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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 43

convenient speed cause such defect to be removed or such repairs to be made.

8. The licensee shall be liable for any injury which may be sustained by any vessel or boat in passing the wharves, or either of them, or by contact therewith, and which may be occasioned by any default or neglect on his part.

9. In case the licensee shall—
   (1.) Commit or suffer a breach of the conditions hereinbefore set forth, or any of them;
   (2.) Cease to use or occupy the said wharves for a period of thirty days;
   (3.) Fail to pay the sums specified in clause three of these conditions; or
   (4.) Become bankrupt, or be in any manner brought under the operation of any law in force for the time being relating to bankruptcy,
   then and in any 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 licensee 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 licensee, and to all persons concerned or interested, that this Order in Council, and the rights and privileges thereby conferred, have been revoked and determined; and upon such revocation the Minister may cause the said wharves to be removed, and may recover the costs incurred by any such removal from the licensee.

10. The construction of the wharves, or either of them, shall be deemed to be an acceptance by the licensee of the conditions of this Order in Council.

G. C. SCHMIDT,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Defining Powers and Duties of Resident Commissioner, Cook Islands.

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this first day of June, 1906.
Present:

WHEREAS by subsection one of section five of “The Cook and other Islands Government Act, 1901,” it is enacted that the Resident Commissioner appointed under the said Act shall have such powers and duties as may from time to time be determined by the Governor by Order in Council:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby order as follows:—

INTERPRETATION.

1. In this Order in Council, if not inconsistent with the context,—
   “Minister” means the Minister in charge of the said Islands.
   “The said Islands” means the Cook and other Islands (other than Niue) within the boundaries of the Colony of New Zealand, as defined by “The Cook and other Islands Government Act, 1901.”
   “Resident Commissioner” means the Resident Commissioner appointed under the said Act.

POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE RESIDENT COMMISSIONER.

2. The Resident Commissioner shall administer the government in the said Islands in accordance with the laws for the time being in force in the said Islands.

3. The Resident Commissioner shall have in the said Islands the following powers and duties:—
   (1.) To recommend to the Minister fit persons for appointment to any office in the said Islands, and generally to control all Government officers in the said Islands in the performance of their duties, and to make reports thereon from time to time to the Minister.
   (2.) In the event of the absence, disability, or death of any officer, to appoint temporarily a fit and proper person to act for such officer so absent, disabled, or dead. Such temporary appointment shall be immediately notified to the Minister.
   (3.) For fit and proper cause to suspend any officer from the performance of his duties. Such suspension shall be immediately notified to the Minister.

(4.) To exercise all powers conferred on “the Chief of the Government, with the approval of the British Resident,” by virtue of the local laws of the said Islands in force for the time being.

4. The Resident Commissioner shall from time to time duly report in writing to the Minister all acts, matters, and things in connection with the administration of the Government, and other matters in the said Islands.

5. The Resident Commissioner shall, on the 31st day of March in each year, prepare a statement of the revenue and expenditure of the administration of the said Islands for the previous twelve months, and also an estimate of the revenue and expenditure for the next twelve months. Such statement and estimate shall, when prepared, be forwarded to the Minister, together with a general report for the previous twelve months.

6. The Resident Commissioner shall in all matters act in accordance with the instructions of the Governor or the Minister, as the case may be.

G. C. SCHMIDT,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Setting apart Land under “The Workers’ Dwellings Act, 1905.”

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this first day of June, 1906.
Present:

His EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

IN exercise and pursuance of the power and authority vested in me by section three of “The Workers’ Dwellings Act, 1905,” I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, do hereby set apart the land described in the Schedule hereto for the purposes of “The Workers’ Dwellings Act, 1905,” and its amendment, the said land being land acquired and proclaimed under “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900.”

SCHEDULE.
PART OF LAWRY SETTLEMENT.
ALL that area in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 4 acres and 24 perches, more or less, being Lots Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, and 19 of Lawry Settlement, and being part of Allotment No. 7A of Section No. 12, Suburbs of Auckland, situated in Otahuhu Survey District ; as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 19340, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

G. C. SCHMIDT,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Appointing Commissioners to classify Pastoral Runs in Hawke’s Bay Land District.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in me by the one hundred and eighty-ninth section of “The Land Act, 1892,” I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint

ERIC CHARLES GOLD SMITH,
CHARLES RICHARD BAINES, and
THOMAS HYDE

Commissioners to classify and report to me upon the rural lands in the Hawke’s Bay Land District known as Runs Nos. 5, 12, and 14, as provided by section 189 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this second day of June, one thousand nine hundred and six.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.