Mar. 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 791

Licensing the Kauri Timber Company (Limited) to use and occupy a Part of the Foreshore of Hokianga Harbour.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this sixteenth day of March, 1903.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor 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 Kauri Timber Company (Limited) (hereinafter called “the company”) 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 adjacent thereto, at Kohukohu, Hokianga Harbour, as a site for a reclamation in connection with a wharf; 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. 2599, showing the area of foreshore and land below low-water mark intended to be occupied: And whereas the Governor in Council has approved of the purpose for which the said foreshore and land below low-water mark are to be occupied: And whereas it is expedient that a license should be granted and issued to the company under the said Act for the purpose aforesaid, on the terms and conditions hereinafter 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 company 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 company to use and occupy that part of the foreshore and of the land below low-water mark as a site for such reclamation, as shown on the plan so deposited as aforesaid, provided that the area shown on the plan which is filled up with sawdust shall have the surface covered with at least twelve inches of earth, and that slabs are so placed as to prevent the sawdust and earth from getting into the harbour; such license to be held and enjoyed by the company 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 defined by “The Shipping and Seamen’s Act, 1877,” and includes 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 and of the land below low-water mark to be occupied by the said reclamation, as shown on plan marked M.D. 2599.

3. In consideration of the concessions and privileges granted by this Order in Council, the company shall, on being supplied with a copy thereof, pay to the Minister the sum of two pounds ten shillings, and thereafter an annual sum of one pound, payable on the first day of January, dating from the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and three.

4. His 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 reclamation without payment.

5. The company shall maintain the abovementioned reclamation 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.

6. Any person authorised by the Minister may at all reasonable times enter upon the said reclamation and view the state of repair thereof; and, upon such Minister leaving at or posting to the office of the company in New Zealand notified under the provisions of “The Foreign Companies Act, 1884,” or, if there be no such office, at any place of business of the company in New Zealand, a notice in writing of any defect or want of repair in such reclamation, requiring 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.

7. Nothing herein contained shall authorise the company 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 made thereunder, and that are now or may hereafter be in force.

8. The rights, powers, and privileges conferred by or under this Order in Council shall continue to be in force until the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and six, 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 previous 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 calendar months’ previous notice in writing. Any such notice shall be sufficient if given by the Minister, and delivered at or posted to the office of the company in New Zealand notified under the provisions of “The Foreign Companies Act, 1884,” or, if there be no such office, at any place of business of the company in New Zealand.

10. The company shall be liable for any injury which the said reclamation may cause any vessel or boat to sustain through any default or neglect on its part.

11. In case the company shall—

(1.) Commit or suffer a breach of the conditions hereinbefore set forth, or any of them; or

(2.) Cease to use or occupy the said reclamation for a period of thirty days; or

(3.) Do, commit, or suffer any act which would entitle any creditor or other person to take any proceedings to have the company wound up in accordance with any law for the time being in force relating to registered companies; or suffer or obtain an order of some Court of competent jurisdiction, or procure or allow to be passed a special or extraordinary resolution, for the winding-up of the said company; or suffer a distress or execution to be respectively levied or sued out upon or against the property of the company in New Zealand; or

(4.) Fail to pay the sums specified in clause 3 of these conditions,

then and in any 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 company 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 company, 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.

12. The construction of the reclamation shall be sufficient evidence of the acceptance by the company of the terms and conditions of this Order in Council.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Appointment of East Coast Native Trust Lands Board.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this nineteenth day of March, 1903.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS it is enacted by section three of “The East Coast Native Trust Lands Act, 1902,” that the Governor may from time to time, by Order in Council, appoint a Board consisting of three fit persons, who shall have power to carry out the duties imposed upon the Board by the said Act:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the said section three of “The East Coast Native Trust Lands Act, 1902,” and acting by and with the consent and advice of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby appoint

JOHN ALFRED HARDING, Esquire, of Gisborne;
JAMES MACFARLANE, Esquire, of Gisborne; and
WALTER SHRIMPTON, Esquire, of Maraekakaho, Hawke’s Bay,

to be the Board referred to in the said Act.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.