Aug. 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2315
twenty-eight of the Fire Brigades Act, 1926, to transmit

to the Governor-General in Council for a license under the
said Act to occupy a part of the foreshore and land below
low-water mark at Mapua, Waimea River, in order to main-
tain a wharf thereon, and in accordance with the one-hundred-
and-seventy-first section of the said Act, has deposited
plans in the office of the Marine Department at Wellington,
marked M.D. 4773 and 5407, showing the area of foreshore
intended to be occupied :
And whereas it has been made to appear that the said
wharf will not be or tend to the injury of navigation :
And whereas it is expedient that a license should be granted
to the Board under the said Act for the purpose aforesaid:
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 Board as aforesaid ; and, in further pur-
suance and exercise of the said power and authority, and
with the like advice and consent as aforesaid, both hereby
license and permit the Board to use and occupy that part of
the foreshore and land below low-water mark immediately
contiguous thereto, which is particularly shown and de-
lineated on the plans so deposited as aforesaid, for the purpose
of using the wharf aforesaid in connection therewith, such
license to be held and enjoyed by the Board upon and subject
to the terms and conditions set forth in the Schedule hereto.
SCHEDULE.

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 only to the part of the
   foreshore and land below low-water mark necessary for the
   maintenance of the said wharf, as shown on plans M.D. 4773
   and 5407, so deposited as aforesaid.
3. In consideration of the concessions and privileges
   granted by this Order in Council, the Board shall pay to
   the Minister an annual rental of ls., payable on demand,
   such rent to date from the 23rd July, 1931.
4. All persons shall, at all reasonable times, upon payment
   of the proper dues, have full liberty to use the said wharf and
   all rights of ingress and egress thereon and therefrom.
5. 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 wharf without payment.
6. The Board shall maintain the above-mentioned wharf
   in good order and repair, and shall, at all times, exhibit
   therefrom and maintain at the Board'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
   of by the Minister.
7. Any person authorized by the Minister may at all
   reasonable times enter upon the wharf and view the state
   of repair thereof; and upon such Minister leaving at or
   posting to the last known address of the Board in New Zea-
   land a notice in writing, of any defect or want of repair in
   such wharf, requiring the Board, within a reasonable time
   to be therein prescribed, to make good or repair the same,
   the Board 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 Board and deposited above high-
   water mark or at such places as may be approved by the
   Minister or by any person appointed by the Minister for that
   purpose.
9. Nothing herein contained shall authorize the Board 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 made
   thereunder, and that are now or may hereafter be in force.
10. The rights, powers, and privileges conferred by this
    Order in Council shall continue in force for fourteen years,
    computed from the 23rd day of July, 1931, unless, in the
    meantime, such rights, powers, and privileges shall be altered,
    modified, or revoked by competent authority ; and the Board