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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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the same is shown coloured red on plan marked M.D. 6005,
and deposited in the office of the Marine Department at
Wellington.

2. That portion of the foreshore of Hauraki Gulf com-
   mencing at the northern boundary of Allotment 192, Parish
   of Waiwera, and extending south and east to the north-
   eastern boundary of Allotment 18 of the Parish of Waiwera.
   As the same is shown coloured red on plan marked M.D.
   6005, and deposited in the office of the Marine Department
   at Wellington.

3. That portion of the foreshore of the Hauraki Gulf com-
   mencing at the south-eastern boundary of Allotment 18,
   Parish of Waiwera, and extending south and west to the
   eastern boundary of Allotment 241 of the Parish of Waiwera.
   As the same is shown coloured red on plan marked M.D.
   6005, and deposited in the office of the Marine Department
   at Wellington.

4. That portion of the foreshore of the Hauraki Gulf com-
   mencing at the northern boundary of Allotment 24, Parish
   of Waiwera, and extending in a southerly direction to the
   southern extremity of Allotment 239, Parish of Waiwera.

5. That portion of the foreshore of the Hauraki Gulf com-
   mencing at the southern boundary of Allotment 18, Parish
   of Okura, and extending south to the mouth of the Wairau
   Creek. As the same is shown coloured red on plan marked
   M.D. 6005, and deposited in the office of the Marine Depart-
   ment at Wellington.

SECOND 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. In these conditions the term “foreshore” means all land
   between high-water mark of ordinary spring tides and low-
   water mark of ordinary spring tides.

3. The concessions and privileges conferred by this Order
   in Council shall extend and apply only to those parts of the
   foreshore as shown in red on plan marked M.D. 6005, and
   deposited in the office of the Marine Department at Wel-
   lington.

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
   out and over the said foreshore without payment.

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

6. The rights, powers, and privileges conferred by this
   Order in Council shall not apply to those portions of the
   foreshore required for securing the shore ends of any tele-
   graph-cables that are at present or may be at any time laid
   down within the said area of foreshore.

7. The Council may enclose any part or parts of the fore-
   shore described in the First Schedule hereto for the purpose
   of holding athletic sports or games, and may by by-law fix
   a charge for admission to such enclosed part or parts, provided
   that the total number of days on which such enclosures are
   made shall not exceed six in any one year.

8. The Council may, subject to the provisions of section
   171 of the Harbours Act, 1923, erect or license, or permit
   the erection of, bathing-sheds or boat-sheds on the foreshore
   described in the First Schedule hereto, and may make by-laws
   regulating the use thereof, and may fix charges for such
   use, provided that the funds so received shall be expended
   in improving the foreshore for the benefit of the public.

9. Nothing herein contained shall authorize the Council
   to remove or cause to be removed any stone, sand, shingle,
   or shells without the consent of the Minister being first
   obtained.

10. By-laws made by the Council under the said Act in
    respect of the foreshore shall not have effect, unless and until
    approved in writing by the Minister.

11. The rights, powers, and privileges conferred by or
    under this Order in Council shall continue to be in force for
    twenty-one years from the date hereof, unless in the mean-
    time such rights, powers, and privileges shall be altered,
    modified, or revoked by competent authority.

12. The said rights, powers, and privileges may be at any
    time resumed by the Governor-General, without payment of
    any compensation whatever, on giving to the Council six
    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 Council in New
    Zealand.

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

Vesting Reserves in the Wairau River Board.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 14th day
of April, 1925.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE SIR FRANCIS BELL PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the lands described in the Schedule hereto
have been duly set apart for river-protection pur-
poses: And whereas it is expedient to vest the said reserves
in the Wairau River Board:

Now, therefore, 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,
and in exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon
him by the fourth section of the Public Reserves and Domains
Act, 1908, doth hereby declare that, from and after the day of
the date hereof, the reserves described in the Schedule hereto
shall become vested in the Wairau River Board, in trust, for
river-protection purposes.

SCHEDULE.

MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.

ALL that area in the Marlborough Land District, containing
approximately 780 acres, being a portion of the original bed
of the Wairau River, situated in Blocks VI, VII, IX, and X,
Cloudy Bay Survey District, bounded as follows: Com-
mencing at the Wairau Bridge in Block IX, Cloudy Bay
Survey District; thence in a northerly direction by that
bridge to the middle of the Wairau River; thence in an
easterly direction by the middle-line of that river to the
western boundary of Section 69, Block VII aforesaid; thence
in a southerly direction by the said boundary to Section 126,
Wairau West; thence in a westerly direction by the northern
boundaries of Sections 126, 125, 124, and 122, Wairau West,
by the western boundary of the last-mentioned section, and
by the river-bank road along the southern bank of the Wairau
River to the Wairau Bridge, the point of commencement.
Excluding from the above description Sections 120 and 121,
Wairau West, with all access and appurtenant rights, for which
due allowance has been made in the above area. As the
same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 22/3200,
deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and
Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

Also all that area in the Marlborough Land District, con-
taining approximately 70 acres, being a portion of the original
bed of the Wairau River, situated in Block VII, Cloudy Bay
Survey District. Bounded as follows—Commencing at the
road forming the eastern boundary of Section 69, Block VII
aforesaid, thence in a northerly direction by that road to the
middle of the Wairau River; thence in an easterly direction
by the middle line of the Wairau River to its intersection with
a line running due north from the north-western corner of
Section 50, Wairau West; thence due south by that line to
the south bank of the Wairau River; thence in a westerly
direction by the river-bank road along the southern bank of
the Wairau River to the point of commencement. As the
same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 22/3200,
deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and
Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

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

Vesting Reserves in the Waimakariri River Trust.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 14th day
of April, 1925.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE SIR FRANCIS BELL PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the lands described in the Schedule hereto
have been permanently reserved for river-conser-
vation purposes:

And whereas it is expedient to vest the said reserves in
the Waimakariri River Trust:

Now, therefore, 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, and in exercise of the powers and authorities
conferred upon him by the fourth section of the Public
Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, doth hereby declare that,
from and after the day of the date hereof, the reserves de-