May 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2103

Altering the Boundaries of the Auckland and Taranaki Deeds Registration Districts.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this twelfth day of May, 1914.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE W. FRASER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section four of the Deeds Registration Act, 1908, it is enacted that the Governor, by Order in Council, may from time to time alter the boundaries of any deeds registration district:

And whereas it is expedient to alter the boundaries of the Auckland and Taranaki Deeds Registration Districts:

Now, therefore, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon me by the hereinbefore-in-part-recited Act, and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, do hereby order and declare that from and after the twenty-first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen, the boundaries of the said Deeds Registration Districts of Auckland and Taranaki shall be as are described and set forth in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

AUCKLAND DEEDS REGISTRATION DISTRICT.

ALL that area bounded towards the north and north-east generally by the ocean from Cape Maria Van Diemen to the north-eastern corner of Whangaparaoa No. 2 Block; thence towards the south-east generally by the Hawke's Bay Deeds Registration District, as described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 30, of the 28th April, 1898, to the Ngaruroro River; thence towards the south-west generally by the Wellington Deeds Registration District, as described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 8, of the 1st February, 1912, to the confluence of the Wanganui and Ongaruhe Rivers; thence by a line along the middle of the Ongaruhe River to its confluence with the Waimēha Stream; thence by a line along the middle of the Waimēha Stream to the western boundary of the Rangitoto-Tuhua No. 36 Block; thence by the western boundary of that block to the middle of the Mokau River, and along the middle of that river to the ocean; and thence towards the west and south-west generally by the ocean to the place of commencement: including the adjacent islands and the Kermadec Islands.

TARANAKI DEEDS REGISTRATION DISTRICT.

All that area bounded towards the north generally by the Auckland Deeds Registration District hereinbefore described, from the mouth of the Mokau River to the western boundary of the Rangitoto-Tuhua No. 36 Block; thence towards the east generally by the said Auckland Deeds Registration District to the confluence of the Wanganui and Ongaruhe Rivers; thence by the Wellington Deeds Registration District, as described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 8, of the 1st February, 1912, to the ocean at the mouth of the Patea River; thence towards the south-west, west, and north-west generally by the ocean to the mouth of the Mokau River, the place of commencement.

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

Making an Additional Regulation under the Lands Improvement and Native Lands Acquisition Act, 1894.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this twelfth day of May, 1914.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE W. FRASER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the sixteenth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and nine, and published in the Gazette of the nineteenth day of August then instant, regulations were made under section twenty-five of the Lands Improvement and Native Lands Acquisition Act, 1894, for the purposes of the said Act: And whereas it is expedient to amend the said regulations:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion 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 Dominion, doth hereby amend the said regulations by making and adding thereto the additional regulation hereinafter set forth.

REGULATION.

12A. NOTWITHSTANDING anything contained in Regulation 12, the total expenditure on any one holding within the Waimarino North Improved Farm Settlement may, on the recommendation of the Land Board, and with the approval of the Minister of Lands, be increased to £350, exclusive of the advance made for a house.

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

Making Regulations fixing Dues and otherwise with respect to the Kaipara Harbour and certain Wharves therein.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this twelfth day of May, 1914.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE W. FRASER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS it is enacted by section two hundred and seven of the Harbours Act, 1908 (hereinafter called “the said Act”), that a Harbour Board shall have power, by by-laws made under the said Act, to do all or any of the things in the said section mentioned within the limits of the harbour, including, amongst other things, power to regulate the use of wharves and other landing-places, and generally regulate the traffic on the same, fix scales of dues, tolls, and charges to be paid for the use of wharves, and fix scales of dues for the storage of goods, and otherwise as mentioned in the said section:

And whereas it is enacted by section nine of the said Act that in harbours where there is no Harbour Board the Governor in Council shall have all the powers, functions, duties, and authorities by the said Act conferred upon Harbour Boards, and may exercise the same in accordance with the said Act under regulations to be made in the manner provided in section two hundred and seven:

And whereas there is no Harbour Board in Kaipara Harbour, and it is desirable to make the following regulations with respect to the said harbour, and to the wharves and landing-places therein which are under the control of the Otamatea County Council:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the hereinbefore-recited power and authority, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby make the following regulations with respect to the said harbour, and to the wharves and landing places therein which are under the control of the Otamatea County Council (hereinafter called “the Council”).

REGULATIONS.

1. In these regulations, if not inconsistent with the context,—
   “Council” means the Otamatea County Council:
   “Boat” means any open, decked, or half-decked boat attached to or used in connection with any ship or other vessel lying in or belonging to or visiting the Kaipara Harbour, and also any such boat used for the purposes of business or pleasure by residents of the district of Kaipara, in which the means of propulsion is either exclusively by oars or partly by oars and partly by sails:
   “Master” means and includes the person actually in charge of any vessel, whether or not he is certified:
   “Vessel” means and includes every description of launch or ship whether used in navigation or in any way kept or used as a hulk or storeship, or for any other purpose whatsoever, whether business or pleasure, and not coming within the above definition of “boat”:
   “Wharf” has the same meaning as in the Harbours Act, 1908:
   “Wharfinger” includes every person actually in charge of any wharf for the time being.

2. The master of any vessel loading or discharging at any wharf or jetty shall be deemed accountable for the proper slinging and landing of all goods, and responsible for all damage that may occur either from the breakage of slings or from the goods being improperly slung or improperly handled.