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powers, and privileges shall be altered, modified, or revoked by competent authority; and the licensees shall not assign, charge, or part with any such right, power, or privilege without the previous written consent of the Minister first obtained.

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, over, and out of the said timber-booms without payment.

6. The said rights, powers, and privileges may be at any time resumed by the Governor, and the licensees may be required to remove the timber-booms at their own cost, without payment of any compensation whatever, on giving to the licensees three 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 licensees in New Zealand.

7. The licensees shall maintain the above-mentioned timber-booms in good order and repair; and shall at all times exhibit therefrom, and maintain at their own cost, any lights that may be required by the Minister: Provided that no light shall be exhibited until after it has been approved of by the Minister.

8. Any person authorized by the Minister may at all reasonable times enter upon the said timber-booms and view the state of repair thereof; and upon such Minister leaving at or posting to the last known address of the licensees a notice in writing of any defect or want of repair in such timber-booms, requiring them, within a reasonable time, to be therein prescribed, to repair the same, they shall with all convenient speed cause such defect to be removed or such repairs to be made.

9. The licensees shall be liable for any injury which may be sustained by any vessel or boat in passing the timber-booms, or by contact therewith, and which may be occasioned by any default or neglect on the part of the licensees.

10. In case the licensees 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 timber-booms for a period of thirty days;
    (3.) Fail to pay the sums specified in clause 3 of these conditions; or
    (4.) Be in any manner wound up or dissolved,—
    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 licensees or other proceedings whatsoever; and publication in the New Zealand Gazette of an Order in Council containing such revocation shall be sufficient notice to the licensees, 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 timber-booms to be removed, and may recover the costs incurred by any such removal from the licensees.

11. The construction of the timber-booms shall be deemed to be an acceptance by the licensees of the conditions of this Order in Council.

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

Licensing James Simpkin to use and occupy a Part of the Foreshore at Mangekuri, on the Wairoa River, Kaipara Harbour, as a Wharf-site.

ISLINGTON, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-second day of December, 1911.

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 under the Harbours Act, 1908 (hereinafter called “the said Act”), James Simpkin, of Kaipara (hereinafter called “the licensee”), 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 adjacent thereto, at Mangekuri, on the Wairoa River, in Kaipara Harbour, in order to erect and maintain a wharf thereon; and, in accordance with the one-hundred-and-fiftieth section of the said Act, has deposited a plan in the office of the Marine Department, at Wellington, marked M.D. 3782, showing the area of foreshore and land below low-water mark intended to be occupied, and the manner in which it is proposed to erect the wharf: And whereas it has been made to appear to the Governor in Council that the proposed work will not be or tend to the injury of navigation, and the said plan has, prior to the making of this Order in Council, been approved by the Governor in Council: And whereas it is expedient that a license should be granted and issued to the licensee under the said Act, for the purpose aforesaid, 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 conferred upon him by the said Act, 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 approve of the 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, and land below low-water mark adjacent thereto, on which the wharf is to be erected, as shown on the plan so deposited as aforesaid, for the purpose of erecting and maintaining the said wharf thereon, such license to be held and enjoyed by the licensee 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, 1908, 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 land below low-water mark adjacent thereto, necessary for the construction of the wharf, as shown on plan marked M.D. 3782.

3. In consideration of the concessions and privileges granted by this Order in Council, the licensee shall, on being supplied with a copy thereof, pay to the Minister the sum of £2 10s. and thereafter an annual sum of £1, payable in advance, dating from the date hereof, the first of such annual payments to be made on the licensee 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 licensee shall maintain the above-mentioned wharf in good order and repair; and shall at all times exhibit therefrom and maintain at his 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 authorized 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 licensee a notice in writing of any defect or want of repair in such wharf, requiring him, within a reasonable time to be therein prescribed, to repair the same, he shall with all convenient speed cause such defect to be removed or such repairs to be made.

8. Nothing herein contained shall authorize the licensee to do or cause to be done anything repugnant to or inconsistent with any law relating to the Customs, or any regulation of the Minister of Customs, or with any provisions of the Harbours Act, 1908, or its amendments, or any regulations made thereunder, and that are now or may hereafter be in force.

9. The ballast of all vessels loading at the said wharf shall be taken away by the licensee and deposited above high-water mark, or at such place as may be approved of by the Minister, by the Harbourmaster at Kaipara, or by any person appointed by the Minister for that purpose.

10. The rights, powers, and privileges conferred by or under this Order in Council shall continue to be in force for fourteen years from the date hereof, unless in the meantime such rights, powers, and privileges shall be altered, modified, or revoked by competent authority; and the licensee shall not assign, charge, or part with any such right, power, or privilege, without the previous written consent of the Minister first obtained.

11. 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 licensee three calendar months’ previous notice in writing. Any such notice shall be sufficient if given by the Minister and