1820 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 66

portions of the Raetihi-Ohura Road from the top of Harris’s
Hill to the bridge over the Orautoha Stream near Meyer’s,
within the Huikumu and Manganui Ridings of the County
of Waimarino, under the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913:

And whereas the public notifications of the special order
authorizing the raising of the above loan, although published
four times, were not published once in each of the four weeks
immediately preceding the day on which the subsequent
meeting was to be held, inasmuch as no public notice was
given in the week immediately preceding the date of con-
firmation of the special order, as required by the provisions
of section ninety-seven of the Counties Act, 1908:

And whereas it appears that the ratepayers have not
been misled by such irregularity, and it is expedient to
validate the said proceedings:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion
of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and
authorities conferred on him by section one hundred and
eleven of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, and acting by
and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of
the said Dominion, doth hereby validate the said proceed-
ings; and doth hereby order and declare that the said public
notifications of the special order authorizing the loan shall
be valid to all intents and purposes as though the same had
been published in the proper manner, and that the proceedings
in connection with the said loan shall not be called into
question by reason only of the irregularity aforesaid.

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

Vesting the Management of certain Wharves in the Rodney
County Council, and prescribing Dues and making Regula-
tions for the Use of the said Wharves.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this tenth day
of May, 1915.
Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY, P.C., PRESIDING
IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by Orders in Council dated the thirty-first
day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-
nine, and the ninth day of April, one thousand nine hundred,
the management of the wharf at Port Albert, and of the
wharves at Mahurangi Heads, Matakana Sandspit, Upper
Matakana, Puhoi, and Warkworth, was vested in the Rodney
County Council (hereinafter called "the Council"), for a
period of fourteen years computed from the dates of the said
Orders in Council, and dues and rates, and regulations, were
prescribed and made for the use of the said wharves:

And whereas the period for which the management of the
said wharves was vested in the Council has expired, and it
is desirable to vest the same in the Council for the period here-
inafter stated:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Do-
minion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the
power and authority conferred upon him by section eleven of
the Harbours Act, 1908 (hereinafter called "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 vest in the Council
the management of the said wharves at Port Albert, Mahurangi
Heads, Matakana Sandspit, Upper Matakana, Puhoi, and
Warkworth, upon and subject to the terms and conditions
set forth in the First Schedule hereto, and doth prescribe the
dues and rates, and make the regulations set forth in the
Second Schedule hereto, for the use of the said wharves.

FIRST SCHEDULE.
CONDITIONS.

1. ALL His Majesty’s subjects shall, at all reasonable times,
   and upon payment of the proper dues, have free and full
   liberty to use the above-mentioned wharves, and of ingress
   and egress thereon and therefrom.

2. 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 wharves without payment.

3. The Council shall maintain and keep the above-mentioned
   wharves, and all erections thereon, in good order and repair;
   and shall at all times exhibit therefrom and maintain at its
   own cost suitable necessary lights for the guidance of vessels:
   Provided that no new light shall be exhibited until after it
   has been approved of by the Marine Department.

4. Any person authorized by the Minister may at all reason-
   able times enter upon the said wharves, and any buildings
   erected thereon, and view the state of repair thereof; and
   upon his leaving at or posting to the last-known address of
   the Council a notice in writing of any defect or want of repair
   in such wharves or buildings, or any of them, requiring the
   Council, within a reasonable time, to be therein prescribed,
   to repair the same, the Council shall, with all convenient speed,
   cause such defect to be removed or such repairs to be made.

5. The Council shall appoint all officers and servants re-
   quired for the management and working of the said wharves.

6. The Council shall not erect or suffer to be erected on the
   said wharves any building or structure whatever except with
   the consent of the Marine Department.

7. The Council shall keep a separate account of the receipts
   and expenditure on account of such wharves, and shall cause
   such account to be balanced to the 31st March in each year,
   and shall send a copy of such account, when balanced, to the
   Marine Department, and shall supply any particulars in
   reference thereto as may be required by the Marine Depart-
   ment.

8. Nothing herein contained shall authorize the said Coun-
   cil to do or cause to be done anything repugnant to or incon-
   sistent 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
   thereunder, and that are now or may hereafter be in force.

9. The rights, powers, and privileges conferred by this
   Order in Council shall continue in force from the dates of
   expiry of the periods fixed by the said-recited Orders in
   Council, until the 31st day of July, 1927, unless in the mean-
   time altered, modified, or revoked by competent authority.

10. That the rights, powers, and privileges conferred under
    or by virtue of this Order in Council may be at any time
    resumed by the Governor, on giving to the said Council six
    calendar months’ notice in writing. Any such notice shall
    be sufficient if given by the Governor or the Minister having
    charge of the Marine Department, or any person acting
    under his or their instructions, and delivered at the last-
    known address of the said Council, their successors, adminis-
    trators, or assigns. No compensation or allowance shall be
    payable in such case.

SECOND SCHEDULE.
WHARFAGE ON VESSELS.

Regular trading-steamers and sailing-vessels, for
each wharf per half-year, if paid in advance, per £ s. d.
ton register .. .. .. .. 0 0 6
Minimum charge for each wharf per half-year, if
paid in advance .. .. .. .. 1 0 0
Irregular trading-vessels of any class, for each time
they come alongside a wharf, per ton register .. 0 0 1
Minimum charge .. .. .. .. 0 2 6

All vessels which do not pay their dues in advance will be
deemed to be irregular trading-vessels.

Vessels coming alongside the wharves will be held re-
sponsible for any damage done to the wharves, and the said
Council will repair any such damage and charge the cost of
doing so against the master or owner of the vessel doing the
damage.

The half-year will commence on the 1st days of January
and July in each year.

The masters or owners of all regular trading-vessels shall
pay their dues in advance to the Treasurer of the said Council.

All dues payable by irregular trading-vessels shall be paid
to the Treasurer of the said Council, or to some one appointed
by him to receive them, the payments to be made by the
master or owner of the vessel upon the first application.

WHARFAGE ON GOODS.

All goods landed on or shipped from any wharf, per £ s. d.
ton weight or measurement .. .. .. 0 0 6
Minimum charge .. .. .. .. 0 0 2

All goods not removed from the wharves or sheds within
seven days will be charged 6d. per ton per week or part of a
week.

All landing-dues shall be paid quarterly, on returns to be
furnished to the Clerk of the said Council, or other person
appointed by the said Council, by the receiver of the goods,
or on returns from the books of the master or owner of the
vessel which carried them.

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