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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 40

the power and authority conferred upon 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 revoke the hereinbefore-recited Order in Council of the nineteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and eleven, and the rights and privileges thereby conferred, in so far as it relates to the foreshore and land below low-water mark occupied by the said Alexander McKellar, but not further or otherwise.

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

Vesting the Management of Boat-slip, Port Moeraki, in Trustees.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this twenty-fifth day of March, 1919.
Present:
THE HONOURABLE SIR JAMES ALLEN, K:C.B., PRESIDING 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 Alexander Mowet Cormack, Olaf Trygvason, and James Findlay, all of Port Moeraki, as trustees for the inhabitants of the district, the management of the boat-slip or landing which is erected on the foreshore at Port Moeraki, in the Waitaki County, and which is shown on plan marked M.D. 2962, and deposited in the office of the Marine Department at Wellington, on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth; and to prescribe the dues and rates which shall be taken and charged by the trustees for the use of the said boat-slip or landing :
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 boat-slip or landing in the said persons as trustees aforesaid, subject to the conditions set forth in the First Schedule hereto ; and doth hereby prescribe that the dues and rates set forth in the Second. Schedule hereto shall, on and after the date of this Order in Council, be charged and taken by the trustees for the use of the said boat-slip or landing.
FIRST SCHEDULE.

1. THE concessions and privileges conferred by this Order in Council shall extend and apply only to the parts of the fore-shore and of the land below low-water mark on which the said boat-slip or landing is erected.
2. 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 boat-slip or landing without payment.
3. The trustees shall maintain the above-mentioned boat-slip or landing in good order and repair, and shall at all times exhibit therefrom, and maintain at their 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.
4. The trustees shall appoint all officers and servants required for the working and management of the said boat-slip or landing.
5. Any person authorized by the Minister may at all reasonable times enter upon the said boat-slip or landing and view the state of repair thereof ; and upon such Minister leaving at or posting to the last known registered office of the trustees a notice in writing of any defect or want of repair in such boat-slip or landing, requiring them, within a reasonable time to be therein prescribed, to repair the same, they shall with all convenient speed cause such defect to be removed or such repairs to be made.
6. Nothing herein contained shall authorize the trustees 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 provisions of the Harbours Act, 1908, or its amendments, or any regulations made thereunder, and that are now or may hereafter be in force.
7. All moneys received for the use of the said boat-slip or landing shall be applied and expended on its maintenance and upkeep.
8. The trustees shall keep an account of the revenue received from and moneys expended on the said boat-slip or landing, and shall cause the same to be balanced to the thirty-first day of March in each year, and shall send a statement of the same, within thirty days thereafter, to the Minister.
9. The rights, powers, and privileges conferred by or under this Order in Council shall continue in force for fourteen years from the 1st day of April, 1919, unless in the meantime such rights, powers, and privileges shall be altered, modified, or revoked by competent authority; and the trustees shall not assign, charge, or part with any such right, power, or privilege without the written consent of the Minister first obtained.
10. 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 trustees 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 registered office of the trustees.
11. The trustees shall be liable for any injury which the said boat-slip or landing may cause any vessel or boat to sustain through any default or neglect on their part.
12. In these conditions the term "Minister" means the Minister having charge of the Marine Department 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.
    SECOND SCHEDULE.
    Dues to be taken and charged by the trustees for the use of the said boat-slip or landing:-
    For the first fourteen days or part thereof during which the slip is required: For each vessel, 2s. 6d.
    For every week or part of a week thereafter: For each vessel, 2s. 6d.
    J. F. ANDREWS,
    Clerk of the Executive Council.
    Removing Protection from certain Imported Birds.
    LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.
    IN pursuance of the powers vested in me by the Animals Protection Act, 1908, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the imported birds mentioned in the Schedule hereto, not being game of any kind under the said Act, may be taken or killed within the Hawke's Bay Acclimatization District for the period ending the thirtieth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen.
    SCHEDULE.
    Rooks.
    As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this twenty-seventh day of March, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen.
    G. W. RUSSELL, Minister of Internal Affairs.
    Officer authorized to convene Courts-martial, and to confirm Findings and Sentences thereof.
    LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.
    IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers conferred by section thirteen of the Defence Amendment Act, 1912, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby authorize the undermentioned officer to convene general or district Courts-martial for the trial under that Act of such persons subject to military law as are for the time being under or within the territorial limits of his command; and empower such officer to confirm the findings and sentences of general or district Courts-martial, whether passed before or after the issue of this Warrant:--
    Lieutenant-Colonel (temp. Colonel) HARRY ROWLAND POTTER, C.M.G., N.Z. Staff Corps, while commanding the Auckland Military District.
    As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this twenty-eighth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen.
    J. ALLEN,
    Minister of Defence.