On every vessel of 20 tons register and upwards s. d. lying at a wharf, 2s. 6d. for first 20 tons and for every additional ton, per ton per day or part of 0 0½ Minimum charge on every sailing-vessel of 20 tons a day ... ... ... ... ... .. a register and upwards lying alongside a wharf, per day or part of a day ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 0 Minimum charge on every steamer of 20 tons register and upwards lying alongside a wharf, per day or part of a day ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 6 On every vessel of 20 tons register and upwards lying alongside a vessel at a wharf, or lying off a wharf with a line attached thereto, or undergoing repairs, per ton per day or part of a day ... 0 0½ Minimum charge for vessel last mentioned ... 0 6 Provided that in the case of vessels trading regularly the following dues, tolls, and charges shall be paid quarterly in advance, commencing the quarters on the first days of January, April, July, and October in each year :—s. d. On every vessel under 20 tons register, per quarter 10 0 On every vessel of 20 tons register and upwards, for first 20 tons register 10s., and for every additional ton, per quarter ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 0 6

BERTHAGE CHARGES.

29. The master or owner or agent of every vessel occupying a berth at the wharves at Coromandel, Mercury Bay, Colville (Cabbage) Bay, and Port Charles within the limits of the Coromandel County shall for each and every adult passenger carried by such vessel landed on or shipped from any such wharves pay the sum of sixpence (6d.) for each adult passenger:

Provided, however, that such charges shall not be payable in respect to passengers arriving at any such wharves from any place within the Coromandel County, nor shall it apply to any passenger leaving such wharves for any such place or places within the county.

The master or owner or agent of any vessel trading regularly between the ports of Coromandel County and localities outside the county limits shall render to the Council on the seventh day of each calendar month a correct statement showing the number of adult passengers carried by such vessel to and from any such wharves during the previous month, and at the same time shall pay to the Council the total amount of berthage charges due in respect to passengers carried during such month by such vessel.

PENALTIES.

30. If any person, firm, or company fails or refuses or neglects to do anything by these regulations required to be done, observed, or performed, or in any manner obstructs, impedes, or interferes with the doing of anything enjoyed, required, or authorized to be done, or does anything prohibited by these regulations, shall in each and every case so offending be liable to a penalty not exceeding £5.

F. D. THOMSON,

Clerk of the Executive Council.

Extending Time for holding Election to fill Extraordinary Vacancies on Waipa Drainage Board.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 23rd day of February, 1928.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE J. G. COATES, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS pursuant to section forty-two of the Local Elections and Polls Act, 1925, an election to fill five extraordinary vacancies of Trustees of the Waipa Drainage District should have been held on the twenty-fifth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven:

And whereas it is expedient to extend the time for holding such election:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by section seventy-one of the Local Elections and Polls Act, 1925, and of all other powers in anyway enabling him in this behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby extend the time for holding the aforesaid election of five Trustees of the Waipa Drainage District; and doth hereby order and declare that the said election shall be held and take place on Friday, the twenty-third day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight.

F. D. THOMSON,

Clerk of the Executive Council.

(I.A. 19/78/59.)

Validating Proceedings in connection with the Clutha County Council’s Loan of £12,000 for rebuilding or re-erecting Bridges.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 23rd day of February, 1928.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE J. G. COATES, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Clutha County Council lately proceeded to raise a loan of twelve thousand pounds under the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), for the purpose of rebuilding or re-erecting within the county certain bridges, more particularly defined in the notice published pursuant to section nine of the said Act (hereinafter referred to as “the said notice”):

And whereas the proceedings in connection with the said loan were irregular or defective in that—

(a) The said notices and the voting-paper used for the purposes of the poll taken on the proposal to raise the said loan (hereinafter referred to as “the voting-paper”) did not set forth sufficiently the proposed security for the said loan, the proposed security being therein set forth as follows:—

“The security for the loan to be an annual-recurring special rate of one-fifteenth of a penny in the pound upon the capital value of all rateable property within the county, if loan be obtained from the State Advances Office, or such other special rate as may be required to pay interest and sinking fund in connection with the repayment of the loan, if such loan be obtained from other sources.”

(b) The said notice and the voting-paper did not set forth the provision for repayment of the said loan as required by the said Act:

And whereas the security proposed for the said loan was an annually recurring special rate of one-fifteenth of a penny in the pound upon the capital value of all rateable property within the county, and the provision proposed for repayment of the said loan was a sinking fund of one per centum per annum on the amount of the said loan:

And whereas it appears that the ratepayers of the district have not been misled by such irregularities or defects as aforesaid, and it is expedient to validate the same:

And whereas by section one hundred and twenty-six of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926, the said Act is repealed, and it is enacted that all matters and proceedings commenced under the said Act and pending or in progress on the commencement of the reciting Act may be continued, completed, and enforced under the reciting Act:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on him by section one hundred and twenty-two of the reciting 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 order and declare that the proceedings in connection with the said loan shall be valid to all intents and purposes as though the said notice and the voting-paper—

(a) Had set forth sufficiently the aforesaid proposed security for the said loan—namely, an annually recurring special rate of one-fifteenth of a penny in the pound upon the capital value of all rateable property within the county:

(b) Had set forth the aforesaid proposed provision for repayment of the said loan—namely, a sinking fund of one per centum per annum on the amount of the said loan:

and that the validity of the proceedings in connection with the said loan or the validity of the security for the said loan shall not be called in question by reason only of the irregularities or defects aforesaid.

F. D. THOMSON,

Clerk of the Executive Council.

(I.A. 19/159/279.)