Nov. 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3589

M.D. 6854, so deposited as aforesaid, for the purpose of erecting and maintaining thereon the said wharf to be erected in accordance with the said plan, such license to be held and enjoyed by the Council upon and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the First Schedule hereto, and doth hereby prescribe that the dues and rates specified in the Second Schedule hereto shall be taken and charged by the Council for the use of the said wharf.

FIRST SCHEDULE.
CONDITIONS OF MANAGEMENT.

1. In these conditions the terms—
   “Foreshore” means such parts 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:
   “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.

2. The concessions and privileges conferred by this Order in Council shall extend and apply to the part of the foreshore and land below low-water mark adjacent thereto necessary for the erection and maintenance of the said wharf, at the site shown on the plan marked M.D. 6854.

3. All His Majesty’s subjects shall at all reasonable times, and upon payment of the proper dues, have free and full liberty to use the above-mentioned wharf, and rights of ingress and egress thereto and therefrom.

4. His Majesty or the Governor-General, and all officers in the Government service acting in the execution of their duty, shall at all times have free ingress, passage, and egress into, over, and out of the said wharf without payment.

5. The Council shall maintain and keep the above-mentioned wharf and all erections on or in connection with the wharf in good order and repair; and shall at all times exhibit therefrom, and maintain at the Council’s own cost, suitable and necessary lights for the guidance of vessels: Provided that no new light shall be exhibited until after it has been approved of by the Minister.

6. All dues and rates received on account of the said wharf by the Council shall be applied to keeping the said wharf and all erections on or in connection with such wharf in good order and repair.

7. Any person authorized by the Minister may at all reasonable times enter upon the said wharf and any buildings erected on the wharf, or in connection therewith, and view the state of repair thereof; and upon the Minister leaving at or posting to the last known address of the Council in New Zealand a notice in writing of any defect or want of repair in such wharf or buildings, requiring the Council, within a reasonable time to be therein prescribed, to make good or repair the same, the Council shall, with all convenient speed, cause such defect to be removed or such repairs to be made.

8. The ballast of all vessels loading at the said wharf shall be taken away by the Council and deposited above high-water mark, or at such place as may be approved of by the Minister, or by any person appointed by the Minister for that purpose.

9. The Council shall not erect, or suffer to be erected, on the said wharf any building or structure whatever, except with the consent of the Minister.

10. The Council shall keep a separate account of the receipts and expenditure on account of such wharf and premises, and shall cause such account to be balanced to the 31st day of March in every year, and shall send a copy of such account when balanced to the Minister, and shall supply any particulars in reference thereto as may be required by the Minister.

11. The Council shall appoint all officers necessary for the working and management of the said wharf.

12. Nothing herein contained shall authorize the Council to do or cause to be done anything repugnant to or inconsistent with any law relating to the Customs, or any regulations of the Minister of Customs, or with any provisions of the Harbours Act, 1923, or its amendments, or any regulation thereunder, and that are now or may hereafter be in force.

13. The rights, powers, and privileges hereby conferred shall continue in force for fourteen years, computed from the date hereof, unless in the meantime such rights, powers, and privileges shall be altered, modified, or revoked by competent authority; and the Council shall not assign, charge, or part with any such right, power, or privilege without the previous written consent of the Minister first obtained.

14. The rights, powers and privileges conferred under or by virtue of this Order in Council may be at any time resumed by the Governor-General without payment of any compensation whatever, on giving to the Council three calendar months’ previous notice in writing. Any such notice shall be sufficient if given by the Minister and delivered at or posted to the last known address of the Council in New Zealand.

15. The Council shall be liable for any injury which may be caused at the said wharf to any vessel or boat through any default or neglect on the part of the Council.

16. In case the Council shall—
    (1) Commit or suffer a breach of the conditions hereinbefore set forth, or any of them; or
    (2) Cease to use or occupy the said wharf for a period of thirty consecutive days;
    then, and in either of the said cases, this Order in Council and every license, right, power, or privilege, may be revoked and determined by the Governor-General in Council without any notice to the Council or other proceedings whatsoever; and publication in the New Zealand Gazette of an order in Council containing such revocation shall be sufficient notice to the Council and to all persons concerned or interested that this Order in Council, and the licenses, rights, and privileges thereby granted and conferred have been revoked and determined.

17. In the event of this Order in Council being revoked for any reason whatsoever, or upon the expiry of the period for which the license is granted, the Council shall, if required by the Minister so to do, remove the said wharf entirely from the site and restore the site to its original condition within three months from the date of the revocation or expiry, as the case may be; and if the Council fails so to do the Minister may cause the said wharf to be removed and the site so restored, and may recover the costs incurred by the said removal and restoration from the Council.

SECOND SCHEDULE.
BERTHAGE.

For vessels hauling alongside the wharf per day or part of a day, per ton of registered tonnage .. 0 0½
Vessels when bar-bound at Tairua to be charged for three days only.
(Sailing-vessels in all cases to make way for steamers.)

STORAGE.

For goods, &c., stored in the wharf shed:—

Incoming Cargo.

Free storage for forty-eight hours.
After forty-eight hours, per ton, per day or part of a day .. .. .. .. 0 6
Parcels after forty-eight hours, each, per day or part of a day .. .. .. .. 0 3

Outgoing Cargo.

Free storage in all cases for seven days.
Grain—
Over seven days and up to twenty-one days, per sack, per week or part of a week .. .. 0 0½
Over twenty-one days, per sack, per week or part of a week .. .. .. .. 0 2
Potatoes, same rate as grain.
Wool—
Over seven days to twenty-one days, per bale, per week or part of a week .. .. 0 3
Over twenty-one days, per bale, per week or part of a week .. .. .. .. 0 6
Chaff, one-half grain rate.
All other outgoing cargo, over seven days, per ton, per day or part of a day .. .. .. .. 0 6
Any cargo, incoming or outgoing, may be ordered to be removed from the shed at any time.

WHARFAGE.

For goods, &c., landed on or shipped from the wharf, to be charged by weight or measurement:—
General cargo, incoming or outgoing (with the exceptions hereinafter mentioned), per ton .. 1 0
Grain (all), per sack .. .. .. .. 0 1
Chaff, per sack .. .. .. .. 0 0½
Potatoes, per sack .. .. .. .. 0 1
Butter (up to three boxes), per box .. .. 0 1
Butter (over three boxes), per box .. .. 0 0½
Sheep and lambs, per head .. .. .. .. 0 1
Cattle, per head .. .. .. .. 1 0
Calves (under ten months old), per head .. .. 0 3
Horses, per head .. .. .. .. 1 0
Pigs (dead or alive), per head .. .. .. .. 0 1
Poultry (dead or alive), per dozen .. .. 0 3
Hides, each .. .. .. .. 0 1
Skins, per dozen .. .. .. .. 0 3
Wool, per bale .. .. .. .. 0 6
Vehicles (two-wheeled) each .. .. .. .. 1 0
Vehicles (four-wheeled) each .. .. .. .. 1 6