaroa
Wharf and the wharf locally known as Daly's Wharf afore-
said in the Akaroa Borough Council, subject to the fol-
lowing conditions:—

CONDITIONS OF MANAGEMENT.

1. That all Her Majesty's subjects shall, at all reasonable
   times, and upon payment of the proper dues, have free and
   full liberty to use the above-mentioned wharf, and rights of
   ingress and egress thereto and therefrom.
2. That Her Majesty, or the Governor, and all officers in
   the Government service acting in the execution of their duty,
   shall at all times have free ingress, passage, and egress into,
   over, and out of the wharf without payment.
3. That the Akaroa Borough Council (hereinafter referred
   to as “the Council”) shall maintain and keep the above-
   mentioned wharves, and all erections on or in connection
   therewith, in good order and repair, and shall at all times
   permit to be erected and exhibited therefrom any lights for
   the guidance of vessels, and shall maintain at its own cost
   any such lights: Provided that no new light shall be exhi-
   bited until after it has been approved by the Minister for the
   time being having charge of the Marine Department (herein-
   after referred to as “the said Minister”).
4. That all dues and rates received on account of the said
   wharves by the Council shall be applied to keeping the said
   wharves and all erections on or in connection therewith in
   good order and repair and in improving the wharf and har-
   bour accommodation for vessels at Akaroa.
5. That any person authorised by the said Minister, or any
   officer acting with his approval, may at all reasonable times
   enter upon the said wharves, and any buildings erected there-
   on or in connection therewith, and view the state of repair
   thereof; and that, upon his leaving at or posting to the last
   known address of the Council a notice in writing of any
   defect or want of repair in such wharves or buildings or
   either of them, requiring the Council, within a reasonable
   time, to be therein prescribed, to make good or repair the
   same, the said Council shall with all convenient speed cause
   such defect to be removed or such repairs to be made.
6. That the Council shall not erect or suffer to be erected
   on the said wharves any building or structure whatever,
   except with the consent of the said Minister.
7. That the Council shall keep a separate account of the
   receipts and expenditure on account of such wharves and
   premises, and shall cause such account to be balanced to the
   thirty-first day of March in every year, and shall send a copy
   of such account when balanced to the said Minister, and
   shall supply any particulars in reference thereto as may be
   required by the said Minister, or any person acting with his
   approval.
8. That the Council shall appoint all officers necessary for
   the working and management of the wharf.
9. That nothing herein contained shall authorise the
   Council to do or cause to be done anything repugnant to or
   inconsistent with any law relating to the Customs, or any
   regulation of the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, or
   with any provisions of “The Harbours Act, 1878,” or its
   amendments, or any regulations thereunder.
10. That the rights, powers, and privileges hereby conferred
    shall continue in force for fourteen years, computed from the
    date of the foregoing Order in Council, unless in the mean-
    time altered, modified, or revoked.
11. That the rights, powers, and privileges conferred under
    or by virtue of the foregoing Order in Council may be at any
    time resumed by the Governor on giving to the Council six
    calendar months' notice in writing. Any such notice shall
    be sufficient if given by the Governor or the said Minister,