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set forth in the Second Schedule hereto shall be taken by the Council for the use of the said wharf.
FIRST SCHEDULE.

Conditions.

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. All His Majesty's subjects shall, at all reasonable times, and upon payment of the proper dues, have free and full liberty to use the above-mentioned wharf, and of ingress and egress thereon and therefrom.
3. 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 wharf without payment.
4. The Council shall maintain and keep the above-mentioned wharf, and all erections thereon, in good order and repair; and shall at all times permit to be erected and exhibited therefrom any lights for the guidance of vessels, and shall maintain at its own cost any such lights, provided that no new light shall be exhibited until after it has been approved of by the Minister.
5. Any person authorized by the Minister may at all reasonable times enter upon the said wharf, and any buildings erected thereon, and view the state of repair thereof; and upon his leaving at the last known address of the Council a notice in writing of any defect or want of repair in such wharf or buildings, or any of them, requiring the Council, within a reasonable time to be therein prescribed, to repair the same, the said Council shall with all convenient speed cause such defect to be removed or such repairs to be made.
6. The Council shall appoint all officers and servants required for the management and working of the said wharf.
7. The Council shall not erect or suffer to be erected on the said wharf any building or structure whatever except with the consent of the Minister.
8. The Council shall keep a separate account of the receipts and expenditure on account of such wharf, and shall cause such account to be balanced to the 31st March in each year, and shall send a copy of such account, when balanced, to the Minister, and shall supply any particulars in reference thereto as may be required by the Minister.
9. Nothing herein contained shall authorize the Council 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.
10. The rights, powers, and privileges conferred by this Order in Council shall continue in force for fourteen years, computed from the 3rd day of October, 1918, unless in the meantime such rights, powers, and privileges shall be altered, modified, or revoked by competent authority; and the Council 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 rights, powers, and privileges conferred under or by virtue of this Order in Council may be at any time resumed by the Governor-General, on giving to the Council three calendar months' notice in writing. Any such notice shall be sufficient if given by the Governor-General or the Minister, or any person acting under his or their instructions, and delivered at the last known address of the Council, their successors, administrators, or assigns. No compensation or allowance shall be payable in such case.

SECOND SCHEDULE.
Sawn timber, per 1,000 ft., with right to remain on wharf six weeks
Sawn timber, per 1,000 ft., after first six weeks, for
Bricks, per 1,000
,, per 500 ..
,, minimum charge, up to 100
Sheep—Rams, not exceeding l
,, exceeding 1, each ..
All other sheep, not exceeding 20, each
,, exceeding 20, each .
Pigs and calves, not exceeding 10, each
,, exceeding 10, each
Cattle, not exceeding 10, each
,, exceeding 10, each
Horses, each ..
All goods in single package, parcel, or box, up to 112 lb. in weight

All goods, by weight or measurement, per ton or part of a ton
Firewood, per cord, with right to remain on wharf two weeks
Firewood, per cord, after first two weeks, for every week or part of a week
Posts and rails, per 100
Palings, per 1,000
Shingles, per 1,000
Hop-poles, per 1,000
Wool, hops, and flax, per bale
Coal, lime, and stone for export, per ton or part of a ton
(Unslaked lime will not be allowed to remain on the wharf longer than one week in any case, and the consignee will be held liable for any damage caused through its slaking.)
Bicycles, each
Passengers' luggage, not exceeding 100 lb.

STORAGE.
Per ton or part of a ton (in closed goods-shed), for first week or part of a week
Per ton or part of a ton (in closed goods-shed), after the first week, for every week or part of a week
Bicycles, each, per week or part of a week
Goods left in the open shed may remain three days without being liable for storage charges; after that time half rates will be charged. All goods not requiring storage may be allowed to remain on the wharf one week, but the Council will incur no responsibility for any goods left in the open shed or on the wharf.
LABOUR.
s. d.
Labour, if required, per ton
,, ,, if less than half a ton
F. D. THOMSON,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.
Validating Proceedings in connection with Loans of £500 and £200 proposed to be raised by the Council of the County of Kaitieke.
LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this twenty-third day of December, 1919.
Present:
His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.
WHEREAS the Kaitieke County Council lately proposed to raise loans of five hundred pounds and two hundred pounds respectively, under the provisions of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913, for the purpose of forming, metalling, and culverting portion of the Wanganui River Road:
And whereas section ninety-seven of the Counties Act, 1908, provides that public notice of the time and place fixed for the meeting to confirm the special orders authorizing the raising of loans shall be given once in each of the four weeks immediately preceding the day appointed for the holding of the meeting referred to:
And whereas the provisions of the said section were not complied with, inasmuch that the said public notifications were not published once in each of the said four weeks, in that the said public notifications appeared in the Taumarunui Press on the seventeenth, twenty-third, and thirtieth days of May and the sixth day of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and nineteen, and in that the said meeting was held on the seventh day of the said month of June:
And whereas it appears that the ratepayers have not been misled by such irregularities, and it is expedient to validate the same:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section one hundred and eleven of the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby declare that the said publications of the notifications of the time, date, and place of the meeting to confirm the special orders are hereby validated, and shall be valid to all intents and purposes as though the said publications had been made in the proper manner; and doth hereby order and declare that the proceedings relative to such loans shall not be called into question by reason only of the irregularity aforesaid.
F. D. THOMSON,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.