Now, therefore, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon me by section one hundred and sixty-two of the Land Act, 1924, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, do hereby order and declare that the part of the Taiharuru Kauri-gum Reserve Extension No. 2 as described in the Schedule hereto, shall from the twenty-fourth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five, cease to be subject to the Kauri-gum Industry Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

All that area in the North Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 79 acres, more or less, being the south-eastern portion of Allotment 41, Parish of Waikare, and being part of the Taiharuru Kauri-gum Reserve Extension No. 2 as described in the New Zealand Gazette of 1899, page 1837; as the same is more particularly delineated on plan marked L. and S. 6/4/27, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon edged red.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council

Withdrawing Land from the Operation of the Kauri-gum Industry Act, 1908.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCLL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 9th day of March, 1925.

Present:

His Excellency The Governor-General in Council.

WHEREAS by section one hundred and sixty-two of the Land Act, 1924, it is enacted that the Governor-General may, by Order in Council gazetted, on the recommendation of the Land Board, declare that any land comprised in a kauri-gum reserve shall, from a date to be specified in the Order, cease to be subject to the Kauri-gum Industry Act, 1908, and on and after the date so specified the land to which the Order relates shall become subject to the provisions of the Land Act, 1924;

And whereas the Land Board of the North Auckland Land District has duly passed a resolution recommending that part of the Parahaki No. 1 Kauri-gum Reserve, as described in the Schedule hereto, be exempted from the operations of the Kauri-gum Industry Act, 1908, and it is expedient to give effect to such recommendation:

Now, therefore, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon me by section one hundred and sixty-two of the Land Act, 1924, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby order and declare that part of the Parahaki No. 1 Kauri-gum Reserve, as described in the Schedule hereto, shall from the twenty-fifth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five, cease to be subject to the Kauri-gum Industry Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

NORTH AUCKLAND LAND DISTRICT.

SECTIONS 84, 89, 90, 91, and W. 93, Parahaki Parish: Area, 402 acres 2 roods 34 perches.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council

Licensing Mathias Ericksen Wiig to use and occupy a Part of the Foreshore of Bravo Island, Paterson Inlet, Stewart Island, as a Site for a Slipway.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCLL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 9th day of March, 1925.

Present:

His Excellency The Governor-General in Council.

WHEREAS, there being no Harbour Board empowered to grant the license hereinafter mentioned, Mathias Ericksen Wiig, of Bluff (who with his executors, administrators, and assigns is hereinafter referred to as “the licensee”), has applied to the Governor-General in Council for a license under the Harbours Act, 1923 (hereinafter called “the said Act”), to occupy a part of the foreshore of Bravo Island Paterson Inlet, Stewart Island, as a site for a slipway, to be built in the position and in accordance with plan marked M.D. 5973 (sheets 1 and 2), and deposited in the office of the Marine Department of Wellington:

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 to 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 that a license should be granted and issued to the licensee under the said Act for the purpose 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 conferred upon 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 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 on which the said slipway is to be erected, as shown on plan marked M.D. 5973 deposited as aforesaid, for the purpose of maintaining the said structure thereon, such license to be held and enjoyed by the licensee upon and subject to the terms set forth in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

1. In these conditions the term—
   “Foreshore” means such parts of the bed, shore, or banks of a tidal water as are covered and uncovered by the flow and ebb of the tide at ordinary spring tides:
   “Low-water mark” means low-water mark at ordinary spring tides:
   “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 occupied by the said slipway as shown on the plan marked M.D. 5973 (sheet 1).

3. In consideration of the concessions and privileges granted by this Order in Council the licensee shall pay to the Minister the sum of £2 10s., and thereafter an annual sum of £5 in advance, payable on the 1st day of April each year, the proportionate part of such rental in respect of the period from the date hereof until the 31st of March following to be paid on the licensee being supplied with a copy of this Order in Council.

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 said slipway without payment.

5. All persons shall, at all reasonable times, and upon payment of the proper dues, have free and full liberty to use the said slipway, and all rights of ingress and egress thereon and therefrom.

6. The licensee shall maintain the above-mentioned slipway in good order and repair, and shall at all times exhibit therefrom, and maintain at the licensee’s own cost, suitable and necessary lights for the guidance of vessels; provided that no light shall be exhibited until after it has been approved of by the Minister.

7. Any person authorized by the Minister may at all reasonable times enter upon the said slipway and view the state of repair thereof; and upon such Minister leaving at or posting to the last known address of the licensee in New Zealand a notice in writing of any defect or want of repair in such slipway, requiring the licensee, within a reasonable time to be therein prescribed, to repair the same, the licensee shall with all convenient speed cause such defect to be removed or such repairs to be made.

8. Nothing herein contained shall authorize the licensee to do or cause to be done anything repugnant to or inconsistent with any law relating to the Customs, or with any provisions of the Harbours Act, 1923, or its amendments, or any regulations made thereunder, and that are now or may hereafter be in force.

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