May 31.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1545

Fixing Dues for Use of the Opotiki County Council’s Wharf at Kutarere, Bay of Plenty.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 21st day of May, 1923.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the sixteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 41, of the twenty-fifth day of the same month, dues and rates to be charged and taken by the Opotiki County Council (hereinafter called “the Council”) for the use of the Kutarere Wharf were prescribed: And whereas it is desirable that the dues and rates therein prescribed should be revoked and others prescribed in lieu thereof:

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 section thirteen of 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, as from the twenty-first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, the hereinbefore-recited Order in Council, and doth hereby prescribe that, as from the said twenty-first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, the dues and rates prescribed in the Schedule hereto shall be charged and taken by the Council for the use of the said wharf.

SCHEDULE.

BERTHAGE.

For vessels hauling alongside the wharf, per day or part of a day, per ton of registered tonnage: 1d.

STORAGE.

Every person whose goods shall be stored in any shed or upon the wharf shall pay in respect of such goods and the storage thereof the following charges, that is to say:—

Upon imported goods: 1s. per ton or part of a ton, per day, commencing on the expiration of forty-eight hours after the ship in which the goods were imported had finished discharging.

Upon goods intended for shipment: The first three days free; after that time 1s. per ton or part of a ton, per day.

WHARFAGE.

For goods, &c., landed on or shipped from the wharf: To be charged by weight or measurement.

General cargo, incoming or outgoing (with the exceptions hereinafter mentioned), per ton .. £ s. d. 0 3 6

Ale, beer, or porter, in casks, per gallon indicated by Government stamp .. .. .. 0 0 2

Agricultural machinery—

Hay-rakes, mowers, and cultivators, set up, and reapers and binders, each .. .. 0 4 0

Maize-shellers and chaff-cutters, with baggers attached, each .. .. .. 0 6 0

Maize-planters, tine harrows, chain harrows, and tripod harrows, each .. .. 0 3 0

Seed drills, rollers, lime and manure sowers, and cultivators, to be used with more than two horses, and disc harrows, each .. 0 5 0

Agri motors, each .. .. .. 0 10 0

Beef, tallow, and other meat products, per ton .. 0 2 6

Bicycles .. .. .. .. 0 2 0

Bicycles, motor .. .. .. 0 3 6

Bran and pollard, per ton of 10 sacks .. .. 0 3 6

Boats, pulling or sailing .. .. .. 0 5 0

Boats, power .. .. .. 0 10 0

Bricks, per 1,000 .. .. .. 0 5 0

Butter, per ton of 40 butter-boxes .. .. 0 5 0

Carcases of lamb, not exceeding 36 lb. weight .. 0 0 1

Cargo overlanded and reshipped .. .. Free.

Cattle, each .. .. .. .. 0 2 6

Cattle, each, under two years’ old .. .. 0 1 6

Cement, per ton .. .. .. 0 3 6

Charcoal, per ton of 10 sacks .. .. 0 3 6

Cheese, per ton .. .. .. 0 3 6

Clover-seed, per sack .. .. .. 0 0 6

Coals, per ton, loose .. .. .. 0 3 6

Coals, per ton, in sacks .. .. 0 3 6

Coke, per ton of 20 sacks .. .. 0 3 6

Commercial travellers’ samples.. .. 0 5 0

Commercial travellers’ samples, reshipped outwards Free.

