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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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for the erection of such mill and wharves and other structures, which are shown on Sheets Nos. 1 and 2 of the plans marked M.D. 2910.

2. In consideration of the concessions and privileges granted by this Order in Council, the company shall pay to the Minister the sum of three pounds, and thereafter an annual sum of five pounds for the first seven years of the term of fourteen years herein after mentioned, and an annual sum of seven pounds ten shillings for the remainder of the said term.

3. That all His Majesty’s subjects shall at all reasonable times, upon payment of the proper dues, have free and full liberty to use the wharves, and of ingress and egress thereon.

4. That 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 wharves without payment.

5. The company shall maintain the above-mentioned mill, wharves, and structures connected therewith 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 mill, wharves, and structures connected therewith and view the state of repairs thereof; and upon such Minister leaving at or posting to the last known address of the company a notice in writing of any defect or want of repair in such mill, wharves, or erections 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. That 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 ballast of all vessels loading at the said wharves shall be taken away by the company and deposited above high-water mark, or at such place as may be approved of by the Minister or by any person appointed by the Minister for that purpose.

9. The rights, powers, and privileges conferred by this Order in Council shall continue in force for fourteen years, computed from the date of this Order in Council, 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.

10. 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 three calendar months’ previous notice in writing. Any such notice shall be sufficient if given by the Minister, and delivered at or posted to the last known address of the company.

11. The company shall be liable for any injury which the said mill, wharves, or other structures may cause any vessel or boat to sustain through any default or neglect on the part of the company.

12. In case the company—
    (1.) Commits or suffers a breach of the conditions hereinbefore set forth, or any of them;
    (2.) Ceases to use or occupy the said mill, wharves, or other structures; or
    (3.) Is wound up or dissolved,
    then and in any such case the Order in Council, and every license, right, power, or privilege thereby conferred, may be revoked and determined by the Governor in Council without any notice to the company or other proceedings whatsoever; and publication in the New Zealand Gazette of an Order in Council containing such revocation shall be sufficient notice of the fact to the company and to all persons concerned or interested that the rights and privileges thereby conferred have been revoked and determined.

13. In these conditions the term “Minister” means the Minister of Marine, as defined by “The Shipping and Seamen Act, 1903,” and includes any officer, person, or authority acting by or under the direction of such Minister.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Licensing the Karamea Sawmilling Company (Limited) to use and occupy a Part of the Foreshore of Karamea River as a Site for a Wharf.

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-third day of January, 1906.

Present:
The Honourable Sir J. G. Ward, K.C.M.G., 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”), the Karamea Sawmilling 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 land below low-water mark of the Karamea River, West Coast, South Island, in order to construct a wharf thereon; 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. 2817), showing the area of foreshore and land below low-water mark intended to be occupied, and the manner in which it is proposed to construct the wharf: 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 purpose 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 on which the wharf is to be constructed, as shown on the plan so deposited as aforesaid, for the purpose of constructing and maintaining the said wharf thereon, such license to be held and enjoyed by the company 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 of Marine, as defined by “The Shipping and Seamen Act, 1903,” 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 necessary for the erection of the wharf at Karamea River aforesaid, as shown on plan marked M.D. 2817.

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 £3, and thereafter an annual sum of £1, such annual payment to date from the date hereof, and the first of such annual payments to be made on the company 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 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 without payment.

6. The company shall maintain the above-mentioned wharf 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.

7. Any person authorised by the Minister may at all reasonable times enter upon the said wharf and view the state of repair thereof; and upon such Minister leaving at or posting to the last known address of the company in New Zealand a notice in writing of any defect or want of repair in such wharf, 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.