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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 jetty is to be erected, as shown on plan marked M.D. 6088 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 and conditions 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 jetty as shown on the plan marked M.D. 6088.

3. In consideration of the concessions and privileges granted by this Order in Council the licensee shall pay to the Minister the sum of £1, and thereafter an annual sum of 10s. 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 jetty 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 jetty, and all rights of ingress and egress thereon and therefrom.

6. The licensee shall maintain the above-mentioned jetty 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 by the Minister.

7. Any person authorized by the Minister may at all reasonable times enter upon the said jetty 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 jetty, 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 ballast of all vessels loading at the said jetty shall be taken away by the licensee 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 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 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 licensee may be required to remove the jetty, at the licensee’s cost, without payment of any compensation whatever, on giving to the licensee 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 licensee in New Zealand.

12. The licensee shall be liable for any injury which the said jetty may cause any vessel or boat to sustain through any default or neglect in the licensee’s part.

13. In case the licensee shall—

(1.) Commit or suffer a breach of the conditions hereinbefore set forth, or any of them;

(2.) Cease to use or occupy the said jetty for a period of thirty-days;

(3.) Become bankrupt, or be in any manner brought under the operation of any law in force for the time being relating to bankruptcy; or

(4.) Fail to pay the sums specified in clause 3 of these conditions,

then and in any 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 licensee 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 licensee, 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 licensee shall, if required by the Minister so to do, remove the said jetty 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 licensee fails so to do, the Minister may cause the said jetty to be removed and the site so restored, and may recover the costs incurred by the said removal and restoration from the licensee.

15. The erection of the said jetty shall be sufficient evidence of the acceptance by the licensee of the terms and conditions of this Order in Council.

F. D. THOMSON,

Clerk of the Executive Council.

Mangapu Drainage District, Counties of Otorohanga and Waitomo constituted.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 10th day of November, 1925.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE J. G. COATES PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS, in accordance with the provisions of the third section of the Land Drainage Act, 1908, a majority of the ratepayers in the area described in the said petition situated within the Counties of Otorohanga and Waitomo have presented a petition to His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, praying that the said area be constituted a drainage district under the provisions of the said Act:

And whereas a Commission appointed under the second section of the Land Drainage Amendment Act, 1922, held inquiries and recommended certain alterations of the said area:

And whereas it is deemed expedient to constitute the said drainage district in the manner recommended by the said Commission:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on him by the said Act and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, 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 constitute and declare the area of land described in the First Schedule hereto to be a district for the purposes of Part I of the said Act, to be called by the name of the Mangapu Drainage District; that the said district shall be divided into three subdivisions, to be called respectively the Northern Subdivision, the Mangaokewa Subdivision, and the Mangapu Subdivision, the boundaries whereof shall be those described in the Second Schedule hereto; that the Board of Trustees of the said district shall consist of six persons, to be elected as members of the said Board under and in accordance with the said Act; that one member shall be elected for the Northern Subdivision, two members for the Mangaokewa Subdivision, and three members for the Mangapu Subdivision.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

BOUNDARIES OF MANGAPU DRAINAGE DISTRICT.

All that area in the Auckland Land District bounded by a line commencing at a point on the left bank of the Waipa