Nov. 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3297

Making Provision for the Control and Management of Wharves
at Picton vested in the Picton Borough Council.

[l.s.] CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 15th day of
November, 1926.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE W. NOSWORTHY PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion
of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the
powers and authorities conferred upon him by section forty-
six of the Reserves and other Lands Disposal and Public
Bodies Empowering Act, 1925, 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 make the following regulations
limiting and defining the powers and duties of the Picton
Borough Council with respect to the control and management
of the wharves at Picton vested in the said Borough Council.

REGULATIONS.

1. THE following terms used in these by-laws shall (except
   where inconsistent with the context) have the meanings
   hereby given to them, viz. :

2. “Consignee” shall mean the person to whom any goods
   are consigned, and shall include the owner of such goods,
   the agent for such owner, the agent for the sale or custody
   of such goods, the holder of any bill of lading or other docu-
   ment representing such goods, and any other person having
   any right, title, or interest to or in such goods or the possession
   thereof.

3. “Consignor” shall mean the person consigning any
   goods, and shall include the owner, shipper, agent, or the
   owner or shipper, and any other person having any right,
   title, or interest to or in such goods or the possession thereof.

4. “Dangerous goods” shall include all explosives as
   defined in section 2 of the Explosives and Dangerous Goods
   Act, 1908, excepting always safety cartridges, and caps for
   muzzle-loading rifles and fowling-pieces, and shall include
   petroleum as defined in section 2 aforesaid.

5. Extract from Section 2 of the Explosives and Dangerous
   Goods Act, 1908.—‘Explosive’ or ‘explosives’ means—

“(a.) Gunpowder, nitro-glycerine, dynamite, gun-cotton,
blasting-powders, fulminate of mercury, or of
other metals, coloured fires, and every other
substance (whether similar to those above-
mentioned or not) used or manufactured with a
view to produce a practical effect by explosion or
a pyrotechnic effect, and includes—

“(b.) Fog-signals, fireworks, fuses, rockets, percussion-
caps, detonators, cartridges, ammunition of all
descriptions, and every adaption or preparation
of explosives.”

6. “Ferry-boat” shall mean any boat licensed to carry
   passengers to or from any place on a particular trip or series
   of trips within the Port of Picton.

7. “Owner,” where used in relation to goods, shall mean
   and include any consignor, consignee, shipper, or agent for
   sale or custody of such goods, as well as the owner thereof,
   and the master and agent of the vessel carrying the same.

8. “Great cattle” shall mean and include all horses, other
   cattle not being “small cattle” nor “ponies,” and other
   large animals.

9. “Ship” shall mean and include any description of
   vessel whether used in navigation, or in any way kept or used
   as a hulk or store-ship, or for any other purpose, and not
   propelled exclusively by oars.

10. “Small cattle” shall mean and include sheep, goats,
    swine, and calves one year, under one year, and other small
    animals.

11. “Tons,” “tonnage,” and words of the like import
    having reference to a vessel’s tonnage, shall mean or refer to
    the net register number of tons or tonnage, except in the case
    of tonnage for docking or slipping purposes and charges,
    which shall be gross register tonnages.

12. “Kerosene” shall mean and include kerosene, petrol,
    benzine, paraffin, petroleum, turpentine, and other like goods.

13. “Wharf” shall mean and include any wharf, quay,
    jetty, pier, breastwork, landing-place, or approaches thereto
    under control of the Council.

14. “The Council” shall mean the Picton Borough Council.

15. “The Town Clerk” shall mean the Clerk for the time
    being to the Council, or any other person acting for him
    under the authority of the Council.

16. “Master” extends to and includes the person having
    charge or command of any vessel.

17. No master shall anchor his ship in the fairway of any
    channel, or so as to obstruct the approach to any wharf.

18. No person shall make fast any vessel to any steps or
    landing-place for passengers, or so near thereto as to obstruct
    the approach of other vessels, or allow her to lie alongside
    longer than required for landing passengers.

19. All goods of a dangerous or inflammable character shall
    be removed from, immediately after being landed on, any
    wharf, and if the owner of any such goods fails to so remove
    them he shall be liable to a penalty, and shall be held
    responsible for any accident, damage, or loss that may result
    from such failure.

20. No ballast, stone, coal, coke, patent or other fuel, rock,
    salt, sand, or goods in bulk, shall be deposited on any wharf
    without special permission from the Council.

21. No goods or articles of any description which, in the
    opinion of the Council, are likely to occasion damage to any
    wharf shall be discharged or landed on any such wharf.

22. No person shall bring kerosene for shipment on to any
    wharf until the vessel about to take the same is prepared to
    receive it. In no case will kerosene be allowed to be stored
    on any wharf.

23. No oil-drums, coal, hurdles, or any other material shall
    be allowed to be stowed on the wharves or land adjacent
    thereto.

24. Every master of a vessel shall, on all occasions, when
    ordered by the Town Clerk, do whatever the Town Clerk may
    consider necessary or expedient with a view to the safety and
    interest of the whole shipping, and in consideration of the
    state of the weather, the crowded condition of the wharves,
    or any other circumstances.

25. No person shall obstruct the Town Clerk in the execu-
    tion of his duty.

26. No firewood, posts, or straining-posts shall be landed
    on the wharves without the written permission of the Town
    Clerk.

27. All firewood, posts, and straining-posts shall be landed
    on the breastwork.

28. It shall be a breach of these by-laws to cast offensive
    matters, or decaying vegetable or fruit anywhere within the
    vicinity of the wharves or foreshore vested in the Council.

29. It shall be a breach of this by-law for any vessel or
    boat to lie at or use any wharf, or anchor, or in any other
    way use that portion of water adjoining the wharves vested
    in the Council without first having obtained a license to do
    so.

30. No vessel or boat, other than a mail-service vessel or
    boat, will be allowed to remain at the wharves for a longer
    period than twelve hours.

31. The master of every vessel using any wharf under the
    control of the Council shall collect all wharfage dues payable
    in respect of goods landed from or shipped on such vessel,
    and shall render a true account of the same to the Town Clerk
    during the first week in every month.

32. Before any vessel is removed from any wharf, the
    master of such ship shall cause all dirt or rubbish to be
    thoroughly cleared from that portion of the said wharf
    opposite to the berth occupied by such vessel; and such dirt
    or rubbish shall be deposited at such places as may be
    appointed by the Council.

33. No vessel or boat trading from or to places situated
    outside of Tory Channel, Queen Charlotte Sound, or Pelorus
    Sound shall berth at any wharf vested in or controlled by the
    Council.

34. If any person fails or refuses or neglects to do anything
    required by these by-laws to be done, observed, or performed,
    or in any manner obstructs, impedes, or interferes with the
    doing of anything enjoined, required, or authorized to be
    done, or wilfully does anything prohibited by these by-laws,
    every such person in each and every case of offending shall be
    liable to penalty not exceeding twenty pounds (£20).

C. A. JEFFERY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Fixing Sittings of the Court of Appeal.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 15th day
of November, 1926.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE W. NOSWORTHY PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the Judicature Amendment Act, 1913,
it is enacted that the Court of Appeal shall hold
its sittings at such times and places as are from time to
time appointed by the Governor-General in Council and
notified in the Gazette twenty-one days at least before the
times so fixed respectively, and shall determine the division
by which such sittings shall be held :