Revoking Order in Council licensing E. R. Cardno to occupy
a Part of Foreshore of Waima River.

GLASGOW, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twelfth
day of December, 1896.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the second day
of September, one thousand eight hundred and
ninety-five, and published in the New Zealand Gazette,
No. 66, of the fifth day of the same month, His Excellency
the Governor in Council did, in pursuance of the provisions
of “The Harbours Act Amendment Act, 1883,” license
Ebenezer Robertson Cardno, of Auckland, to use and occupy
a part of the foreshore of the Waima River, Hokianga
Harbour, for the purpose of erecting and maintaining thereon
booms in the position shown on and in accordance with plan
marked M.D. 2004, and deposited in the office of the Marine
Department at Wellington:

And whereas the said Ebenezer Robertson Cardno has not
constructed the said booms, and has applied to the Governor
in Council for the cancellation of the said license:

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 exercise
of all the powers enabling him in that behalf, doth hereby
revoke and determine the said recited Order in Council, and
every right, power, and privilege conferred thereby or in-
tended so to be.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Licensing the Morning Star Gold-mining Company to use and
occupy a Part of the Foreshore of Preservation Inlet.

GLASGOW, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twelfth
day of December, 1896.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS, there being no Harbour Board empowered
to grant the license hereinafter mentioned under
“The Harbours Act Amendment Act, 1883” (hereinafter
called “the said Act”), the Morning Star Gold-mining
Company, of Invercargill (hereinafter called “the licensee”),
has applied to the Governor in Council for a license under
the said Act to occupy a part of the foreshore and of the land
below low-water mark of Preservation Inlet, in order to
erect a wharf thereon, and, in accordance with the one
hundred and fifty-sixth section of “The Harbours Act,
1878,” has deposited a plan in the office of the Marine
Department at Wellington (marked M.D. 2101), showing
the position in which it is intended to erect such wharf, the
area of foreshore and land below low-water mark intended
to be occupied, and the manner in which it is proposed to
erect the wharf: And whereas the Governor in Council
has approved of the purpose for which the said license is
required: And whereas it is expedient that a license should
be granted and issued to the licensee under the said Act, for
the purpose aforesaid, on the terms and conditions herein-
after expressed:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the
Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the
power and authority vested in him by the said Act, and of
all other powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf,
and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive
Council of the said colony, doth hereby approve of the object
for which the said license is required by the licensee as
aforesaid, and in further pursuance and exercise of the said
power and authority, and with the like advice and consent as
aforesaid, doth hereby license and permit the licensee to use
and occupy that part of the foreshore and land below low-
water mark on which the wharf is to be erected, as shown
on the plan so deposited as aforesaid, for the purpose of
erecting and maintaining the said wharf, such license to be
held and enjoyed by the licensee upon and subject to the
following terms and conditions, that is to say:—

1. In these conditions the term “Minister” means the
   Minister having charge of the Marine Department, as de-
   fined by “The Shipping and Seamen’s Act, 1877,” and in-
   cludes any officer, person, or authority acting by or under
   the direction of such Minister.

2. The concessions and privileges conferred by this Order
   in Council shall extend and apply only to the part of the
   foreshore occupied by the said wharf, as shown on plan
   marked M.D. 2101,

3. In consideration of the concessions and privileges
   granted by this Order in Council, the licensee shall, on de-
   mand, pay to the Minister the annual sum of one shilling,
   computed from the date of this Order in Council.

4. All persons shall at all reasonable times, upon payment
   of the proper dues, have free and full liberty to use the said
   wharf, and all rights of ingress and egress thereon and
   therefrom.

5. 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,
   through, and out of the said wharf without payment.

6. The licensee 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.

7. 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 office of the licensee 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.

8. Nothing herein contained shall authorise the licensee
   to do or cause to be done anything repugnant to or incon-
   sistent with any law relating to the Customs, or any regu-
   lation 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.

9. The ballast of all vessels loading at the said wharf
   shall be taken away by the licensee, 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.

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 mean-
    time such rights, powers, and privileges shall be altered,
    modified, or revoked by competent authority; and the
    licensee 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 licensee six calendar
    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 office of the licensee.

12. The licensee 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.

13. In case the licensee 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; or

(3.) Be in any manner wound up or dissolved,
then and in either of the said cases this Order in Council,
and every license, right, power, or privilege thereby con-
ferred, may be revoked and determined by the Governor in
Council without any notice to the licensee or other pro-
ceeding whatsoever; and publication in the New Zealand
Gazette of an Order in Council containing such revocation
shall be sufficient notice to the licensee, 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.

Revoking Close Season for Mullet, Bay of Islands.

GLASGOW, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twelfth
day of December, 1896.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by Order in Council made under “The
Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884,” on the seventh
day of November, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-
three, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 84, of
the tenth day of the same month, a close season for the
fish of the species of Mugil known as mullet or kanae was
made for the portion of the colony described therein, ex-