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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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pressure or extra-high-pressure lines, and shall be subject to
the regulations governing high-pressure and extra-high-pres-
sure lines respectively.

4. DATUM TEMPERATURE.

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

5. 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 Elec-
trical Engineer at present stationed at Christchurch, and to
the Telegraph Engineer of the district, or his deputy, at
present stationed at Christchurch.

6. CHARGES FOR ELECTRIC ENERGY.

The charge for electrical energy shall not exceed 6d. per
unit for lighting purposes, and 3d. per unit for motor-power,
heating, or cooking purposes; provided that “lighting pur-
poses” shall include the operation of motor generators for
lighting purposes.

7. WIRING CONSUMERS’ PREMISES.—MONOPOLY FORBIDDEN.

The licensee shall not grant or agree to grant any com-
pany, firm, or person the sole right to supply or erect the
electric wiring on any consumer’s premises; nor shall any
consumer be required to purchase from the licensee or his
assigns any material or apparatus for installing the electric
wiring on such premises, or to have the work carried out by
the licensee or his assigns, as a condition precedent to a
supply of electrical energy being given by the licensee to the
consumer.

8. 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 determina-
tion 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.

Licensing Mary Ann Constance Bryers to use and occupy
a Part of the Foreshore and Land below Low-water Mark
at Omapere, in Hokianga Harbour, as a Site for a Wharf,
and prescribing Dues for the Use thereof.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this twenty-ninth
day of October, 1918.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS, there being no Harbour Board empowered
to grant the license hereinafter mentioned, under
the Harbours Act, 1908 (hereinafter called “the said Act”),
Mary Ann Constance Bryers, of Omapere, Hokianga (herein-
after called “the licensee”), has applied to the Governor-
General in Council for a license under the said Act to use
and occupy a part of the foreshore and land below low-
water mark at Omapere, in Hokianga Harbour, as shown on
plan marked M.D. 2745, and deposited in the office of the
Marine Department at Wellington, in order to maintain a
wharf thereon:

And whereas it has been made to appear to the Governor-
General in Council that the said wharf will not be or tend
to the injury of navigation, and the said plan marked
M.D. 2745 has, prior to the making of this Order in Council,
been approved by the Governor-General in Council:

And whereas it is desirable that a license under the said
Act, for the purpose aforesaid, should be granted and issued
to the licensee for the term and subject to the conditions
hereinafter expressed:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of
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 ap-
prove of the purpose or object for which the said license is
required by the licensee 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 licensee to use and occupy that part
of the foreshore and land below low-water mark adjacent
thereto necessary for the maintenance of the said wharf;
such license to be held and enjoyed by the said licensee
upon and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in
the First Schedule hereto; and doth hereby prescribe that
the dues and rates specified in the Second Schedule hereto
shall be charged and taken for the use of the said wharf,
and doth order that such dues shall be paid to the licensee.

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. 2745.

3. In consideration of the concessions and privileges
   granted by this Order in Council the licensee shall pay to
   the Minister the sum of £2 10s., and thereafter an annual
   sum of £5, in advance, dating from the 1st day of October,
   1918, the first of such annual payments to be made on the
   licensee being supplied with a copy of this Order in Council.

4. All persons shall at all reasonable times, and upon pay-
   ment 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-General, 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 licensees shall maintain the above-mentioned wharf
   in good order and repair, and shall at all times exhibit there-
   from, and maintain at her 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 address of the licensee in
   New Zealand a notice in writing of any defect or want of
   repair in such wharf, requiring her, within a reasonable
   time, to be therein prescribed, to repair the same, she shall
   with all convenient speed cause such defect to be removed or
   such repairs to be made.

8. Nothing herein contained shall authorize the licensee
   to do or cause to be done anything repugnant to or incon-
   sistent with any law relating to the Customs, or any regu-
   lation of the Minister of Customs, or with any provisions of
   the Harbours Act, 1908, or its amendments, or any regu-
   lations 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 licensee 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.

10. The rights, powers, and privileges conferred by or under
    this Order in Council shall continue to be in force for four-
    teen years from the 17th day of October, 1918, 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.

11. The said rights, powers, and privileges may be at any
    time resumed by the Governor-General, 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.

12. The licensee shall be liable for any injury which the
    said wharf may cause any vessel or boat to sustain through
    any default or neglect on her part.

13. In case the licensee shall—
    (1.) Commit or suffer a breach of the conditions herein-
    before set forth, or any of them;
    (2.) Cease to use or occupy the said wharf 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 either of the said cases this Order in Council, and
    every license, right, power, or privilege, may be revoked and