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12. 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 any regulation of the Minister of Customs, or with any provisions of the Harbours Act, 1923, or its amendments, or any regulation thereunder, and that are now or may hereafter be in force.

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

14. The rights, powers, and privileges conferred under or by virtue of this Order in Council may be at any time resumed by the Governor-General, without payment of any compensation whatever, on giving to the Council 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 Council in New Zealand.

15. The Council shall be liable for any injury which may be caused at the said wharf to any vessel or boat through any default or neglect on the part of the Council.

16. In case the Council shall—
    (1.) Commit or suffer a breach of the conditions hereinbefore set forth, or any of them ; or
    (2.) Cease to use or occupy the said wharf for a period of thirty consecutive days,—
    then and in either of the said cases this Order in Council and every license, right, power, or privilege, may be revoked and determined by the Governor-General in Council without any notice to the Council or other proceeding whatsoever; and publication in the New Zealand Gazette of an Order in Council containing such revocation shall be sufficient notice to the Council, 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or interested, that this Order in Council, and the license, rights, and privileges thereby granted and conferred, have been revoked and determined.

17. 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 Council shall, if required by the Minister so to do, remove the said wharf 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 Council fails so to do, the Minister may cause the said wharf to be removed and the site so restored, and may recover the costs incurred by the said removal and restoration from the Council.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

DUES AND RATES.

Wharfage.

On every ordinary passenger or cargo steamship or auxiliary vessel over 5 tons register using the wharf, per quarter or part of a quarter .. 1 17 6 On every steamer 5 tons or under, per day or part of a day .. 0 3 6 On every sailing-vessel or auxiliary sailing-vessel over 5 tons, per day or part of a day .. 0 5 0 On every sailing-vessel or auxiliary sailing-vessel, 5 tons or under, per day or part of a day .. 0 2 6 On every excursion steamer, per day or part of a day .. 0 5 0 On every motor-launch, on regular service, per quarter or part of a quarter .. 1 5 0 On every excursion motor-launch, per day or part of a day .. 0 3 6

F. D. THOMSON,

Clerk of the Executive Council.

Prescribing the Rate of Interest that may be paid by the Devonport Borough Council in respect of a Loan of £250, authorized to be raised for the Purpose of completing the Erection of a Fire Brigade Station.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 15th day of October, 1925.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section eleven of the Finance Act, 1921, and its amendments, it is provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Act or in any rule of law, where a local authority or public body has been authorized before the passing of the said Act, or is thereafter authorized, to borrow money, whether pursuant to a poll of rate-payers or otherwise howsoever, whether the rate of interest or the term of years of the loan was or was not specified or determined, and such money or any part thereof has not been borrowed, the local authority may, with the precedent consent of the Minister of Finance, borrow such money, or such amount thereof as has not been borrowed, at such rate of interest, or for such term, as may be prescribed by the Governor-General by Order in Council :

And whereas the Devonport Borough Council has been authorized to borrow the sum of two thousand five hundred pounds for the erection of a fire brigade station, and is now desirous of borrowing an additional sum of two hundred and fifty pounds under the authority of section eighteen of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, for the purpose of completing the undertaking:

And whereasas the Minister of Finance has given his precedent consent as required by the above-recited section eleven, and it is desired that the rate of interest at which the money may be borrowed be not exceeding six per centum per annum:

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 as aforesaid, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby prescribe that the rate of interest that may be paid by the Devonport Borough Council in respect of the said loan of two hundred and fifty pounds shall be a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum, and the said Devonport Borough Council is hereby authorized to borrow the said sum of two hundred and fifty pounds accordingly.

F. D. THOMSON,

Clerk of the Executive Council.

Prescribing the Rate of Interest that may be paid by the Rotorua County Council in respect of a Loan of £600 authorized to be raised for the Completion of the Installation of a Water-supply System in the Ngongotaha District.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 15th day of October, 1925.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section eleven of the Finance Act, 1921, and its amendments, it is provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Act or in any rule of law, where a local authority or public body has been authorized before the passing of the said Act, or is thereafter authorized, to borrow money, whether pursuant to a poll of rate-payers or otherwise howsoever, whether the rate of interest or the term of years of the loan was or was not specified or determined, and such money or any part thereof has not been borrowed, the local authority may, with the precedent consent of the Minister of Finance, borrow such money, or such amount thereof as has not been borrowed, at such rate of interest, or for such term, as may be prescribed by the Governor-General by Order in Council :

And whereas the Rotorua County Council has been authorized to borrow the sum of six thousand pounds for the installation of a water-supply system in the Ngongotaha District, and is now desirous of borrowing an additional sum of six hundred pounds under the authority of section eighteen of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, for the purpose of completing the undertaking:

And whereasas the Minister of Finance has given his precedent consent as required by the above-recited section eleven, and it is desired that the rate of interest at which the money may be borrowed be not exceeding six per centum per annum:

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 as aforesaid, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby prescribe that the rate of interest that may be paid by the Rotorua County Council in respect of the said loan of six hundred pounds shall be a rate not exceeding six per centum per annum, and the said Rotorua County Council is hereby authorized to borrow the said sum of six hundred pounds accordingly.

F. D. THOMSON,

Clerk of the Executive Council.