and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion,
both hereby order and declare that on and after the date
of the gazetting of this Order in Council the public highway
mentioned in the Schedule hereto shall be a main highway
within the meaning and for the purposes of the Main Highways
Act, 1922.

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON-NAPIER VIA WAIRARAPA: All that road or
portion of road in the Masterton County commencing at the
north-eastern corner of Section 65, Block I, Otahoua Survey
District, and proceeding generally in a southerly direction
via Opaki Road, and terminating at the Masterton Borough
boundary near the south-eastern corner of Section 64, Block I,
Otahoua Survey District, being a distance of 11 chains, more
or less. As the same is more particularly delineated on the
plan marked P.W.D. 81548, deposited in the office of the
Main Highways Board at Wellington, and thereon coloured
yellow.

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

Extending Time for closing Poll, Auckland Transport District.
BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 27th day of
April, 1931.
Present:
His Excellency The Governor-General In Council.
IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority
vested in him by the Local Elections and Polls Act,
1925, 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, doth hereby
extend the hour at which the poll for the general election
of members of the Auckland Transport Board, to be held on
Wednesday, the sixth day of May, one thousand nine hundred
and thirty-one, shall close, to seven o'clock in the afternoon
of the day appointed.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
(I.A. 19/28/41.)

Licensing the Ohinemuri County Council to use and occupy a
Part of the Foreshore at Kaimanawa, Waihou River, as a
Site for a Wharf and Shed.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 27th day of
April, 1931.
Present:
His Excellency The Governor-General In Council.
WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the first day of
February, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen,
and published in the Gazette of the eighth day of the same
month at page 466, the Ohinemuri County Council (hereinafter called "the Council," in which term is to be construed,
unless the context requires a different construction, its
successors or assigns) was licensed to use and occupy part
of the foreshore and land below low-water mark at Kaimanawa,
Waihou River, in order to erect and maintain a wharf and
shed thereon in accordance with the plans marked M.D. 4666
and 4733, and deposited in the office of the Marine Department
at Wellington for the term of fourteen years, computed from
the first day of February, one thousand nine hundred and
seventeen:
And whereas the Council has applied for a fresh license
under the Harbours Act, 1923 (hereinafter called "the said
Act"), for a further term of fourteen years, and it is advisable
to grant the same:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of
the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of
the power and authority vested in him by the said 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 approve
of the purpose or object for which the said license is required
by the Council as aforesaid; and, in further pursuance and
exercise of the said power and authority, and with the like
advice and consent as aforesaid, doth hereby license and
permit the Council to use and occupy that part of the foreshore as shown on plans M.D. 4666 and 4733, so deposited as
aforesaid, for the purpose of maintaining the said wharf and
shed, such license to be held and enjoyed by the Council upon
and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the
Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

1. In these conditions the term—
   “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 only to the part of the
   foreshore and land below low-water mark adjacent thereto
   necessary for the erection of the said wharf and shed, as
   shown on the plans marked M.D. 4666 and 4733, and deposited
   as aforesaid.
3. All persons shall, at all reasonable times, upon payment
   of proper dues, have free and full liberty to use the said
   wharf and shed, and all rights of ingress and egress thereon
   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,
   through, over, and out of the said wharf and shed without
   payment.
5. The Council shall maintain the above-mentioned wharf
   in good order and repair; and shall at all times exhibit
   from the wharf and maintain at its own cost suitable and
   necessary lights for the guidance of vessels: Provided that
   no light shall be exhibited until after it has been approved
   of by the Minister.
6. Any person authorized by the Minister may at all
   reasonable times enter upon the said wharf and shed 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 and shed, 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.
7. 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 regulation of
   the Minister of Customs, or with any provisions of the
   Harbours Act, 1923, or its amendments, or any regulations
   thereunder, and that are now or may hereafter be in force.
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 rights, powers, and privileges hereby conferred shall
   continue in force for fourteen years, computed from the first
   day of February, 1931, 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.
10. 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.
11. The Council shall be liable for any injury which the
    said wharf and shed may cause any vessel or boat to sustain
    through any default or neglect on the part of the Council.
12. In case the Council shall—
    (1) Commit or suffer a breach of the conditions hereinbefore
    set forth, or any of them;
    (2) Cease to use or occupy the said wharf and shed for a
    period of thirty 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 any 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 license, rights,
    and privileges thereby granted and conferred have been
    revoked and determined.