JULY 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2347

4. NOTICES re EXTENSIONS, ETC.

Records of results of tests (Regulation 37), and notices re commencement of work (Regulation 44) and re extensions and alterations (Regulation 49), should be sent to the Public Works Engineer at present stationed at Dunedin and to the Telegraph Engineer of the district, or his deputy, at present stationed at Dunedin.

5. DURATION OF LICENSE.

This license shall, unless sooner determined in accordance with the provisions hereinafter expressed, continue in force for a period of forty-two years from the date hereof. Upon the expiry of the said term, or upon the sooner determination of this license by revocation or otherwise, all rights hereby granted to the licensee shall thereupon cease and determine; but such expiration or determination shall not relieve the licensee of any liability theretofore incurred under this license.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council

License authorizing the Opotiki Borough Council to extend Electric Lines within the Borough of Opotiki.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this twelfth day of July, 1915.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section two of the Public Works Amendment Act, 1911, it is provided that no person shall lay, construct, put up, place, or use any electric line except under authority of a license issued to him by the Governor in Council under that Act:

And whereas the Opotiki Borough Council (hereinafter referred to as “the Council”) desires to extend, as hereinafter mentioned, electric lines already erected in pursuance of a license dated the nineteenth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the twenty-ninth day of the same month (hereinafter referred to as “the said license”), and it is expedient accordingly to issue a license in respect thereof under the said section:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on him by the said section, and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth, subject to the conditions set forth in the Schedule to the said license (in so far as they do not conflict with the regulations set forth in the Schedule hereto) and in the Schedule hereto, authorize the Council to erect and maintain electric lines for lighting, heating, and power purposes within the area of supply as described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

(1.) AREA OF SUPPLY.

THE area of supply comprises the Borough of Opotiki as at present constituted, such area being indicated by a red border on the plan marked P.W.D. 31459, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Provincial District.

(2.) COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATIONS.

Regulations prescribing the conditions on which licenses to construct electric lines may be authorized, dated 19th day of April, 1915, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of 29th day of April, 1915.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council

Licensing the Northern Steamship Company (Limited) to use and occupy a Part of the Foreshore and Land below Low-water Mark at Hohoura as a Site for a Wharf, and prescribing Dues for its Use.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this twenty-fourth day of May, 1915.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the twenty-seventh day of May, one thousand nine hundred and one, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 53,

of the thirtieth day of May following, the Northern Steamship Company (Limited), of Auckland (hereinafter called “the company”), was licensed to use and occupy a part of the foreshore and land below low-water mark in Hohoura Harbour, as shown on plan marked M.D. 2417, and deposited in the office of the Marine Department at Wellington, in order to erect thereon a wharf, as shown on the plan so deposited as aforesaid, for a term of fourteen years, computed from the twenty-seventh day of May, one thousand nine hundred and one:

And whereas, the said license having expired, the company has made application for a fresh license under the Harbours Act, 1908 (hereinafter called “the said Act”), for a term of fourteen years, computed from the expiry of the term of the above-mentioned license, and it is expedient to grant the same for the term and subject to the conditions hereinafter expressed, and to prescribe the dues and rates to be charged and taken for the use of the said wharf:

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 company 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 company to use and occupy that part of the foreshore, and land below low-water mark immediately contiguous thereto, which is particularly shown and delineated on the plan so deposited as aforesaid, for the purpose of using the aforesaid wharf in connection therewith, such license to be held and enjoyed by the company upon and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the First Schedule hereto; and doth hereby prescribe that all the dues and rates set forth in the Second Schedule hereto shall, as from the twenty-seventh day of March, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, be charged and taken for the use of the said wharf.

FIRST 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 that part of the foreshore and land below low-water mark occupied by the said wharf, as shown on plan marked M.D. 2417.

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 £1 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. 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 company shall maintain the above-mentioned wharf in good order and repair, and shall at all times exhibit therefrom and maintain at its 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 registered office of the company in New Zealand a notice in writing of any defect or want of repair in such wharf, requiring it, within a reasonable time, to be therein prescribed, to repair the same, it shall with all convenient speed cause such defect to be removed or such repairs to be made.

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, 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 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.