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lines if they pass under the said electric lines. In addition

Licensing the Hokianga Meat Supply Company (Limited) to
use and occupy a Part of the Foreshore at Rawene,
Hokianga Harbour, as a Site for a Store.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government House at Wellington, this twenty-fifth
day of March, 1915.
Present :
His Excellency The Governor in Council.
WHREAS, there being no Harbour Board empowered
to grant the license hereinafter mentioned under
the Harbours Act, 1908 (hereinafter called "the said Act"),
the Hokianga Meat Supply Company (Limited), (hereinafter
called "the company") has applied to the Governor in Council
for a license under the said Act to occupy a part of the
foreshore at Rawene, in Hoki nga H.,rb.ur, in order to erect
and maintain a store 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. 4402), showing the area of foreshore intended
to be occupied, and the manner in which it is proposed to
erect the said store on site marked No. 6 on the said plan ;
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 company under the said Act for the
purpose aforesaid, on the terms and conditions hereinafter
expressed:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Do-
minion 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
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 con-
sent as aforesaid, doth hereby license and permit the company
to use and occupy that part of the foreshore on which the
said store is to be erected, as shown on the plan so deposited
as aforesaid, for the purpose of erecting and maintaining the
the said store thereon, such license to be held and enjoyed by
the company 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 necessary for the erection of the store as shown on
   site No. 6 on the plan marked M.D. 4402.
3. In consideration of the concessions and privileges
   granted by this Order in Council the company shall, on being
   supplied with a copy thereof, pay to the Minister the sum of
   £2 10s., and thereafter an annual sum of £5 payable in
   advance, dating from the date hereof, the first of such
   annual payments to be made on the company being supplied
   with a copy of this Order in Council.
4. 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 store without payment.
5. The company shall maintain the above-mentioned store
   in good order and repair.
6. Any person authorized by the Minister may, at all
   reasonable times, enter upon the said store and view the
   state of repair thereof; and upon such Minister leaving at or
   posting to the last known address of the company a notice
   in writing of any defect or want of repair in such store,
   requiring it within a reasonable time, to be therein pre-
   scribed, to repair the same, it shall with all convenien-
   speed cause such defect to be removed or such repairs to be
   made.
7. 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 Har-
   bours Act, 1908, or its amendments, or any regulations made
   thereunder, and that are now or may hereafter be in force.
8. The rights, powers, and privileges conferred by or under
   this Order in Council shall continue to be in force for fourteen
   to the above precautions, telegraph lines shall be suitably
   insulated if deemed necessary by the Minister of Tele-
   graphs. The cost of all necessary guard-wires and special
   provisions required to comply with this clause, or deemed to
   be necessary as a protection to telegraph lines generally,
   shall be borne by the licensee when the telegraph lines are
   erected before the said electric lines. In cases where the said
   electric lines are erected before the telegraph lines, the
   licensee, on receipt of notice from the District Telegraph En-
   gineer of the Post and Telegraph Department or his Deputy,
   that it is proposed to run a telegraph line along the route,
   shall forthwith make the necessary changes required to
   comply with this clause at any points at which the said
   electric lines already cross such routes, the cost of such changes
   being borne by the Post and Telegraph Department.
9. No work of any nature shall be erected or constructed
   upon, over, or under any part of the New Zealand Govern-
   ment Railways until the licensee has obtained the consent of
   the Minister of Railways thereto, as required by section 4
   of the Government Railways Amendment Act, 1910 (No. 2).
10. The construction of the works hereby authorized shall
    be substantially commenced on or before the 1st day of
    May, 1915, and shall be completed on or before the 1st day
    of August, 1915.
11. The licensee shall, prior to the completion of the said
    works, give to the Minister at least seven days' notice in
    writing of the estimated date of such completion.
12. The licensee shall not use the said electric lines, or
    permit the same to be used, until the Minister has given notice
    in writing to the licensee that he has received from the In-
    specting Engineer a certificate that the work hereby authorized
    has been satisfactorily carried out.
13. The said electric lines shall be duly and efficiently
    supervised and maintained by the licensee as regards both
    electrical and mechanical conditions, and shall not be per-
    mitted by the licensee to remain erected after they have
    ceased to be used for the supply of electricity.
14. This license, and the benefits and obligations hereunder,
    shall not be assigned by the licensee without the expressed
    consent in writing of the Minister first had and obtained;
    but such consent shall not be withheld if it is proved to the
    satisfaction of the Minister that the transferee is financially
    and otherwise able to carry out the obligations specified in
    this license.
15. The Minister may at any time order an inspection to
    be made of the said electric lines. If any defect is found to
    exist it must be remedied forthwith; and if, in the opinion
    of the officer or person inspecting, such default is serious the
    Minister may, on receipt of the report, direct the licensee to
    at once cease transmitting energy either over the whole of
    the said electric lines or over any specified part thereof until
    such defect is repaired or remedied. In default of the licensee
    remedying the defect or ceasing to transmit energy the licensee
    shall be liable to a penalty of £20 for each day during which
    the defect remains if energy is transmitted, such penalty to
    be recoverable by or on behalf of the Minister as a debt due
    to the Crown. The cost of such inspection shall be borne by
    the licensee.
16. If the licensee fails to comply with any of the con-
    ditions of this license the Minister may, by notice in writing,
    require the licensee within thirty days to remedy the default
    specified in that notice; and if the licensee fails to comply
    with the terms of the notice within the said period, the
    licensee shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £20, to be
    recoverable by or on behalf of the Minister as a debt due to
    the Crown.
17. Notwithstanding anything in the last preceding clause
    of these conditions, if the licensee fails to comply with the
    terms of any such notice for ninety days after the receipt
    thereof, the Governor in Council may thereupon revoke this
    license without further notice.
18. For the purpose of ascertaining whether the conditions
    of this license are being faithfully complied with by the
    licensee, the Minister, or any person appointed by him in that
    behalf, may at all reasonable times enter on the lands and
    works and inspect the said works.
19. Nothing in this license shall be deemed in any way
    to interfere with, affect, or abridge any rights or powers vested
    in His Majesty the King, or in the Governor on his behalf,
    authorizing the construction, management, or working of
    any public works; nor shall any compensation be payable
    to or on behalf of the licensee for injury done to the works
    herein authorized by the construction, management, or
    working of any such public works as aforesaid, or for the loss
    occasioned thereby, or for the exercise of any such right or
    power as aforesaid.
20. This license shall come into force on and after the
    publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette.
    J. F. ANDREWS,
    Clerk of the Executive Council.