July 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1833

Block XIV, Ohura Survey District. Bounded towards the north by part Section 23, Block XIV, Ohura Survey District, 1045·3 links ; towards the east by part Section 23 aforesaid, 1372·1 links ; towards the south by Section 24, Block XIV aforesaid, 1651·4 links ; and towards the north-west by Section 26, Block XIV aforesaid, 1500 links.

Also all that area in the Taranaki Land District, containing by admeasurement 44 acres 2 roods 5·1 perches, more or less, being part Section 23, Block XIV, Ohura Survey District. Bounded towards the north-east by Tokirima Road, 2157·6 links ; towards the east by Lot 1 of Section 23 of Block XIV aforesaid (public-hall site), 641·4 links, and by Tokirima Road, 1613·4 links ; towards the south by Section 24, Block XIV aforesaid, 1539·7 links ; towards the south-west by section 39, Block XIV aforesaid, 2417·4 links ; and towards the north-west by Section 26, Block XIV aforesaid, 1717·9 links.

Be all the aforesaid linkages more or less. As the same are delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 1/546, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

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

Exempting certain Native Land from Rates.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 28th day of June, 1926.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS under the provisions of section one hundred and four of the Rating Act, 1925, the Governor-General may from time to time, for the reasons therein specified, exempt any Native land liable to rates from all or any part of such rates :

And whereas it is desirable that such power should be exercised in respect of the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto :

Now, therefore, in pursuance of the said Act and of every other power thereunto him enabling, 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 exempt the Native land named in the Schedule hereto from all rates hereafter made or levied by any local authority under the Rating Act, 1925.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land situated in the Koranga Survey District, Waikohu County, known as or called Tahora 26 Section 2, and containing 1,770 acres, more or less.

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

Recreation Reserve in Otago Land District brought under Part II of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 28th day of June, 1926.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

BY virtue of the powers and authorities vested in me by the twenty-sixth section of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908, I, General Sir Charles Fergusson, Baronet, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, do hereby order and declare that the reserve for recreation in the Otago Land District described in the Schedule hereto shall be and the same is hereby brought under the operation of and declared to be subject to the provisions of Part II of the said Act ; and such reserve shall hereafter form part of the Taieri Lake Domain, and be managed, administered, and dealt with as a public domain by the Taieri Lake Domain Board.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.

SECTION 29, Block VIII, Maniototo Survey District : Area, 7 acres 1 rood 36 perches.

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

Licensing Mijo Jovich to use a Part of the Foreshore and Land below Low-water Mark on the Ruakaka River, Whangarei County, as a Site for Timber-booms.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 28th day of June, 1926.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS, there being no Harbour Board empowered to grant the license hereinafter mentioned under the Harbours Act, 1923 (hereinafter called “ the said Act ”), Mijo Jovich (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 said Act to use and occupy a part of the foreshore and land below low-water mark on the Ruakaka River, Whangarei County, in order to maintain thereon timber-booms erected in accordance with plans marked M.D. 6190, and deposited in the office of the Marine Department at Wellington :

And whereas it is expedient that a license should be granted and issued to the licensee under the said Act, for the purposes 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 vested in 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 and land below low-water mark on which the said timber-booms are to be erected, as shown on the plan M.D. 6190 so deposited as aforesaid, for the purpose of maintaining the said timber-booms ; 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—

“ 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 :

“ Foreshore ” means such part 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.

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 maintenance of the said timber-booms as shown on the plan marked M.D. 6190, 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 licensee shall pay to the Minister the sum of £2 10s., and thereafter an annual sum of £5 in advance, payable on the first day of April in each year, the proportionate part of such rental in respect of the period from the date hereof until the 31st 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 persons in the Government service acting and in the execution of their duties, shall at all times have free ingress, passage, and egress into, through, over, and out of the said timber-booms without payment.

5. The licensee shall maintain the above-mentioned timber-booms 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.

6. Any person authorized by the Minister may at all reasonable times enter upon the said timber-booms 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 timber-booms, requiring the licensee within a reasonable time, to be therein prescribed, to repair the timber-booms, the licensee shall with all reasonable speed cause such defect to be removed or such repairs to be made.