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removal to a slaughtering-place or slaughtering-house without dipping or other treatment to destroy cattle-ticks, but such stock shall not be allowed to mix with any other stock not so affected, or placed in any accommodation-paddock or other place which might be used for non-infected stock not intended for slaughter; and provided further, if the said stock are placed in any railway vehicle such vehicle shall, after the use thereof, be at once thoroughly cleansed to the satisfaction of the Inspector in such a manner as to ensure the destruction of cattle-ticks.

7. The Inspector shall order the withdrawal from sale or exhibition of any stock affected with cattle-ticks, except as provided in clause 6 hereof, and shall give notice to the owner of such stock to dip or otherwise treat them in such a manner as to effectively destroy all cattle-ticks upon them forthwith at such place and in such manner as the Inspector may direct. Such withdrawal shall not affect the liability of the owner in respect of any breach of the said Act or these regulations.

8. Every person who by himself, his agent or servant, drives, without permission of the Inspector, any stock affected with cattle-ticks across or upon any land, or drives, depastures, or suffers to stray any such stock upon or along any highway, is liable to a fine not exceeding £50 and not less than £2 for every day during which such stock are so driven, depastured, or suffered to stray.

9. Any conveyance which has been used or is suspected of having been used for the carriage of stock affected with cattle-ticks shall be thoroughly cleansed before being again used.

10. No cattle shall be shipped from any port in the North Island unless they have been first examined by an Inspector and declared to be free from infestation by cattle-ticks.

F. D. THOMSON,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Vesting the Management of Wharf at Waikato Heads in the Waikato Shipping Company (Limited).

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this twenty-ninth day of September, 1919.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section eleven of the Harbours Act, 1908 (hereinafter called “the said Act”), it is enacted that the Governor-General in Council may vest the management of any wharf the property of His Majesty the King in any person, upon such terms and conditions as the Governor-General in Council thinks fit:

And whereas it is thought advisable to vest in the Waikato Shipping Company (Limited), (hereinafter called “the company”), the management of the wharf which is erected on the foreshore at Waikato Heads, on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, and 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, doth hereby vest the management of the said wharf in the company aforesaid, subject to the conditions set forth in the First Schedule hereto; and doth hereby make the regulations and prescribe the dues and rates to be taken, on and after the date of publication of this Order in Council in the New Zealand Gazette, for the use of the said wharf, set forth in the Second Schedule hereto.

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 the part of the foreshore, and land below low-water mark immediately adjacent thereto, necessary for the maintenance of the said wharf.

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-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 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 address 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 provision of the Harbours Act, 1908, 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.

10. The rights, powers, and privileges conferred by or under this Order in Council shall continue to be in force for seven 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.

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 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.

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

13. In case the company 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 wharf for a period of thirty days;
    (3.) Be at any time wound up or dissolved; 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 right, power, or privilege, may be revoked and determined by the Governor-General in Council without any notice to the company 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 company, 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.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

LIST OF GOODS TO BE CHARGED AT PER TON WHARFAGE ON WEIGHT OR MEASUREMENT.

Shipping Wharfage.

1. Every person who shall use the wharf with any vessel shall pay to the company for the use thereof as follows, that is to say:—

For every vessel a sum of 2d. per ton on the gross tonnage of such vessel per day for each day or part of a day a vessel shall occupy a berth alongside any vessel lying at the said wharf, or shall lie at the said wharf undergoing repairs or fitting-out only, or shall lie at the said wharf with a line attached thereto; provided that a minimum charge of 2s. 6d. may be made on small launches and other craft of five tons register and under for each day or part of a day.

If any ship shall use this wharf for the discharge of any goods or cargo after the usual working-hours or on wharf