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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 75

Order in Council prescribing the Rates of Interest that may be paid by the Raglan Town Board in respect of a Loan of £220.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 16th day of October, 1928.

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

WHEREAS the Raglan Town Board (hereinafter called “the said local authority”) has been authorized to borrow, in respect of a loan to be known as “Municipal Building Supplementary Loan, 1928,” the sum of two hundred and twenty pounds, and the said sum has not yet been borrowed:

And whereas the Minister of Finance has given his precedent consent as required by section one hundred and fourteen of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926 (hereinafter called “the said section”), to the borrowing by the said local authority of the said sum of two hundred and twenty pounds, at such rate or rates of interest as shall not produce to the lenders a rate exceeding the rate hereinafter mentioned:

Now, therefore, 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, and in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on him by the said section, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in this behalf, doth hereby prescribe that the said sum of two hundred and twenty pounds may be raised in respect of the said loan by the said local authority at such rate or rates of interest as shall not produce to the lenders a rate exceeding the rate of six pounds per centum per annum, and the said local authority is hereby authorized to borrow the said sum accordingly.

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

(T. 49/166.)

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

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 10th day of October, 1928.

Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL 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 declare that the powers and duties of the Picton Borough Council (hereinafter called “the Council”) with respect to the control and management of all wharves referred to in the said section forty-six shall be the powers and duties limited and defined in the First Schedule hereto:

And doth hereby prescribe that the dues and rates that may be taken by the Council for the use of any of the said wharves shall be the dues and rates set out in the Second Schedule hereto:

And doth hereby prescribe that the classes of vessels that may lawfully be permitted by the said Council to use any of the said wharves shall be the classes of vessels described in the Third Schedule hereto:

And doth hereby revoke the respective Orders in Council referred to in the Fourth Schedule hereto.

FIRST SCHEDULE.
(1) THE Council may regulate in respect of all or any vessels or classes of vessels the times, places, order, and mode of berthing, mooring, remaining, approaching, and leaving at, to, and from any of the said wharves.

(2) The Council may regulate the times, places, order, and mode of the landing and embarking of passengers at any of the said wharves.

(3) The Council may regulate the admission and exclusion of any person, animals, vehicles, or property of any kind to and from any of the said wharves.

(4) The Council may regulate the times, places, order, and mode of shipping, unshipping, landing, warehousing, stowing, and depositing of goods (with special regulations and restrictions in the case of dangerous goods), and of the taking in and delivery of ballast, and of the landing and embarking of live stock and the driving and control of the same while on any of the said wharves.

(5) The Council may impose on the master, owner, or agent of any vessel duties with respect to the cleaning of any part of any wharf in consequence of operations of loading or unloading such vessel.

(6) The Council may enact that certain persons or classes of persons shall be liable for payment of any of the dues and rates that may be taken pursuant to this Order in Council.

(7) The Council may forbid any person to use any of the said wharves with a vessel which is not for the time being of a class that is lawfully permitted by the Council to use such wharf.

(8) The Council may from time to time authorize any person to collect the said dues and rates and to decide in cases of doubt what dues and rates are payable, and to demand and recover any dues and rates from any person made liable for payment of the same.

(9) The Council may from time to time authorize any person to enforce any powers exercised by the Council pursuant to this Schedule.

(10) The Council may make provision to secure compliance with the directions given by any person authorized as aforesaid.

Provided always—
(a) The powers referred to in paragraphs numbered respectively (1) to (7) inclusive and (10) of this Schedule shall be exercised only by the making of by-laws in that behalf in the manner in which by-laws are required to be made pursuant to the Municipal Corporations Act, 1920, and with the like powers and subject to the same provisions as relate to by-laws under the last-named Act:

(b) The powers referred to in paragraphs numbered (8) and (9) of this Schedule may be exercised by the Council by resolution.

SECOND SCHEDULE.
(1) SHIP BERTHAGE DUES.

Regular traders over 6 tons, per ton per annum 0 10 0
Casual traders, for each occasion of berthing .. 1 0 0
Licensed passenger-launches not exceeding 6 tons, per annum .. .. .. 3 0 0
Mail-service launches not exceeding 6 tons, per annum .. .. .. .. 3 0 0
Private fishing and whaling launches and yachts not exceeding 6 tons, per annum .. .. 1 15 0
Visiting and cruising launches and yachts, per annum .. .. .. .. 0 5 0
Punts and lighters, per annum .. .. 1 10 0
Licensed passenger-launches, mail-service launches if exceeding 6 tons, per ton per annum .. 0 10 0
Private launches, fishing and whaling launches, and yachts, if exceeding 6 tons, per ton per annum .. .. .. .. 0 5 0

(2) WHARFAGE DUES.

Goods except those hereinafter specified per ton s. d. weight or ton measured according to shipping custom, at the option of the Council .. .. 1 0
Fencing-posts, per 100 .. .. 2 0
Firewood, per cord .. .. 1 0
Timber, per 100 ft. .. .. 0 6
Small cattle, per head .. .. 0 0½
Great cattle and horses for the first head .. 2 6
Great cattle and horses, per head after the first head landed from or embarked upon any one vessel .. .. .. .. 1 0

(3) For the purposes of this Schedule, “small cattle” means and includes sheep, goats, swine, and calves not more than one year old, and other small animals except dogs.

“Great cattle” means and includes bulls, bullocks, cows, and heifers over the age of one year, and other large animals.

“Licensed” means licensed under the Harbours Act, 1923, to ply for hire in the carriage of passengers and/or goods.

The tonnage of a vessel shall be computed by reference to the net register tonnage thereof.

THIRD SCHEDULE.

ANY vessel or boat trading between Picton and any place situated within Tory Channel, Queen Charlotte Sound, and Pelorus Sound.