2106.                                                             THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.                                                                 [No. 53

with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the
said Dominion, doth hereby appoint
Leslie Michael Brooky,
Charles Cleaver,
George Carley Dunham,
George Lennox Stenhouse Dunn,
Joseph Hurst,
James Andrew Morrison, and
Frederick Ward

to be the Mataroa Domain Board, having control of the
land described in the Schedule hereto; and doth hereby
appoint Friday, the fourteenth day of August, one thousand
nine hundred and thirty-one, at half past seven o’clock p.m.,
as the time when, and the Mataroa Public Hall as the place
where, the first meeting of the Board shall be held.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—MATAROA DOMAIN.
SECTIONS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 16, Suburbs of Mataroa. Area,
10 acres 2 roods 10 perches.

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

(L. and S. 1/261.)

Domain Board appointed to have Control of the Oturehua
Domain.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 13th day of
July, 1931.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by
section forty-four of the Public Reserves, Domains, and
National Parks Act, 1928, 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 appoint
Albert John Gilchrist,
Bernard Hayes,
Llewellyn Pearson Hayes,
Frederick Gemmell McKnight,
James Terry McKnight,
Donald Nicolson, and
John Nicolson

to be the Oturehua Domain Board, having control of the
land described in the Schedule hereto; and doth hereby
appoint Monday, the thirty-first day of August, one thousand
nine hundred and thirty-one, at eight o’clock p.m., as the
time when, and the Public Hall, Oturehua, as the place where,
the first meeting of the Board shall be held.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—OTUREHUA DOMAIN.
SECTION 289, Block I, Blackstone Survey District: Area,
7 acres 0 roods 20 perches.

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

(L. and S. 1/351.)

Exemption of certain Native Lands in County of Taupo
from Payment of Rates.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 13th day of
July, 1931.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

PURSUANT to section one hundred and four of the
Rating Act, 1925, and of every other power thereunto
him enabling, 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 exempt the Native land named in the Schedule
hereto from all rates made or levied by the local authority
under the provisions of the Rating Act, 1925.

SCHEDULE.

ALL Native lands situated within that part of the County of
Taupo which is outside the Taupo Road District, excepting
thereout such Native lands as are subject to subsisting leases
to Europeans.

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

Licensing the Roose Shipping Company, Limited, to use and
occupy Parts of the Foreshore and Land below Low-water
Mark at Huntly, Taupiri, and Hamilton, in the Waikato
River, as Sites for Wharves, Sheds, and Breastwork.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 13th day of
July, 1931.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS, there being no Harbour Board empowered
to grant the license hereinafter mentioned, the Roose
Shipping Company, Limited, of Mercer (hereinafter referred
to as “the company,” in which term is to be construed,
unless the context requires a different construction, its
successors and assigns), has applied to the Governor-General
in Council for a license under the Harbours Act, 1923 (here-
inafter called “the said Act”), to occupy parts of the fore-
shore and land below low-water mark, at Huntly, Taupiri,
and Hamilton, in the Waikato River, in order to maintain
thereon wharves, sheds, and breastwork (hereinafter referred
to as “the said structures”), erected in accordance with
plans marked M.D. 6956, 6954, and 6955, respectively, de-
posited in the office of the Marine Department at Wellin-
ton:

And whereas it has been made to appear to the Governor-
General in Council that the work will not be or tend to the
injury of navigation, and the said plans have, prior to the
making of this Order in Council, been approved by the
Governor-General in Council:

And whereas it is desirable that a license should be granted
and issued to the company under the said Act for the purposes
aforesaid, on the terms and conditions hereinafter expressed:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of
the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of
the power and authority conferred upon 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 purposes or objects for which the said license is required
by the company 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 company to use and occupy those parts of the
foreshore and land below low-water mark which are par-
ticularly shown and delineated on plans M.D. 6956, 6954,
and 6955, so deposited as aforesaid, for the purpose of main-
taining thereon the said structure erected in accordance with
the said plans, such license to be held and enjoyed by the
company upon and subject to the terms and conditions set
forth in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

1. In these conditions the terms—
   “Foreshore” means such part 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 those parts of the
   foreshore and land below low-water mark occupied by the
   said structures as shown on plans marked M.D. 6956, 6954,
   and 6955.

3. In consideration of the concessions and privileges granted
   by this Order in Council the company shall pay to the Minister
   the sum of £2 10s., and thereafter an annual sum of £15, in
   advance, payable on the 1st day of April each year.

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, and out of the said structures without payment.

5. All persons shall, at all reasonable times, and upon
   payment of the prescribed dues, have free and full liberty to
   use the said structures and all rights of ingress and egress
   thereon and therefrom.

6. The company shall maintain the said structures in good
   order and repair, and shall at all times exhibit therefrom and
   maintain at the company’s own cost suitable and necessary
   lights for the guidance of vessels: Provided that no light
   shall be exhibited until after it has been approved by the
   Minister.