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9. The ballast of all vessels loading at the said wharf
   shall be taken away by the licensees and deposited above
   high-water mark, or at such place as may be approved of by
   the Minister, by the Harbourmaster at Collingwood, or by
   any person appointed by the Minister for that purpose.

10. The rights, powers, and privileges conferred by or
    under this Order in Council shall continue to be in force for
    fourteen years from the date hereof, unless in the meantime
    such rights, powers, and privileges shall be altered, modified,
    or revoked by competent authority; and the licensees shall
    not assign, charge, or part with any such right, power, or
    privilege without the written consent of the Minister first
    obtained.

11. The said rights, powers, and privileges may be at any
    time resumed by the Governor without payment of any
    compensation whatever, on giving to the licensees six calen-
    dar 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 the licensees or either
    of them.

12. 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.

13. 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 for a period
    of thirty days;
    (3.) Become bankrupt, or be in any manner brought
    under the operation of any Act for the time being
    in force relating to bankruptcy; or
    (4.) Fail to pay the sums specified in clause three of these
    conditions,
    then and in either 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    privileges thereby granted and conferred, have been revoked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.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Declaring Land to be vested in Wellington City Corporation.

GLASGOW, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this sixteenth
day of September, 1895.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

In pursuance and in exercise of the power and authority
conferred by section eight of "The Wellington Corpora-
tion and Harbour Board Streets and Lands Act, 1892," and
upon the joint application of the Mayor, Councillors, and
Citizens of the City of Wellington and the Wellington Har-
bour Board, 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, doth hereby declare
that the land described in the Sixth Schedule to the said Act
shall be divested from the Wellington Harbour Board and
vested in the Mayor, Councillors, and Citizens of the City of
Wellington as a public street.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Rules and Regulations for the Management of the Papa-
kai portion of the Waitaki Islands.

GLASGOW, Governor.

WHEREAS by section four of "The Land Act, 1892"
(hereinafter termed "the said Act"), the Governor
is empowered to make, alter, or revoke rules, regulations,
and orders for, among other things, the care, management,
and protection in every manner of all unoccupied Crown
lands: And whereas it is expedient to make regulations for
the care and management of the Crown lands hereinafter
described: Now, therefore, I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and
exercise of the power and authority conferred by the said
Act, do hereby make the following rules, regulations, and
orders for the care and management of the Crown lands
within the banks of the Waitaki River, and known as the
Papakai portion of the Waitaki Islands, and described in
the First Schedule to such regulations, and do hereby declare
that such regulations shall come into force on the day of the
gazetting hereof.

REGULATIONS.

1. For the purpose of carrying out these regulations the
   following persons are appointed a Committee for the care,
   management, and protection of the said islands:—
   HUGH ROSS,
   ALEXANDER WALKER,
   NEIL McGOWAN,
   WILLIAM JOSEPH WILLIAMS, and
   THOMAS DUNCAN,

all in the County of Waitaki, farmers, who shall be known
as the "Papakai (Waitaki Islands) Committee" (herein-
after referred to as "the Committee"). Three of such Com-
mittee shall retire by ballot in December in each year, but
they shall be eligible for reappointment as hereinafter pro-
vided.

2. On the first Wednesday in January in each year an
   election shall take place from among the holders of licenses
   to depasture cattle or stock upon the said islands (herein-
   after termed "licensed holders") for the purpose of electing
   three members of the Committee instead of the three
   retiring members; and the names of such persons, when so
   elected, shall be submitted to the Governor for approval, and
   if so approved they shall take the place of the three retiring
   members.

3. The Committee shall meet for the transaction of busi-
   ness on the first Wednesday in each month, at two
   o'clock p.m., at Duntroon, or at such other time or place as
   may from time to time be fixed by the Committee. The
   first meeting shall be held on Wednesday, the sixth day
   of November, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five.

4. Special meetings may be convened by the Chairman or
   by any two members of the Committee, 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.

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

6. The members of the Committee shall, at their first
   meeting, and thereafter at an annual meeting to be held on
   the first Wednesday 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. At such meeting a Secretary
   shall also be appointed by the Committee.

7. 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.

8. If, by retirement, 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.

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

10. The words "great cattle" shall be construed to mean
    and include cattle, horses, mules, and asses, male or female,
    and their offspring above six months of age; and the words
    "small cattle" shall be construed to mean sheep, male and
    female, and their offspring above the age of six months.

11. License-holders may run great or small cattle upon
    the lands described in the First Schedule upon the condi-
    tions mentioned in the depasturing license, to be obtained as
    hereinafter provided.

12. Persons desirous of obtaining a depasturing license
    must lodge with the Receiver of Land Revenue at Duntroon
    an application in writing in the form or to the effect con-
    tained in the Second Schedule hereto, and deposit therewith
    the license fee payable hereunder. If such application be
    refused the fee shall be refunded to the applicant.

13. The Committee shall have power to refuse to grant
    any license, also to limit the number of cattle which may
    be depastured under any license. They shall also have
    power to specify the kind of cattle which may be depastured
    under any license.

14. The number of cattle to be depastured shall be men-
    tioned in the license, and the rent to be paid in respect of
    such license shall be calculated upon the following scale,
    that is to say:—

For every head of great cattle s. d.
mentioned in the license .. 4 0 per annum
For every head of small cattle .. 1 0 "

Every such license shall be in the form or to the effect
contained in the Second Schedule hereto, and shall expire
on the thirty-first day of December in every year, when such
license may be renewed in accordance with the foregoing
provisions. Every license shall be granted subject to the
conditions herein set forth, and shall be signed by the
Chairman of the Committee.