APRIL 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1175

23. Certain Regulations not to apply.—The regulations made under the Municipal Corporations Acts on the dates mentioned in the first column below shall not apply as aforesaid to the extent mentioned opposite thereto respectively in the second column.

24. References to Groups of Sections.—References in the columns under Regulations 21, 22, and 23 to groups of sections, paragraphs, and clauses shall be deemed to include the first and last of them.

25. Acts to apply as modified.—Subject to the modifications and exceptions hereinbefore expressly or by implication made, the Municipal Corporations Act shall, so far as applicable, and the necessary consequential amendments being deemed made therein, extend and apply to the town for the purposes of the Rotorua Act.

26. Department not to Contribute in respect of Hospitals and Charitable Aid.—The Department shall not make any contribution under “The Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act, 1885,” or “The Public Health Act, 1900,” or any other Act in respect of the erection or maintenance of hospitals or institutions or the distribution of charitable aid.

27. Water-supply.—(1.) The Department may, in respect of the supply of water, do the following things:—

(a.) It may supply water to the inhabitants of the town for such purposes as shall be defined by by-law.

(b.) It may, in respect of any such supply, make such charges as may be fixed by by-law or as may be agreed on, subject to any such by-law, with any person receiving such supply.

(c.) It may, in respect of any meter provided by it, make such annual charges as may be fixed by by-law.

(2.) Section 298 of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900,” shall extend and apply to the case of the supply being in excess of all demands for such supplies as for the time being are provided for by by-law.

28. Contracts for supply by the Government of Water and Electricity.—(1.) The Department as the body corporate constituted by the Rotorua Act and the General Government may contract for such period and upon such terms as may be mutually agreed on for the supply by the General Government to the Department of water or electricity (or both) for the purpose of the Department supplying the same to the inhabitants of the town or (in the case of electricity) for also lighting the streets and public places of the town.

(2.) Sections 301 and 302 of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900,” shall not apply to any such contract for water.

29. Polls.—(1.) Where by any provision of any Act relating to boroughs a poll, request, demand, or other proceeding of or by any electors, ratepayers, or other persons is necessary before some act may be done, such provision shall, in respect to the town, be taken to apply to the persons whose names appear for the time being on any rate-book for the time being in force in the town.

(2.) For the purpose of taking any such poll the Resident Officer shall prepare and sign a special roll of the persons entitled to vote thereon.

30. Matters in Progress.—(1.) “The Rotorua Town Council Act, 1900,” and “The Rotorua Town Council Validation and Extension Act, 1901,” and all regulations made thereunder, respectively shall, notwithstanding the repeal thereof, respectively be deemed to have continued, and to continue, in force as from the coming into operation of the Rotorua Act for the purpose of continuing, completing, or perfecting any act or proceedings of any kind commenced or in progress thereunder at the coming into operation of the Rotorua Act, or any such act or proceeding may be continued, completed, or perfected under any provision of that Act or of these regulations adapted for that purpose.

(2.) All offences committed or penalties incurred before any such repeal as aforesaid may be prosecuted, punished, and enforced as if such repeal had not been made.

31. Revocation of certain Regulations.—All regulations made under “The Rotorua Town Council Act, 1900,” or “The Rotorua Town Council Validation and Extension Act, 1901,” are hereby revoked.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Licensing W. H. Saies to use and occupy a Part of the Foreshore at Torara North, Whangaroa Harbour.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this eleventh day of April, 1908.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS, there being no Harbour Board empowered to grant the license hereinafter mentioned, William Henry Saies, of Totara North, Whangaroa (hereinafter called “the licensee”), has applied to the Governor in Council for a license under “The Harbours Act Amendment Act, 1883” (hereinafter called “the said Act”), to occupy a part of the foreshore at Totara North, Whangaroa Harbour, as shown on plans marked M.D. 1930 and 1931, and deposited in the office of the Marine Department at Wellington, as a site for buildings for storing purposes, erected in accordance with the said plans: And whereas it is expedient that a license under the said Act, for the purpose aforesaid, should be granted and issued to the licensee on the terms and conditions hereinafter expressed:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion 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 Dominion, 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 that part of the foreshore which is particularly shown and delineated in red colour on the plan marked M.D. 1930 so deposited as aforesaid, as a site for buildings for storage purposes, and which said license shall be held and enjoyed by the licensee upon and subject to the following terms and conditions, that is to say:—

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 necessary for a site for such buildings, which is shown, coloured red, on the plan marked M.D. 1930, and deposited in the office of the Marine Department as aforesaid.

3. In consideration of the concessions and privileges granted by this Order in Council, the licensee shall pay the sum of two pounds ten shillings, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, and shall pay to the Minister an annual sum of two pounds, dating from the twenty-eighth day of

B