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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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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 wharf on the Mahurangi River, and doth further order and direct that such dues and rates shall be paid to the Rodney County Council.

SCHEDULE.
WHARFAGE ON VESSELS.
£ s. d.
Regular trading-steamers and sailing-vessels, for each wharf per half-year, if paid in advance, per ton register .. .. .. .. 0 0 6
Minimum charge for each wharf per half-year, if paid in advance .. .. .. .. 1 0 0
Irregular trading-vessels of any class, for each time they come alongside a wharf, per ton register .. 0 0 1
Minimum charge .. .. .. .. 0 2 6

All vessels which do not pay their dues in advance will be deemed to be irregular trading-vessels.

Vessels coming alongside the wharves will be held responsible for any damage done to the wharves, and the said Council will repair any such damage, and charge the cost of doing so against the master or owner of the vessel doing the damage.

The half-year will commence on the 1st days of January and July in each year.

The masters or owners of all regular trading-vessels shall pay their dues in advance to the Treasurer of the said Council.

All dues payable by irregular trading-vessels shall be paid to the Treasurer of the said Council, or to some one appointed by him to receive them, the payments to be made by the master or owner of the vessel upon the first application.

WHARFAGE ON GOODS.
£ s. d.
All goods landed on or shipped from any wharf, per ton weight or measurement .. .. 0 0 6
Minimum charge .. .. .. .. 0 0 2

No wharfage dues or rates shall be payable on coal landed or shipped for the use of the Coastal Steamship Company (Limited).

All goods not removed from the wharves or sheds within seven days will be charged 6d. per ton per week or part of a week.

All landing-dues shall be paid quarterly, on returns to be furnished to the Clerk of the said Council, or other person appointed by the said Council, by the receiver of the goods, or on returns from the books of the master or owner of the vessel which carried them.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Powers delegated to the Hawksbury Domain Board under “The Public Domains Act, 1881.”

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this fifteenth day of February, 1901.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE W. C. WALKER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by “The Public Domains Act, 1881,” His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council thereof, doth hereby revoke a certain Order in Council, dated the fourteenth day of March, one thousand nine hundred, making delegation of certain powers in manner as therein appears; and doth hereby, with the like advice and consent, and in respect of the land hereinafter mentioned, delegate all the powers conferred by the said Act, except the powers conferred by sections five and twelve thereof, for the period of three years from the date hereof (unless previously altered or revoked under the said Act), to the under-mentioned persons, who shall be known as the Hawksbury Public Domain Board, namely,—

His Worship the MAYOR OF HAWKSBURY (ex officio);
BENJAMIN BRAY, of Waikouaiti, Butcher;
JAMES STEVENS, of Hawksbury, Sheep-farmer;
HENRY BUCKLAND, of Kaitoa, Waikouaiti, Sheep-farmer; and
THOMAS SMITH, of Hawksbury, Carpenter

(hereinafter referred to as “the Board”), subject to the stipulations hereinafter contained, that is to say,—

1. The Board shall meet for the transaction of business on the first Monday in each month, at two o’clock p.m., at the Courthouse, Hawksbury, or at such other time or place as may from time to time be fixed by the Board. The first meeting shall be held on Monday, the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and one.

2. Special meetings may be convened by the Chairman or by any two members of the Board, 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.

3. Any three members of the Board shall form a quorum. Any meeting may be adjourned from time to time.

4. The members of the Board shall, at their first meeting, and thereafter at an annual meeting to be held on the first Monday in February 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.

5. The Board shall prepare and submit at each annual meeting a report of the proceedings of the Board for the previous year ending on the thirty-first day of December, together with a statement of the receipts and expenditure of the Board for such year. A copy of every such report and statement, certified by the Chairman to be correct, shall be sent to the Minister of Lands as soon as possible after each annual meeting.

6. 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.

7. If, by 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.

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

And with the like advice and consent as aforesaid doth hereby also order that this delegation shall take effect in respect of the parcels of Crown lands described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land in the Otago Land District, situated in the Town of Hawksbury, and containing by admeasurement 5 acres 2 roods 32 perches, more or less. Bounded on the north by Glasgow Street; towards the east by Sections Nos. 1 and 6, Block XXI., Town of Hawksbury; towards the south by Forfar Street; again towards the east by the aforesaid street, and by Section No. 1, Block XXIII., of aforesaid town; again towards the south and east by Section No. 14, Block XXIII. aforesaid; again towards the south by Cupar Street; again towards the east by the said street, and Sections Nos. 1 and 17, Block XXV., of aforesaid town; and again towards the south by Kinross Street to the lagoon; and towards the west by the lagoon to Glasgow Street.

Also all that parcel of land in the Otago Land District, situated in the Town of Hawksbury, and containing by admeasurement 16 perches, more or less. Bounded towards the east by Cromarty Street, and towards the south-west and west by the lagoon.

Also all that parcel of land in the Otago Land District, situated in the Town of Hawksbury, and containing by admeasurement 1 acre and 16 perches, more or less. Bounded towards the north-west and north-east by the lagoon; towards the east by Cromarty Street; and towards the south by Clackmannan Street.

Also all that parcel of land in the Otago Land District, situated in the Town of Hawksbury, and containing by admeasurement 1 acre and 32 perches, more or less. Bounded towards the north-east by Clackmannan Street; towards the south-east by part of Section No. 19, Block XXX., Town of Hawksbury; towards the east by Section No. 18 of aforesaid block and town; towards the south by Perth Street; and towards the north-west by the lagoon.

Also all that parcel of land in the Otago Land District, situated in the Hawksbury District, being Lagoon Block numbered VI. on the map of the said district, containing by admeasurement 192 acres 3 roods 20 perches, more or less. Bounded towards the north by Glasgow Street, 200 links; towards the east by the Township of Hawksbury, 18700 links; towards the south by the Township of Hawksbury and Section No. 7 of the said Block VI., 4800 links; and towards the west by Section No. 15 of the said Block VI. and the Township of Hawksbury, 14000 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: and intersected by two road-lines each 100 links wide.

Also all that parcel of land in the Otago Land District, being Sections Nos. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11, Block XI., Town