May 30.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2077

of ridings within the County of Ohura by increasing the same
to ten, and altered the boundaries of certain of the original
ridings :

And whereas it is provided by subsection (a) of section
sixty-nine of the said Act that where a county or any part
thereof is redivided into new ridings all the Councillors in
office in the original ridings affected by such redivision shall
go out of office, and an election of Councillors shall be held
in respect of the new ridings or such of the original ridings
as are affected by the redivision :

And whereas an election as aforesaid has not been held in
the said County of Ohura: And whereas it is expedient to
extend the time for holding such election :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of
the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers and
authorities vested in him by section two hundred and seventeen
of the said Act, and of all other powers in anywise enabling
him in this behalf, and acting by and with the advice and
consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth
hereby extend the time for holding an election of Councillors
in those ridings of the County of Ohura in respect of which
an election is required by the said subsection (a) of section
sixty-nine of the said Act; and doth hereby order and
declare that the said election shall be held and take place
on Wednesday, the tenth day of July, one thousand nine
hundred and eighteen.

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

Licensing the Kauri Timber Company (Limited) to use
and occupy a Part of the Foreshore and Land below
Low-water Mark of the Waiwawa River as a Site for
Timber-booms.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this twenty-first
day of May, 1918.

Present :

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

WHEREAS, there being no Harbour Board empowered
to grant the license hereinafter mentioned, the
Kauri Timber Company (Limited), of Auckland (hereinafter
called “the company”), has applied to the Governor-
General in Council for a license under the Harbours Act,
1908 (hereinafter called “the said Act”), to occupy a part
of the foreshore and land below low-water mark of the
Waiwawa River, Mercury Bay, as a site for timber-booms;
and, in accordance with the one-hundred and fiftieth section
of the said Act, has deposited a plan in the office of the
Marine Department at Wellington (marked M.D. 4903),
showing the place where it is intended to construct such
timber-booms, the area of foreshore and land below low-
water mark intended to be occupied for such purpose, and
the manner in which it is proposed to carry out the work :

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

And whereas it is expedient that a license under the said
Act, for the purpose aforesaid, should be granted and issued
to the company on the terms and conditions hereinafter
expressed :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General 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 by 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 which is particu-
larly shown and delineated on the plan M.D. 4903, so de-
posited as aforesaid, for the purpose of maintaining thereon
timber-booms constructed in accordance with the said plan,
such license to be held and enjoyed by the company upon
and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the
Schedule hereto.

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 necessary for the
   construction of the timber-booms, as shown on plan M.D.

4. 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 £2 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.

5. The rights, powers, and privileges conferred by this
   Order in Council shall continue in force for fourteen years
   from the date hereof, unless in the meantime such rights,
   powers, and privileges shall be altered, modified, or revoked
   by competent authority; and the company shall not assign,
   charge, or part with any such right, power, or privilege
   without the previous written consent of the Minister first
   obtained.

6. 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, over, and out of the said timber-booms
   without payment.

7. The said rights, powers, and privileges may be at any
   time resumed by the Governor-General, and the company may
   be required to remove the timber-booms at their own cost,
   without payment of any compensation whatever, on giving
   to the company 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 company in New Zealand.

8. The company shall maintain the above-mentioned
   timber-booms in good order and repair; and shall at all
   times exhibit therefrom, and maintain at its own cost, any
   lights that may be required by the Minister; provided that
   no light shall be exhibited until after it has been approved
   of by the Minister.

9. Any person authorized by the Minister may at all
   reasonable times enter upon the said timber-booms and
   view the state of repair thereof; and upon such Minister
   leaving at or posting to the last known address of the
   company a notice in writing of any defect or want of repair
   in such timber-booms, 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.

10. The company shall be liable for any injury which may
    be sustained by any vessel or boat in passing the timber-
    booms, or by contact therewith, and which may be occasioned
    by any default or neglect on the company’s part.

11. In case the company 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 timber-booms for a
    period of thirty days ;
    (3.) Fail to pay the sums specified in clause 3 of these
    conditions; or
    (4.) Be at any time wound up or dissolved—
    then and in any of the said cases this Order in Council,
    and every right, power, or privilege, may be revoked and
    determined by the Governor-General in Council without any
    notice to the company or other proceedings whatsoever; and
    publication in the New Zealand Gazette of an Order in
    Council containing such revocation shall be sufficient notice
    to the company, and to all persons concerned or interested,
    that this Order in Council, and the rights and privileges
    thereby conferred, have been revoked and determined; and
    upon such revocation the Minister may cause the said
    timber-booms to be removed, and may recover the costs
    incurred by any such removal from the company.

12. The construction of the timber-booms shall be deemed
    to be an acceptance by the company of the conditions of
    this Order in Council.

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

Prohibiting all Alienation of certain Native Land other than
Alienation in favour of the Crown.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this twenty-
first day of May, 1918.

Present :

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

ON the recommendation of the Native Land Purchase
Board, referred to in section three hundred and
sixty-three of the Native Land Act, 1909, and in exercise of