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goods, and when called on by the Council or wharfinger so to do, storage for such goods as hereinafter mentioned, that is to say—
For the first twelve hours, Free.
After the first twelve hours the rates as set out in the foregoing schedule of wharfage charges shall be payable for every week or part of a week that goods remain in the sheds.
19. No person shall remove goods from any wharf, pier, jetty, or landing-place without having previously paid the dues payable thereon.
20. In the absence of the consignee the wharfinger shall take delivery of all goods landed on the wharf, and shall place such goods in the wharf-shed, and shall keep same until payment to the Council of the expenses of such removal, wharfage, and storage dues as in By-laws Nos. 17 and 18 hereof provided for, together with any other charges due to the Council thereupon, and in default of payment may, in the manner and in the time provided in section 195 of the Harbours Act, 1923, sell the same, and may exercise on behalf of the Council all the powers contained in the said section 195; provided, however, that goods as mentioned in By-laws Nos. 25 and 27 shall not be stored in any wharf-shed.
21. If any goods, which in the opinion of the wharfinger it is not expedient to put in the wharf-shed, are stored on the wharf, then the owner of such goods shall pay storage for same at the same rate as mentioned in By-law No. 18.
22. If any cargo remains on any wharf for a longer period than forty-eight hours, or where such cargo in any way hinders the loading or unloading of any vessel, or is an impediment to the approaches, the wharfinger may have such cargo removed at the expense of the shipper, and in the case of inward cargo at the expense of the consignee or owner; provided that if any timber remains on any wharf for a longer period than twelve hours the wharfinger or other person in charge may have such timber removed at the expense of the shipper, consignee, or owner, as the case may be.
23. No timber, coal, produce, or cargo of any description shall be shipped or unshipped except at such time and places, and in such order or mode as may be directed and deemed expedient by the wharfinger for the proper working of any boat.
24. No person shall deposit any ballast, coal, coke, patent or other fuel on any wharf or in any shed without special permission of the wharfinger.
25. No goods or articles of any description which, in the opinion of the wharfinger, are likely to occasion damage to any wharf or shed, or anything for the time being on such wharf or in such shed, shall be discharged or landed on any such wharf or placed in any such shed.
26. No person shall place or leave upon any wharf or in any shed any vegetable or animal matter or goods which are in a state of decay or putrefaction. Any goods which are, in the opinion of the wharfinger, unfit to remain on wharf, or harmful to other goods stored on the wharf or in any shed, may be removed from the wharf or any shed by the wharfinger, and the consignee or owner shall, upon demand, repay to the Council the cost of such removal, and also in addition the amount of any damage done by such goods to any other goods on such wharf or in such shed.
27. All explosives, kerosene, and all goods of a dangerous or inflammable character shall be removed by the owner, agent, or consignee immediately on being landed, and such owner, agent, or consignee failing to do so will be held responsible for any damage or loss that may accrue from any accident arising therefrom, in addition to the penalty provided for breach of these regulations, and the Council shall not be responsible for any damage or loss which may accrue to such goods.

Ship’s Wharf Dues.

28. The following dues, tolls, and charges shall be paid for the use of each and every wharf that now is or may hereafter come under the jurisdiction of the Otamatea County Council, viz. :—

On every vessel under 20 tons register lying alongside a wharf, for each day or part of a day .. .. 1 0
On every vessel under 20 tons register, for every day or part of a day that such vessel lies alongside a vessel lying at a wharf .. .. .. 0 6
On every vessel under 20 tons register undergoing repairs or fittings out alongside a wharf, or lying off a wharf with a line attached thereto, per day or part of a day .. .. .. .. 0 6
On every vessel of 20 tons register and upwards lying at a wharf, per ton per day or part of a day .. 0 0½
Minimum charge on every sailing-vessel of 20 tons 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 .. .. .. 1 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, s. d. per ton per day or part of a day .. .. 0 0½
Minimum charge for vessel last mentioned .. 0 6

Penalties.

29. 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 enjoined, 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.

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

Validating Proceedings in connection with a Loan of One thousand Two Hundred Pounds (£1,200) proposed to be Raised by the Stewart Island County Council.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 13th day of January, 1928.

Present :

THE HONOURABLE W. DOWNIE STEWART, PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Stewart Island County Council, acting under and in pursuance of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926, proposes to raise a loan of one thousand two hundred pounds (£1,200), authorized by a poll of ratepayers taken on the fifth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, for the purpose of enlarging the Athenæum Hall and rebuilding the Library and Council Chambers at Half-moon Bay :

And whereas the proceedings are irregular in that the advertisements giving notice of intention to raise the loan were inserted four times in a newspaper circulating within the district, but not once in each week for four successive weeks prior to the taking of the poll, in accordance with the provisions of section ten of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926 :

And whereas in the first two advertisements of notice of intention to raise the loan the proposed sinking fund was shown at one per centum per annum instead of five per centum per annum :

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

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 Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926, 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 taken shall be valid to all intents and purposes as though the said advertisements had been correctly inserted in accordance with the provisions of section ten of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926, and that the validity of the proceedings in connection with the said loan shall not be called into question by reason only of the irregularities or defects aforesaid.

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

Validating Proceedings in connection with a Loan of One Thousand Two Hundred and Fifty Pounds (£1,250) proposed to be raised by the Franklin County Council.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 13th day of January, 1928.

Present :

THE HONOURABLE W. DOWNIE STEWART, PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Franklin County Council, acting under and in pursuance of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926, proposes to raise a loan of one thousand two hundred and fifty pounds (£1,250), authorized by a poll of ratepayers taken on the fourteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, for the purpose of forming and metalling the Waiau Pa to Papakura Road from the Presbyterian Church Corner to Mackenzie’s Landing :