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shall at all times have free ingress, passage, and egress into,
through, and out of the said wharf without payment.
4. The company shall maintain the above-mentioned wharf
in good order and repair; and shall at all times exhibit
therefrom and maintain at its own cost suitable and
necessary lights for the guidance of vessels: Provided that
no light shall be exhibited until after it has been approved
of by the Minister.
5. Any person authorised by the Minister may at all rea-
sonable times enter upon the said wharf and view the state
of repair thereof; and upon such Minister leaving at or
posting to the last known address of the company a notice
in writing of any defect or want of repair in such wharf, re-
quiring it, within a reasonable time, to be therein prescribed,
to repair the same, it shall with all convenient speed cause
such defect to be removed or such repairs to be made.
6. Nothing herein contained shall authorise the company
to do or cause to be done anything repugnant to or incon-
sistent with any law relating to the Customs, or any regula-
tion of the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, or with
any provisions of "The Harbours Act, 1878," or its amend-
ments, or any regulations made thereunder, and that are
now or may hereafter be in force.
7. The ballast of all vessels loading at the said wharf
shall be taken away by the company and deposited above
high-water mark, or at such place as may be approved of by
the Minister, or by any person appointed by the Minister
for that purpose.
8. 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 company shall
not assign, charge, or part with any such right, power, or
privilege without the written consent of the Minister first
obtained.
9. 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 company 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 registered office of the company
in New Zealand.
10. The company shall be liable for any injury which the
said wharf may cause any vessel or boat to sustain through
any default or neglect on its part.
11. In consideration of the concessions and privileges
granted by this Order in Council, the company shall pay to
the Minister the annual sum of £2, dating from the 1st day
of December, 1895; the first of such payments to be made
on the company being supplied with a copy of this Order in
Council.
12. In case the company shall—
(1.) Commit or suffer a breach of the conditions herein-
before setforth, or any of them;
(2.) Cease to use or occupy the said wharf for a period
of thirty days; or
(3.) Be in any manner wound up or dissolved,
then and in either of the said cases this Order in Council,
and every right, power, or privilege, may be revoked and
determined by the Governor in Council without any notice
to the company or other proceeding whatsoever; and pub-
lication in the New Zealand Gazette of an Order in Council

containing such revocation shall be sufficient notice to the
company, and to all persons concerned or interested, of the
facts stated in such Order in Council.
ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Resignation of Colonial Secretary, Attorney-General, and
Member of Executive Council.

Premier's Office,
Wellington, 20th December, 1895.
HIS Excellency the Governor has accepted the resigna-
tion by
The Honourable Sir Patrick Alphonsus Buckley,
K.C.M.G.,
of his offices as Colonial Secretary, Attorney-General, and
member of the Executive Council of the Colony.
R. J. SEDDON.

Resignation of Member of Legislative Council.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 20th December, 1895.
HIS Excellency the Governor has accepted the resigna-
tion by
The Honourable Sir Patrick Alphonsus Buckley,
K.C.M.G.,
of his seat as a member of the Legislative Council of the
colony.
JOHN McKENZIE,
For Colonial Secretary.

Judge of Supreme Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 20th December, 1895.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap-
point
The Honourable Sir Patrick Alphonsus Buckley,
K.C.M.G.,
Barrister, to be a Judge of the Supreme Court of New
Zealand.
W. P. REEVES.

Rate of Interest allowed on Deposits in the Post-Office
Savings-Bank.

NOTICE is hereby given that I have determined that,
after the 1st day of January, 1896, interest will be
allowed on every complete pound deposited in the Post-Office
Savings-Bank at the rate of 3½ per centum per annum on
sums not exceeding £200, and at the rate of 3 per centum
per annum on sums over £200, and in the same proportion
for any shorter time. Provided that no interest shall be
allowed on sums over £500, except as provided by section 7
of "The Post-Office Savings-Bank Amendment Act, 1869."
JOHN McKENZIE,
For Colonial Treasurer.
Treasury, Wellington, 20th December, 1895.

By Authority: SAMUEL COSTALL, Govt. Printer, Wellington.