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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 6

Prescribing Dues for the Use of Taiotea Wharf, Takapuna.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this twenty-fourth day of January, 1916.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the thirteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 19, of the twenty-ninth day of the same month, the Waitemata County Council, of Auckland (hereinafter called “the Council”), was licensed to use and occupy a part of the foreshore and land below low-water mark, at Takapuna, Auckland, as shown on plan marked M.D. 3799 (two sheets), 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 thirteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and twelve:

And whereas it is considered expedient to prescribe 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 Harbours Act, 1908, 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 prescribe that the dues and rates set forth in the Schedule hereto shall, on and after the date of the publication of this Order in Council in the New Zealand Gazette, be charged and taken by the Council for the use of the said wharf.

SCHEDULE.

PASSENGER WHARFAGE.

1. For every passenger landed on the said wharf by means of a boat or other tender from any vessel lying away from such wharf the sum of 2d. shall be paid, and the owner of the vessel from which the passenger is landed shall pay such charge to the Council immediately on the landing of such passenger.

2. The master of any such vessel landing passengers as aforesaid shall furnish to the Council a certified statement of the number of passengers so landed.

SHIPPING WHARFAGE.

For every vessel, the sum of 1d. per ton on the gross tonnage of such vessel per day or part of a day the vessel shall occupy a berth alongside the wharf or alongside of any other vessel using the wharf, or shall lie off the said wharf with a line attached thereto, shall be paid.

GOODS WHARFAGE.

s. d.
Grain or flour, per ton .. .. .. .. 2 0
Posts and rails, per 100 .. .. .. .. 2 6
Firewood, per ton .. .. .. .. 0 6
All timber, superficial, per 100 ft. .. .. 0 3
Single bag or parcel (not passengers’ luggage) .. 0 3
Horses or great cattle, each .. .. .. 1 0
Sheep, pigs, and small cattle, each .. .. 0 3
Bricks, per 1,000 .. .. .. .. 2 6
Coal, per ton .. .. .. .. 1 6
Wool, per bale .. .. .. .. 1 0
Flax and tow, per bale .. .. .. .. 1 0
Hides, each .. .. .. .. 0 3
Sheepskins, each .. .. .. .. 0 1
All other goods, either weight or measurement, at the option of the wharfinger, per ton .. .. 2 0
Half dues to be charged on all goods transhipped into lighters.
All returned empties, free.
Such passengers’ luggage or ships’ stores as are carried in hand, not exceeding one quarter of a ton, shall be exempt from wharfage charges.

STORAGE.

For first twenty-four hours .. .. .. Free.
For each day or part of a day thereafter, per ton or part of ton over half a ton .. .. .. 1 0
Per quarter of ton or under, per day .. .. 0 6
If the services of the wharfinger are required before 8 a.m. or after 5 p.m. a fee of 1s. per hour or part of an hour shall be charged.
If any ship shall use the wharf for the discharge of any goods or cargo before or after the usual working-hours or on wharf holidays, the master, owner, or agent of such ship shall pay to the Council for the use of the wharf, in addition to the charges hereinbefore provided, a further charge of 1s. per ton on all goods or cargo so discharged from such ship. This charge shall be made only when, in the opinion of the wharfinger, it is necessary to employ labour to stack or remove cargo in consequence of the discharge of such goods or cargo aforesaid.

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

Prescribing Dues and Rates for the Use of the Wharf at Tairua.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this twenty-fourth day of January, 1916.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the thirteenth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, the management of the wharf at Tairua was vested in the Thames County Council:

And whereas it is desirable that dues and rates should be prescribed which shall be taken by the Council for the use of such wharf:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by section thirteen of the Harbours Act, 1908, 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 prescribe that the dues and rates set forth in the Schedule of this Order in Council shall be taken by the Thames County Council for the use of the wharf at Tairua.

SCHEDULE.

BERTHAGE.

For vessels hauling alongside the wharf, per day or part of a day, per ton of registered tonnage .. 0 0½
Vessels when bar-bound at Tairua to be charged for three days only.
(Sailing-vessels in all cases to make way for steamers.)

STORAGE.

(For Goods, &c., stored in the Wharf Shed.)

Incoming Cargo.

Free storage for forty-eight hours.
After forty-eight hours, per ton, per day or part of a day .. .. .. .. 0 6
Parcels, after forty-eight hours, each, per day or part of a day .. .. .. .. 0 3

Outgoing Cargo.

Free storage in all cases for seven days.

Grain—
Over seven days and up to twenty-one days, per sack, per week or part of a week .. .. 0 0½
Over twenty-one days, per sack, per week or part of a week .. .. .. .. 0 2
Potatoes, same rate as grain.

Wool—
Over seven days to twenty-one days, per bale, per week or part of a week .. .. 0 3
Over twenty-one days, per bale, per week or part of a week .. .. .. .. 0 6
Chaff, one-half grain rate.
All other outgoing cargo, over seven days, per ton, per day or part of a day .. .. .. .. 0 6
(Any cargo, incoming or outgoing, may be ordered to be removed from the shed at any time.)

WHARFAGE.

(For Goods, &c., landed on or shipped from the Wharf to be charged by Weight or Measurement.)

General cargo, incoming or outgoing (with the exceptions hereinafter mentioned), per ton .. .. 1 0
Grain (all), per sack .. .. .. .. 0 1
½ haff, per sack .. .. .. .. 0 0½
Potatoes, per sack .. .. .. .. 0 1
Butter (up to three boxes), per box .. .. 0 1
Butter (over three boxes), per box .. .. 0 0½
Sheep and lambs, per head .. .. .. .. 0 1
Cattle, per head .. .. .. .. 1 0