Nov. 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2783

SITTINGS IN BANCO AND IN CHAMBERS.

Sittings of the Court in Banco will be held at the Court-house, AUCKLAND, WELLINGTON, CHRISTCHURCH, and DUNEDIN, every Wednesday, at half past 10 o’clock in the forenoon, except during vacation or the absence of the Judge, or unless the Judge is engaged on other business.

Sittings in Chambers will be held at the Judge’s Chambers, in the Courthouse, AUCKLAND, WELLINGTON, CHRISTCHURCH, and DUNEDIN, every Tuesday and Friday, at half past 10 o’clock in the forenoon, except during vacation or the absence of the Judge, or unless the Judge is engaged on other business.

Sittings in Chambers at other times and in vacation, in respect of urgent business, may be held at such times and places as may suit the convenience of the Judge.

In all other cities and towns in which sittings of the Court are held, such business in Banco and in Chambers as the Judge shall allow may be disposed of in the course of these sittings, at such days and hours as the Judge may appoint.

PROVISION AS TO HOLIDAYS.

If any of the days above appointed for sittings shall be a public holiday, the sitting shall commence on the first day after the day so appointed which is not a holiday. It shall be lawful for any one or more Judges of the Supreme Court to order that the Supreme Court and the offices thereof at any place shall be closed for any public or proclaimed holiday in the district.

Given under our hands at Wellington, this fifth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one.

W. A. SIM, A.C.J.
J. H. HOSKING, J.
T. W. STRINGER, J.
JOHN W. SALMOND, J.
J. R. REED, J.

Approved in Council.

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

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Amending Regulations as to Shipment and Landing of Petroleum.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 14th day of November, 1921.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.

WHEREAS by Orders in Council dated the second day of August, one thousand nine hundred and twenty, the twelfth day of April and the thirtieth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, regulations were made with respect to the landing, shipping, transshipping, and removal of petroleum:

And whereas it is desirable to amend the said regulations in the manner hereinafter prescribed:

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 thirty-three of the War Legislation and Statute Law Amendment Act, 1918, 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 clause eleven of the hereinbefore-recited regulations of the second day of August, one thousand nine hundred and twenty, and doth also revoke the hereinbefore-recited regulations of the twelfth day of April and the thirtieth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, and doth hereby make the following regulations in lieu thereof.

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REGULATIONS.

1. No person shall smoke on or about any wharf on or from which petroleum is being shipped, unshipped, or transshipped, or about or on any vessel in which petroleum is being carried, within a radius of 15 ft. from any such petroleum, unless separated from the petroleum by an airtight bulkhead or partition.

2. A Surveyor may, if requested by the owner or master of a vessel to do so, and if satisfied that carriage of petroleum on deck of such vessel can be effected with safety, grant a license for the carriage of petroleum on approved deck spaces of such vessels as deck cargo. Such license shall be subject to the conditions of the deck-cargo license, and the maximum amount of deck cargo allowed to be carried may be part petroleum and part other cargo. A license for the carriage of petroleum on deck shall be subject to the said regulations of the 2nd day of August, 1920, with the exception of the following clauses thereof—viz., subclauses (a), (b), and (c) of clause 4 (1), and clause 6. Such license shall expire on the date of expiry of the vessel’s survey certificate, but may be withdrawn at any time the Minister or Surveyor deems it necessary to do so.

3. Clause 2 (3) (a) of the said regulations of the 2nd day of August, 1920, is hereby amended in the following manner: By inserting the word “black” before the words “notice-board” in the third line of the said subclause (a), and deleting the word “red” in the fourth line thereof and substituting the word “white” therefor.

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

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Licensing Archibald Glyn Fell to occupy a Portion of the Land between High- and Low-water Marks in the Hokianga Harbour, and to reclaim such Land.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 14th day of November, 1921.

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 Archibald Glyn Fell (hereinafter called “the licensee”) to occupy a part of the land between high- and low-water marks, belonging to the Crown, in the 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 Hokianga Harbour, containing forty-eight acres, more or less, as shown edged red on plan marked M.D. 5331, 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.

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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.