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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 52

such account to be balanced to the thirty-first day of March
in every year, and shall send a copy of such account when
balanced to the Minister, and shall supply any particulars in
reference thereto as may be required by the Minister, or any
person acting with his approval.

10. The Board shall appoint all officers necessary for the
    working and management of the wharf.

11. Nothing herein contained shall authorise the Board
    to do or cause to be done anything repugnant to or incon-
    sistent 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 thereunder.

12. The rights, powers, and privileges hereby conferred
    shall continue in force for fourteen years, computed from
    the date of the foregoing Order in Council, unless in the
    meantime altered, modified, or revoked.

13. The rights, powers, and privileges conferred under
    or by virtue of the foregoing Order in Council may be at
    any time resumed by the Governor on giving to the Board
    six calendar months’ notice in writing. Any such notice
    shall be sufficient if given by the Minister, or by any person
    acting under his instructions, and delivered at or posted to
    the last known address of the Board, its successors or assigns.
    No compensation or allowance shall be payable in such case.

14. The Board shall be liable for any injury which may
    be caused at the wharf to any vessel or boat through any
    default or neglect on the part of the Board.

15. In case the Board 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,—
    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 Board 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
    Board, 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    granted and conferred, have been revoked and determined.

16. The erection of the wharf shall be sufficient evidence
    of the acceptance by the Board of the terms and conditions
    of this Order in Council.

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SECOND SCHEDULE.

Grain or flour, per ton .. .. .. .. .. s. d.
Ditto, not exceeding 200 lb. bags .. .. .. 1 0
Posts and rails, per 100 .. .. .. .. .. 0 2
Firewood, per cord .. .. .. .. .. 0 6
Sawn timber, inwards or outwards, with right to
remain on wharf not exceeding three weeks, per
100 ft. superficial .. .. .. .. .. 0 6
Ditto, after three weeks, per week or part of week, per
100 ft. superficial .. .. .. .. .. 0 1½
Single bag or parcel .. .. .. .. .. 0 3
Horses or great cattle, first one .. .. .. 2 0
Ditto, all over one, each .. .. .. .. .. 1 0
Sheep or pigs, each .. .. .. .. .. 0 1
Sheep, all over 100, each. .. .. .. .. 0 0½
Bricks, per 1,000 .. .. .. .. .. 2 0
Coal, per ton .. .. .. .. .. 1 0
Wool, per bale .. .. .. .. .. 0 6
Flax and tow, per bale .. .. .. .. 0 6
Hides, 1d. each, or, per ton of forty to the ton .. 2 0
Sheepskins, per bale .. .. .. .. .. 0. 3
All other goods, either weight or measurement, at the
option of the Wharfinger, per ton .. .. 1 0
Half-dues to be charged on all goods transhipped into
lighters.
All vessels lying alongside the wharf without landing
or receiving cargo, first day, free.
Ditto, after the first day (excepting Sundays and
holidays), per ton net register per day .. .. 0 0½

Such passengers’ luggage or ships’ stores as are carried in
hand, not exceeding a quarter of a ton, shall be exempt from
wharfage charges.

STORAGE.

Per ton (any quantity over half a ton and under a
ton will be charged as 1 ton) per week or part of a
week .. .. .. .. .. s. d.
Half a ton or under, per week or part of a week .. 1 0
If services of Wharfinger required before 8 a.m. or
after 5 p.m., per hour or part of hour .. .. 1 0

The Board will not be responsible for goods left on the
open wharf.

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THIRD SCHEDULE.

REGULATIONS.

1. THE owner or master of every vessel lying at wharf,
   pier, jetty, or landing-place shall, before commencing to
   discharge or land his cargo on any such wharf or landing-place,
   obtain the permission of the Wharfinger or his deputy so to
   do.

2. No ballast, timber, coal, produce, or cargo of any
   description shall be embarked or shipped, disembarked or
   unshipped, except at such times and places and in such
   order and mode as may be directed and deemed expedient
   by the Wharfinger or his deputy for the proper working of
   the wharf.

3. No goods or articles of any description which in the
   opinion of the Wharfinger or his deputy are likely to occasion
   damage to the wharf or landing-place shall be discharged or
   landed on any such wharf or landing-place.

4. The master of every vessel shall on demand give to
   the Wharfinger, or other person deputed by him, a copy of
   the bill of lading, freight-list, or manifest of the cargo, or
   other proper account of all goods intended to be unshipped
   from the vessel, and the name or names of the owners to
   whom all or any goods in such vessel are intended to be
   delivered.

5. Shippers and consignees of all goods landed on or
   shipped from the wharf or any landing-place shall, before
   landing or shipping such goods, deliver to the Wharfinger
   or his deputy a full and true account of all such goods, stating
   the respective weights or measurements of the same according
   as freight is payable thereon. All charges to be paid previous
   to delivery of goods.

6. All goods landed on any wharf or landing-place, or
   brought thereon for shipment, are to be placed as the
   Wharfinger or his deputy may direct, and no goods or other
   articles shall be placed in any shed, or on any wharf or
   landing-place, so as to be an impediment to the approaches,
   or an obstacle to the removal of other goods from shed,
   wharf, or landing-place, or so as to encumber the mooring-
   posts or rings on any such wharf or landing-place.

7. The wharf shall be open daily for business from 8 a.m.
   to 5 p.m. (Sundays and holidays excepted): Provided that
   when steamers arrive before 8 a.m., then the wharf shall
   be open from the time of the arrival of the steamer; and if
   after 5 p.m., for one hour after the time of discharging.

8. All goods landed on the wharf shall be removed there-
   from before 4 o’clock p.m. on the day on which they are
   landed, except as provided by Regulation 7.

9. The Wharfinger is empowered to take charge of and
   store cargo if not removed by the consignee within six hours
   after being landed, or to cause the same to be delivered to
   the consignee at his expense and risk.

10. No person taking any vehicle on the wharf shall allow
    the same to go at greater than a walking pace.

11. Any person taking any vehicle drawn by two or more
    horses on any such wharf, pier, or jetty, as mentioned in the
    preceding regulation, shall ride on the said vehicle so as to
    keep the horses attached thereto as far as possible under his
    control while the said vehicle is in motion, and shall stand
    by the said vehicle when and so long as the same shall be
    at a standstill on any such wharf, pier, or jetty.

12. All vessels shall pay a charge not exceeding 1s. per ton
    extra, as may be fixed by the Board, on all cargo landed
    before 8 a.m. and after 4 p.m., exclusive of labour. Wool,
    skins, fungus, and flax shall be charged for at the rate of
    3d. per bale. No extra charge shall be made for coal, ballast,
    or timber discharged or shipped during extra hours.

13. In the construction of the above regulations the terms
    and expressions following shall have the meanings herein-
    after assigned to them:—
    “Wharfinger” shall mean and include the person ap-
    pointed by the Board to collect and receive all
    dues payable under these regulations:
    “Deputy” shall mean any officer acting under the in-
    structions or by the authority of the Wharfinger or
    the Board, as the case may be.

14. If any person fails, refuses, or neglects to do anything
    required by these regulations, or in any manner obstructs,
    impedes, or interferes with the doing of anything enjoined or
    authorised to be done, or wilfully does anything prohibited
    by these regulations, every such person in any case so
    offending shall be liable to forfeit and pay a penalty not
    exceeding £20.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.