wharf and extension are to be erected, as shown on the plan
M.D. 5959 so deposited as aforesaid, for the purpose of erecting
and maintaining the said wharf and extension; such license
to be held and enjoyed by the licensees 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 Schedule hereto shall, as from the date hereof, be
charged and taken for the use of the said wharf and extension.

FIRST 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 the part of the
   foreshore and land below low-water mark necessary for the
   erection of the said wharf and extension as shown on the
   plans marked M.D. 4111 and 5959, 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 licensees shall pay to the Minister
   an annual sum of ls., payable on demand.
4. All persons shall, at all reasonable times, upon payment
   of the proper dues, have free and full liberty to use the said
   wharf and extension, and all rights of ingress and egress
   thereon and therefrom.
5. His Majesty or the Governor-General, and all persons
   in the Government service acting in the execution of their
   duties, shall at all times have free ingress, passage, and egress
   into, through, over, and out of the said wharf and extension
   without payment.
6. The licensees shall maintain the above-mentioned wharf
   and extension in good order and repair; and shall at all times
   exhibit therefrom, and maintain at the licensees' 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 wharf and extension
   and view the state of repair thereof; and upon such Minister
   leaving at or posting to the last-known address of the licensees
   in New Zealand a notice in writing of any defect or want of
   repair in such wharf and extension, requiring the licensees
   within a reasonable time, to be therein prescribed, to repair
   the wharf and extension, the licensees shall with all reasonable
   speed cause such defect to be removed or such repairs to be
   made.
8. Nothing herein contained shall authorize the licensees
   to do or cause to be done anything repugnant to or incon-
   sistent with any law relating to the Customs or any regula-
   tion of the Minister of Customs, or with any provisions of
   the Harbours Act, 1923, or its amendments, or any regula-
   tions made thereunder, and that are now or may hereafter
   be in force.
9. The ballast of all vessels loading at the said wharf
   and extension shall be taken away by the licensees and
   deposited above high-water mark, or at such place as may
   be approved of by the Minister or by any person appointed
   by the Minister for that purpose.
10. The rights, powers, and privileges conferred by or
    under this Order in Council shall continue in force for four-
    teen 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 licensees shall
    not assign, charge, or part with any such right, power, or
    privilege without the written consent of the Minister first
    obtained.
11. The said rights, powers, and privileges may be at any
    time resumed by the Governor-General, and the licensees may
    be required to remove the wharf and extension at the licensees'
    own cost, without payment of any compensation whatever, on
    giving to the licensees three calendar months' previous notice
    in writing. Any such notice shall be sufficient if given by
    the Minister and delivered at or posted to the last known
    address of the licensees in New Zealand.
12. The licensees shall be liable for any injury which the
    said wharf and extension may cause any vessel or boat to
    sustain through any default or neglect on the licensees' part.
13. In case the licensees shall-
    (1.) Commit or suffer a breach of the conditions herein-
    before set forth, or any of them;
    (2.) Cease to use or occupy the said wharf and extension
    for a period of thirty days :

(3.) Fail to pay the sums specified in clause 3 of these
conditions; or
(4.) Become bankrupt, or be brought under the operation
of any law for the time being in force relating to
bankruptcy,-
then and in any of the said cases this Order in Council, and
every license, right, power, or privilege thereby conferred,
may be revoked and determined by the Governor-General in
Council without any notice to the licensees or other proceed-
ings whatever; and publication in the New Zealand Gazette
of an Order in Council containing such revocation shall be
sufficient notice to the licensees, and to all persons concerned
or interested, that this Order in Council, and the license,
rights, and privileges thereby granted and conferred, have
been revoked and determined.
14. In the event of this Order in Council being revoked for
any reason whatsoever, or upon the expiry of the period for
which the license is granted, the licensees shall, if required
by the Minister so to do, remove the said wharf and extension
entirely from the site and restore the site to its original
condition within three months from the date of revocation or
expiry, as the case may be; and if the licensees fail so to
do, the Minister may cause the said wharf and extension to
be removed and the site so restored, and may recover the
costs incurred by the said removal and restoration from the
licensees.
15. The erection of the said wharf and extension shall be
sufficient evidence of the acceptance by the licensees of the
terms and conditions of this Order in Council.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

Every person who shall use the wharf for landing or shipping
goods, or whose goods are stored in any shed on the wharf,
shall pay to the trustees wharf dues in respect of the landing,
shipping, storing, receiving, and delivering of such goods
as follows, that is to say: For all goods (except such as are
hereinafter provided for) landed, shipped, stored, received,
or delivered, at weight or measurement, according to shipping
usage.

For passengers' luggage under ½ ton, provided such luggage
is removed from wharf within one hour of being landed, free
from landing dues.

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

Licensing T. M Lane and Sons (Limited) to use and occupy
a Part of the Foreshore of Whangaroa Harbour as a Site
for a Sawmill and Shed.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 7th day of
January, 1925.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the thirtieth day
of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-
nine, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 30, of the
sixth day of April following, Thomas Major Lane and William
Brown, trading under the style or title of Lane and Brown,
were licensed to occupy a part of the foreshore and land
below low-water mark of Whangaroa Harbour for the purpose
of using and maintaining thereon a sawmill and shed, erected
in accordance with plans marked M.D. 2229A and 2251
respectively, and deposited in the office of the Marine Depart-
ment at Wellington, for a period of fourteen years from the
thirtieth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and
ninety-nine: