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foreshore occupied by the said boat-shed, as shown on plan marked M.D. 4769.

3. 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., and thereafter an annual sum of £1 in advance, dating from the date of this Order in Council, the first of such annual payments to be made on the licensee 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 boat-shed without payment.

5. The licensee shall maintain the above-mentioned boat-shed in good order and repair.

6. Any person authorized by the Minister may at all reasonable times enter upon the said boat-shed and view the state of repair thereof; and upon such Minister leaving at or posting to the last known address of the licensee in New Zealand a notice in writing of any defect or want of repair in such boat-shed, requiring him, within a reasonable time, to be therein prescribed, to repair the same, he shall with all convenient speed cause such defect to be removed or such repairs to be made.

7. Nothing herein contained shall authorize the licensee to do or cause to be done anything repugnant to or inconsistent with any law relating to the Customs, or any regulations 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.

8. The rights, powers, and privileges conferred by or under this Order in Council shall continue to be in force for fourteen years from the date of this Order in Council, 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 written consent of the Minister first obtained.

9. 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 licensee 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 licensee in New Zealand.

10. The licensee shall be liable for any injury which the said boat-shed may cause any vessel or boat to sustain through any default or neglect on his part.

11. In case the licensee 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 boat-shed for a period of thirty days;
    (3.) Become bankrupt, or be brought under the operation of any law for the time being in force relating to bankruptcy; or
    (4.) Fail to pay the sums specified in clause 3 of these conditions,—
    then and in any 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 licensee 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 licensee, 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.

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License authorizing the Waitara Borough Council to erect Electric Lines within the Borough of Waitara.

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LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this thirtieth day of April, 1917.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE SIR JAMES ALLEN, K.C.B., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

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

And whereas the Waitara Borough Council (hereinafter referred to as “the licensee”) desires to erect lines within the area of supply as defined in the Schedule hereto, and hereinafter called “the area of supply,” 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 upon him by the said section, and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in that 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 hereto, and to the regulations made under section two of the aforesaid Act, and published in the New Zealand Gazette dated the twenty-ninth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, and hereinafter referred to as “the regulations,” hereby authorize the licensee to erect and maintain electric lines for lighting, power, and heating purposes within the area of supply hereinafter described.

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SCHEDULE.

1. AREA OF SUPPLY.

THE area of supply comprises the Borough of Waitara as at present constituted.

2. SYSTEM OF SUPPLY.

The system of supply shall be as described in paragraph (b) (1) of clause 2 of the regulations.

The generating voltage shall be approximately 440 to 500 volts between the terminals.

3. DATUM TEMPERATURE.

For the purpose of calculating the stresses as provided in clause 12 of the regulations, the datum temperature shall be taken as 20 degrees Fahrenheit.

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 Under-Secretary, Public Works Department, Wellington, and to the Telegraph Engineer of the district, or his deputy, at present stationed at Wanganui.

5. CHARGES FOR ELECTRIC ENERGY.

The charge for electrical energy shall not exceed 9d. per unit for lighting purposes, and 4d. per unit for motor-power, heating, or cooking purposes; provided that “lighting purposes” shall include the operation of motor generators for lighting purposes.

6. 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.

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Native Land in Block XIV, Hastings Survey District, taken for the Purposes of a Public School.

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LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this thirtieth day of April, 1917.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE SIR JAMES ALLEN, K.C.B., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is Native land, and is required to be taken under the Public Works Act, 1908, for the purposes of a public school: And whereas the said land is held or occupied by Native owners under a title which is not derived from the Crown: And whereas a map of the said land has been prepared in duplicate, as required by section ninety of the Public Works Act, 1908:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him by the Public Works Act, 1908, 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 hereby proclaim and declare that the land shown upon such map, and described