Dec. 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2991

SCHEDULE.

In the Marlborough Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on a plan marked and coloured as above mentioned, deposited in the office of the Chief Engineer of Roads, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Vesting a Reserve in the Taieri County Council.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twelfth day of December, 1904.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto has been permanently reserved for gravel purposes:

And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, it is expedient to vest the said land in the Taieri County Council:

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 the powers and authorities vested in him by the fourth section of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” doth hereby declare that, from and after the day of the date hereof, the reserve mentioned in the Schedule hereto shall become vested in “The Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the Taieri County,” in trust, for gravel purposes.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Otago Land District, containing by admeasurement 3 roods 14 perches, more or less, being Section No. 8a, Block I., Otokia Survey District (formerly part of Section No. 1a, Duncan Settlement). Bounded towards the north-east by a public road, and towards the south-east, south-west, and north-west by Section No. 1a (Duncan Settlement) of Block I., Otokia Survey District: as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 19275A, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

The New Zealand Romney Marsh Sheep Breeders’ Association incorporated.—Notice No. 925.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twelfth day of December, 1904.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by “The Agricultural and Pastoral Societies Act, 1877,” His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby incorporate the members of the New Zealand Romney Marsh Sheep Breeders’ Association, and such persons as shall hereafter be admitted members of the said association agreeably to the rules of the said association and the provisions of the said Act, into a body corporate under the said Act, under the style and title of “The New Zealand Romney Marsh Sheep Breeders’ Association.”

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Licensing John Henry Richards to use and occupy a Part of the Foreshore at West Wanganui as a Site for a Wharf and Shed.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twelfth day of December, 1904.

Present:

THE RIGHT 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”), John Henry Richards, of Ferntown, farmer (hereinafter called “the licensee”), has applied to the Governor in Council for a license under the said Act to occupy parts of the foreshore and land below low-water mark at West Wanganui, in the County of Collingwood, in order to erect a wharf and shed thereon; and, in accordance with the one-hundred-and-fifty-sixth section of “The Harbours Act, 1878,” has deposited plans in the office of the Marine Department at Wellington (marked M.D. 2777, sheets A and B respectively) showing the areas 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 shed: And whereas the Governor in Council has approved of the purpose for which the said foreshore is to be occupied: 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 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 purpose or 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 those parts of the foreshore and land below low-water mark on which the wharf and shed are to be erected, as shown on the plans so deposited as aforesaid, for the purpose of erecting and maintaining the said wharf and shed thereon, such license to be held and enjoyed by the licensee upon and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

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 parts of the foreshore and land below low-water mark necessary for the erection of the wharf and shed, as shown on plan marked M.D. 2777, sheet A.

3. In consideration of the concessions and privileges granted by this Order in Council, the licensee shall, on being supplied with a copy thereof, pay to the Minister the sum of three pounds, and thereafter an annual sum of one pound ten shillings, payable on the first day of December, dating from the first day of December, one thousand nine hundred and four, the first of such annual payments to be made on the licensee being supplied with a copy 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 shed, and all rights of ingress and egress thereon and therefrom.

5. 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 wharf and shed without payment.

6. The licensee shall maintain the above-mentioned wharf and shed in good order and repair, and shall at all times exhibit from the wharf and maintain at his 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 reasonable times enter upon the said wharf and shed and view the state of repair thereof; and upon such Minister leaving at or posting to the last known address of the licensee a notice in writing of any defect or want of repair in such