Sept. 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2477

to be the Awaroa Domain Board, having control of the land described in the Schedule hereto; and doth hereby appoint Saturday, the twenty-ninth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, at one o'clock p.m., as the time when, and the Awaroa Wharf Shed as the place where, the first meeting of the Board shall be held.

SCHEDULE.

AWAROA DOMAIN.—AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 11, Block XI, Kawhia North Survey District: Area, 4 acres 1 rood 16 perches.

C. A. JEFFERY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Dunedin City Council declared a Leasing Authority under the Public Bodies' Leases Act, 1908.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 17th day of September, 1923.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Dunedin City Council is a body of persons having power to lease lands held in trust, reserved, or set apart for public purposes, and has requested the Governor-General in Council to declare it to be a leasing authority within the meaning of the Public Bodies' Leases Act, 1908:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in compliance with such request, and in exercise of the powers in this behalf conferred by the above-mentioned Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby order and declare that the Dunedin City Council is a leasing authority within the meaning of the Public Bodies' Leases Act, 1908.

C. A. JEFFERY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Fixing Rates of Depreciated-currency Duty.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 17th day of September, 1923.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by section 13 of the Customs Amendment Act, 1921, as amended by section 2 of the Customs Amendment Act, 1923, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in this behalf, 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, doth hereby fix the rates of special duty set out in the Schedule hereto as those to be charged on goods imported from countries having a depreciated currency where the depreciation does not exceed ninety per centum, and doth hereby declare that this Order in Council shall be deemed to have come into force on the twentieth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, being the date of the coming into operation of the Customs Amendment Act, 1923.

SCHEDULE.

Where the depreciation at the date of exportation from the country of origin or intermediate country (as the case may require)—

Per Cent. Per Cent. Special Duty.
Exceeds 10 but does not exceed 20 .. .. 2½
,, 20 ,, 30 .. .. 5
,, 30 ,, 40 .. .. 7½
,, 40 ,, 50 .. .. 10
,, 50 ,, 60 .. .. 12½
,, 60 ,, 70 .. .. 15
,, 70 ,, 80 .. .. 17½
,, 80 ,, 90 .. .. 20

C. A. JEFFERY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Fixing the Date and Place for the Payment of Income-tax and Land-tax under the Land and Income Tax Act, 1923, and the Land and Income Tax (Annual) Act, 1923.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 17th day of September, 1923.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authority vested in him under the Land and Income Tax Act, 1923, and the Land and Income Tax (Annual) Act, 1923, 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, doth hereby order and determine that the respective duties leviable under the said Acts by way of land-tax and income-tax shall be paid on the days and dates set forth hereunder:—

Land-tax under section 2 of the Land and Income Tax (Annual) Act, 1923: In one sum on Friday, the ninth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three.

Income-tax under section 3 of the Land and Income Tax (Annual) Act, 1923: In one sum on Friday, the eighth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four.

And, in further pursuance and exercise of the powers and authority aforesaid, and with the like advice and consent as aforesaid, His Excellency doth also determine that the place where the said duties of land-tax and of income-tax shall be payable shall be the office of the Commissioner of Taxes, at the Government Buildings, Wellington, and that notice to the aforegoing effect shall be given by the said Commissioner accordingly.

C. A. JEFFERY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Licensing Lawford Godfrey Reeves to use and occupy Part of the Foreshore of Bon Accord Harbour, Kawau Island.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 17th day of September, 1923.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS, there being no Harbour Board empowered to grant the license hereinafter mentioned, Lawford Godfrey Reeves, of Kawau Island (hereinafter called “the licensee”), has applied to the Governor-General in Council for a license under the Harbours Act, 1908 (hereinafter called “the said Act”), to occupy a part of the foreshore, and the land below low-water mark immediately contiguous to such foreshore, at Bon Accord Harbour, Kawau Island, in order to maintain thereon a wharf erected in accordance with a plan in the office of the Marine Department at Wellington (marked M.D. 2746) which shows the area of foreshore and land below low-water mark occupied for such purpose: And whereas it has been made to appear to the Governor-General in Council that the 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 under the said Act for the purpose aforesaid should be granted and issued to the licensee on the terms and conditions herein-after 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 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 licensee 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 licensee to use and occupy that part of the foreshore, and of the land below low-water mark immediately contiguous thereto, which is particularly shown and delineated on the plan so deposited as aforesaid, for the purpose of maintaining thereon a wharf; such license to be held and enjoyed by the licensee upon and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the First Schedule hereto; and doth prescribe that the dues and rates set forth in the Second