1724
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 52

twenty-one clear days, and the date for the nomination of candidates for the said election was given as seven days instead of fourteen days before such election, as prescribed in the hereinbefore-recited regulations :

And whereas at the said election which was held on the twenty-eighth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty, Allan Robinson and Frederic Hanson Allen were duly elected members of the said Board as representatives of the said combined district, and it is desirable to validate such election :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by the said section twenty-four of the Local Elections and Polls Amendment Act, 1913, 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 validate the election of the said Allan Robinson and the said Frederic Hanson Allen as members of the Wanga-nui Harbour Board, as representatives of the combined district hereinbefore described.

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

Licensing Charles Burrows to occupy a Portion of the Land between High- and Low-water Marks in the Wairupe Creek, Hokianga Harbour, and to reclaim such Land.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this twenty-fifth day of May, 1920.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS it is enacted by section thirty-nine of the Harbours Amendment Act, 1910 (hereinafter called “the said Act”), that in the case of lands between high- and low-water marks which belong to the Crown, and on which at high-water spring tides the depth of water is not sufficient for purposes of navigation, the Governor-General in Council may grant occupation licenses for periods not exceeding twenty-one years, at such rent and on such conditions as he thinks fit, and any such lease may contain a provision authorizing the lessee to reclaim the land the subject of the lease without complying with the requirements of section forty-one of the said Act :

And whereas it is desirable to license Charles Burrows (hereinafter called “the licensee”) to occupy a part of the land between high- and low-water marks, belonging to the Crown, in the Wairupe Creek, Hokianga Harbour, on which at high-water spring tides the depth of water is not sufficient for the purposes of navigation :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the hereinbefore-recited power and authority, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby license the licensee to occupy the piece of land between high- and low-water marks of spring tides in the Wairupe Creek, Hokianga Harbour, containing five acres, more or less, as shown edged red on plan marked M.D. 5150, and deposited in the office of the Marine Department at Wellington ; and doth also authorize the licensee to reclaim the land, subject to the following conditions.

CONDITIONS.

1. THE licensee shall pay to the Marine Department a rental, in advance each year, of 1s. per acre per annum for the first ten years, and 2s. 6d. per acre per annum for the last eleven years, of the period of twenty-one years during which this license is in force, the first of such annual payments to be made on the licensee being supplied with a copy of this Order in Council.

2. The licensee shall keep any stop-banks which he may construct for the purpose of reclaiming the land included in this license in good order and condition, and shall provide and maintain all necessary outlets for storm-water.

3. The licensee shall keep the land included in this license free from noxious weeds.

4. The licensee shall not assign, charge, or part with any right, power, or privilege granted by this license without the previous written consent of the Minister of Marine.

5. The rights, powers, and privileges conferred by this Order in Council shall continue in force for twenty-one years from the date hereof, unless in the meantime such rights, powers, or privileges shall be altered, modified, or revoked by competent authority.

6. If the licensee commits or suffers a breach of any of the conditions of this license, the license may be revoked and determined by the Governor-General in Council ; and publication of a notice of such revocation in the New Zealand Gazette shall be sufficient notice thereof to the licensee, and to all persons concerned or interested in this license, that it has been revoked and determined.

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

Licensing the Kaipara Farmers’ Co-operative Lime Company (Limited) to use and occupy a Part of the Foreshore and Land below Low-water Mark of the Arapaoa River, Kaipara Harbour, as a Site for a Wharf.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this twenty-fifth day of May, 1920.

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”), the Kaipara Farmers’ Co-operative Lime Company (Limited), (hereinafter called “the company”), 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 of the Arapaoa River, in Kaipara Harbour, in order to erect and maintain a wharf thereon ; 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. 5149) showing the area of foreshore and land below low-water mark intended to be occupied, and the manner in which it is proposed to erect the said wharf :

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 should be granted and issued to the company under the said Act, for the purposes aforesaid, 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 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 on which the said wharf is to be erected, as shown on the plan marked M.D. 5149 so deposited as aforesaid, for the purpose of erecting and maintaining the said wharf, 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 erection of the said wharf as shown on the plan marked M.D. 5149.

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,