Empty casks or barrels (large), each .. .. 0 1 0

Empty casks or barrels (small), each .. .. 0 0 6

Empty cases, per ton measurement .. .. 0 2 0

Empty tins (new), per ton measurement .. 0 2 6

Empty tins (used), per ton measurement .. 0 2 0

Empty bottles (new), per ton measurement .. 0 3 6

Empty bottles (used), per ton measurement .. 0 2 0

Empty milk-cans, per ton measurement.. .. 0 3 6

Empty vats, per ton measurement .. .. 0 3 6

Firewood, per cord of 128 ft. .. .. 0 2 0

Flax and tow, per bale .. .. .. 0 2 0

Flour, per ton .. .. .. 0 3 6

Grain, per sack .. .. .. 0 0 6

Grass-seed, per sack .. .. .. 0 0 6

Gravel, not for road purposes, per ton .. .. 0 2 6

Hay, in bales, per ton .. .. .. 0 3 6

Hides, loose, each .. .. .. 0 0 2

Hides, in sacks, every sack .. .. 0 0 6

Horses, each .. .. .. 0 2 6

House-blocks, per 100.. .. .. 0 2 6

Kerosene and benzine, per ton of 40 ft. .. .. 0 3 6

Lime, hydraulic, per ton .. .. .. 0 3 6

Lime for agricultural purposes .. .. 0 3 6

Limestone, road-metal, or gravel, for road purposes only, per ton .. .. .. 0 2 0

Linseed, per ton of 10 sacks .. .. 0 3 6

Motor-lorry .. .. .. 1 10 0

Malt, per ton of 10 sacks .. .. 0 5 0

Motor-cars .. .. .. 1 0 0

Manure, per ton .. .. .. 0 3 6

Oats, per ton of 12 sacks .. .. 0 3 6

Palings, per 1,000 .. .. .. 0 6 0

Parcels, minimum .. .. .. 0 0 6

Parcels over 2 cubic feet: As general cargo .. ..

Peas and beans, per ton of 10 sacks .. .. 0 3 6

Personal luggage up to ½ ton .. .. Free.

Personal luggage over ½ ton, as merchandise, per ton 0 3 6

Perambulators and go-carts, each .. .. 0 2 0

Pigs and goats, per head .. .. 0 0 6

Ploughs, double-furrow, each .. .. 0 3 0

Ploughs, single-furrow, each .. .. 0 2 0

Ploughs, swamp, intermediate, each .. .. 0 3 6

Ploughs, swamp, large, each .. .. 0 5 0

Posts and rails, per 100 .. .. 0 3 0

Potatoes, per ton of 12 sacks .. .. 0 3 0

Pumice, per ton of 20 sacks .. .. 0 5 0

Pumpkins, per ton of 12 sacks .. .. 0 3 0

Quinces, per ton of 12 sacks .. .. 0 3 0

Scrap-iron, per ton .. .. .. 0 3 6

Shale, per ton .. .. .. 0 3 6

Sheep (rams) per head .. .. .. 0 0 6

Sheep, per head .. .. .. 0 0 2

Sheep (prize, in crates) each .. .. 0 1 0

Sheep-skins, per bundle of eight .. .. 0 0 3

Shell, for paths, per ton of 10 sacks .. .. 0 3 6

Shingles, per 1,000 .. .. .. 0 3 0

Slates, per 1,000 .. .. .. 0 6 0

Spirits, wine, and beer, per ton measurement .. 0 7 6

Strainers, each .. .. .. 0 0 2

Sugar, per ton .. .. .. 0 3 6

Tanks, empty, each .. .. .. 0 3 6

Timber, per 1,000 ft. super. .. .. 0 5 0

Tiles, roofing, per 1,000 .. .. 0 5 0

Traction-engines, each .. .. .. 2 0 0

Vehicles—

Carts, drays, or carriages, two-wheeled, each.. 0 3 0

Gigs and buggies, per wheel .. .. 0 1 6

Wagon .. .. .. .. 0 6 0

Vegetables (green), in sacks and cases, per ton measurement .. .. .. 0 3 6

Wickerware, allowed one-third off measurement, per ton .. .. .. .. 0 3 6

Wire, per ton .. .. .. 0 3 6

Wool, per bale .. .. .. 0 1 0

All other goods and packages weighing over one ton or measuring over 40 square feet (which shall be deemed equivalent to a ton): At the rate of per ton, 4s., and in addition to actual cost of the labour required to handle such packages.

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

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