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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 17

Fixing Lighthouse Dues.

ISLINGTON, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this thirteenth day of February, 1912.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR J. G. WARD, BART.,
PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS it is enacted by section two hundred and eighty-seven of the Shipping and Seamen Act, 1908, that the Governor may by Order in Council fix the various rates of lighthouse dues, not exceeding those specified in the Thirteenth Schedule to the said Act, which shall be payable at any port or ports in the Dominion in respect of all ships arriving at, and of all ships leaving, such ports; and in like manner may increase, reduce, or abolish such dues:

And whereas it is advisable to fix the various rates of lighthouse dues which shall be collected on vessels arriving at the Port of Whangaparapara, Great Barrier Island:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by section two hundred and eighty-seven of the Shipping and Seamen Act, 1908, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby order that the lighthouse dues specified in the third column of the Schedule hereto shall be collected on arrival at the Port of Whangaparapara.

SCHEDULE.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Fixing Sittings of Court of Appeal.

ISLINGTON, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this thirteenth day of February, 1912.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR J. G. WARD, BART.,
PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the Judicature Act, 1908, it is enacted that the Court of Appeal shall hold its sittings at such times and places as shall from time to time be fixed by the Governor in Council, and proclaimed in the Government Gazette twenty-one days at least before the times so fixed respectively:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby fix that sittings of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand shall be held within the Supreme Court House, in the City of Wellington, upon the following days, at eleven o’clock in the forenoon:—

Monday, the twenty-fifth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twelve.

Monday, the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and twelve.

Monday, the thirtieth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and twelve.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Licensing the Opunake Wharf Company (Limited) to use and occupy a Part of the Foreshore at Opunake as a Site for a Wharf and Sheds, and prescribing Dues and Rates for the Use of such Wharf.

ISLINGTON, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this thirteenth day of February, 1912.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR J. G. WARD, BART.,
PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS, there being no Harbour Board empowered to grant the license hereinafter mentioned, the Opunake Wharf Company (Limited), of Opunake (hereinafter called “the company”), in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, applied to the Governor in Council for a license under the said Act to occupy a part of the foreshore and the land below low-water mark immediately contiguous to such foreshore at Opunake, in the Provincial District of Taranaki, in order to erect and maintain thereon a wharf and the necessary sheds in connection therewith; and, in accordance with the one-hundred-and-fifty-sixth section of the Harbours Act, 1878, deposited plans in the office of the Marine Department, at Wellington (marked M.D. 1593 and 1650), showing the manner in which it was proposed to construct such wharf and sheds, the place where it was intended to erect the same, and the area of foreshore or land below low-water mark intended to be occupied for such purpose: And whereas it was made to appear to the Governor in Council that the proposed work would not be or tend to the injury of navigation, and the said plans were approved by the Governor in Council without modification or addition: And whereas, pursuant to such application, a license was by Order in Council dated the nineteenth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the twenty-third day of the same month, granted and issued to the company under the said Act, for the purpose aforesaid, for the term of fourteen years, computed from the date of the said Order in Council, on the terms and conditions therein expressed:

And whereas the company duly constructed the said wharf and sheds, and the same are now under the control and management of the company:

And whereas the company in the year one thousand nine hundred and four made application for a fresh license under the said Act for a term of three years, computed from the expiry of the term of the said first-mentioned license, and such license was granted for the said term of three years:

And whereas the company in the year one thousand nine hundred and seven made further application for a fresh license under the said Act, and such license was granted for a further term of two years:

And whereas the company in the year one thousand nine hundred and nine made further application for a fresh license under the said Act, and such license was granted for a further term of two years:

And whereas the company has made application for a fresh license under the said Act for a further term of two years, computed from the date of expiry of the said license for two years hereinbefore mentioned, and it is expedient to grant the same for the term and subject to the 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 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 immediately contiguous thereto which is particularly shown and delineated on the plans so deposited as aforesaid, for the purpose of using the aforesaid wharf and sheds in connection therewith, such license to be held and enjoyed by the company upon and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the First Schedule hereto; and doth hereby prescribe the dues and rates set forth in the Second Schedule hereto to be taken by the company for the use of the said wharf; and doth also hereby declare that this Order in Council shall come into force and take effect on the nineteenth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, being the date of the expiry of the term of the license last granted.