2896
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 83

eleventh day of that month, appointing a Domain Board to have control of the Plumer Domain, and doth hereby appoint

The Henderson Town Board

to be the Plumer Domain Board, having control of the land described in the Schedule hereto; and doth hereby appoint Saturday, the fifteenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-three, at half-past seven o’clock p.m., as the time when, and the Forester’s Hall, Henderson, as the place where, the first meeting of the said Board shall be held.

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SCHEDULE.

PLUMER DOMAIN.— NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.
SECTIONS 11, 12, and 20, Plumer Hamlet, Block II, Titirangi Survey District: Area, 10 acres 0 roods 38 perches.

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

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Extending Prohibition of Alienation of certain Native Land other than Alienation in favour of the Crown

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 26th day of November, 1923.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

ON the recommendation of the Native Land Purchase Board, referred to in section three hundred and sixty-three of the Native Land Act, 1909, and in exercise of the power in this behalf conferred upon him by that section, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council thereof, doth hereby extend for a further period of six months the Order in Council dated the fourth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, and gazetted the seventh day of December, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, prohibiting all alienation of the land specified in the Schedule hereto other than alienation in favour of the Crown.

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SCHEDULE.

WAIPAOA 5A Block, Tuahu Survey District: Approximate area, 2,624 acres.

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

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Extending Time for Closing Polls, Papakura Town District.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this 26th day of November, 1923.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in him by the Local Elections and Polls Act, 1908, as amended by the Local Elections and Polls Amendment Act, 1913, 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 extend the hour at which all polls to be held and taken in the Papakura Town District shall close to seven o’clock in the afternoon of the day appointed.

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

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Licensing Messrs. J. J. Craig (Limited) to occupy Land below Low-water Mark in the Hauraki Gulf for the Purpose of taking Shingle and Sand.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 26th day of November, 1923.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS, there being no Harbour Board empowered to grant the license hereinafter mentioned, Messrs. J. J. Craig (Limited), of Auckland (hereinafter called “the company”), has applied to the Governor-General in Council for a license under the Harbours Act, 1908 (hereinafter called “the said Act”), to use and occupy a part of the land below low-water mark in the Hauraki Gulf for the purpose of dredging and taking away the shingle and sand deposited thereon; and, in accordance with the provisions of the said Act, have deposited a plan in the office of the Marine Department at Wellington (marked M.D. 5750) showing the area of land below low-water mark intended to be occupied for such purpose:

And whereas it has been made to appear to the Governor-General in Council that the proposed taking of shingle and sand 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 desirable to grant the license applied for:

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 said land below low-water mark, which is particularly shown and delineated within red lines on the plan so deposited as aforesaid for the purpose of dredging and taking away the shingle and sand deposited thereon, such license to be held and enjoyed by the company upon and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Schedule hereto.

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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 the part of the land below low-water mark necessary for the purposes hereinbefore mentioned, as shown within red lines in the plan marked M.D. 5750, and deposited in the office of the Marine Department as aforesaid.

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 shall deposit annually the sum of £52, to be applied as hereinafter provided, payable on the 1st day of April in each year; provided that in respect of the period from the date of this Order in Council until the 31st day of March, 1923, the amount to be deposited shall be an amount proportionate to the said period at the rate of £52 per annum, to be deposited on the company being supplied with a copy of this Order in Council.

The royalty payable by the company in consideration of the concessions and privileges hereby granted shall be at the rate of 6d. per cubic yard on all shingle and sand taken. If in any year the company fail to remove any shingle or sand, the deposit hereinafter referred to shall be appropriated by the Minister as flat rent in respect of that year; but if during any year the company remove any shingle or sand the said deposit shall, in proportion to the amount of shingle or sand so removed, be applied as royalty at the rate hereinbefore mentioned, but so that the minimum amount payable as combined royalty and flat rent in any one complete year shall be £52. All such payments shall be made to the Superintendent of Mercantile Marine at Auckland, or such other person as the Minister may direct; provided that after the 16th day of July, 1926, the Governor-General in Council may prescribe the royalty thereafter to be at such rate as he thinks reasonable.

4. 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 aforesaid land without payment.

5. Nothing herein contained shall authorize the company 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, and that are now or may hereafter be in force.

6. The rights, powers, and privileges conferred by or under this Order in Council shall continue in force for the term of fourteen years, computed from the date hereof, unless in the meantime such rights, powers, and privileges are altered, modified, or revoked by competent authority; and the company shall not assign, charge, or part with any such right, power, or privilege without the previous written consent of the Minister first obtained.