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8. Nothing herein contained shall authorize 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 Minister of Customs, or with any provisions of the Harbours Act, 1903, 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 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.

10. The rights, powers, and privileges conferred by or under this Order in Council shall continue to be in force for five years from the twenty-third day of September, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, 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 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 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 in New Zealand.

12. The company shall be liable for any injury which the said wharf or log-slip may cause any vessel or boat to sustain through any default or neglect on the part of the company.

13. In case the company 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 wharf or log-slip for a period of thirty days;
    (3.) Be in any manner wound up or dissolved;
    (4.) Fail to pay the sums specified in clause 3 of these conditions,—
    then and in either of the said cases this Order in Council, and every license, right, power, or privilege, may be revoked and determined by the Governor in Council without any notice to the company or other proceeding whatsoever; and publication in the New Zealand Gazette of an Order in Council containing such revocation shall be sufficient notice to the company, and to all persons concerned or interested, that this Order in Council, and the license, rights, and privileges thereby granted and conferred, have been revoked and determined.

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

Licensing George Russell Fellows to occupy Foreshore outside Manukau Harbour.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this sixth day of December, 1915.

Present :

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the eighteenth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 64, of the twenty-first day of the same month, George Russell Fellows, of Onehunga (hereinafter called “the licensee”), was licensed to occupy a part of the foreshore outside Manukau Harbour, as shown on plan marked M.D. 4081, and deposited in the office of the Marine Department at Wellington, for the purpose of extracting gold from the ironsand thereon, for a period of two years from the date of and subject to the conditions prescribed in the said Order in Council:

And whereas the said license having expired, the licensee has made application for a fresh license under the Harbours Act, 1908 (hereinafter called “the said Act”), for a term of two years, computed from the date of expiry of the license hereinbefore mentioned, and it is advisable to grant the same for the period and subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter mentioned:

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 acting 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 on the plan so deposited as aforesaid, for the purpose of extracting gold from the ironsand 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 foreshore which is inside the red line drawn on the said plan marked M.D. 4081.

3. The rights, powers, and privileges conferred by this Order in Council shall continue in force for a period of two years from the 18th day of August, 1915, 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.

4. 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. per annum, payable on the 18th day of August, dating from the 18th day of August, 1915.

5. The licensee shall not commit or suffer to be committed any unnecessary waste or damage in or upon the said foreshore and premises, or any part thereof, in carrying on the said works, or in exercise of the powers or privileges thereby granted.

6. The licensee shall, at the expiration or sooner determination of the said term, deliver unto the Minister or to any person appointed in that behalf, the said foreshore or premises in as good a state and condition as the nature of the case will admit of, and as shall be consistent with the due performance of the several covenants and conditions herein contained.

7. The licensee also will, if required by the Minister, within six months after the expiration or sooner determination of the said term, at the expense of the said licensee, fill up, level, or substantially cover in or fence all pits, shafts, or other open places or works as shall have been made or used by the licensee under or by virtue of these presents.

8. The licensee also will, within the time last aforesaid and at the like expense, whenever so required by the Minister, clear such portions of the foreshore as have been broken up, taken, covered, or used by the licensee under or by virtue of these presents, as he or they shall by the Minister be required to clear, and will restore the surface of the said foreshore to its original state, or as near thereto as reasonably may be or be required as aforesaid.

9. The licensee also will keep in good and substantial repair all fences and erections made or erected under or by virtue of the covenants and conditions herein contained or implied, or any of them.

10. If before the expiration of the term hereby granted the licensee shall find it unprofitable to work the ironsand for the extraction of gold upon the said foreshore, and shall be desirous of surrendering these presents, then, upon payment of the rents and royalties hereby reserved up to the end of the then current year of the said terms, and upon the observance of the several covenants, conditions, and agreements herein contained or implied, it shall be lawful for the licensee to surrender the license hereby granted, and the term and interest of the licensee in the foreshore and premises hereby demised or intended so to be, and upon acceptance of such surrender such term and interest shall absolutely cease and determine.

11. If and whenever the rent hereinbefore reserved, or any part thereof respectively, shall be in arrear or unpaid for the space of three calendar months, whether the same shall have been legally demanded or not, or if and whenever there shall be a breach or non-observance of any of the covenants, conditions, or agreements by or on the part of the licensee herein contained or implied, the Minister, or any person appointed on his behalf, may re-enter upon the said demised premises or any part thereof, in the name of the whole, and thereupon the said term of years hereby granted shall absolutely cease and determine, anything hereinbefore contained to the contrary notwithstanding, without prejudice nevertheless to the recovery of any rent or royalty then due or payable, or to any right of distress that may have arisen under these presents prior to such re-entry, or to the liability of the licensee to perform and observe, or to the right of the Minister to enforce, the performance and observance of every