subject to the condition that no building or part of a building
shall at any time be erected on the land fronting the north-
eastern side of Hedges Road (described in the Schedule hereto),
within a distance of thirty-three feet from the centre-line of the
said road.

SCHEDULE.

THE north-eastern side of all that road, situated in the Otago
Land District, County of Waitaki, known as Hedges Road,
fronting Sections 41 and 661R, Block I, Oamaru Survey
District. As the said portion of road is more particularly
delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 80435, deposited in the
office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, and
thereon coloured red.

A. W. MULLIGAN,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.
(P.W. 46/1123.)

Regulations fixing Dues and otherwise with respect to the
Thames County Council Wharves at Puriri and Whangamata.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 13th day of
January, 1931.

Present :

THE HONOURABLE E. A. RANSOM, PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS it is enacted by section two hundred and
twenty-six of the Harbours Act, 1923 (hereinafter
called “the said Act”), that a Harbour Board shall have
power, by by-laws made under the said Act, to do all or any
of the things in the said section mentioned within the limits
of the harbour, including, amongst other things, power to
regulate the use of wharves and other landing-places, and
generally regulate the traffic on the same, fix scales of dues,
tolls, and charges to be paid for the use of wharves, and fix
scales of dues for the storage of goods, and otherwise as
mentioned in the said section:

And whereas it is enacted by section nine of the said Act
that in harbours where there is no Harbour Board the
Governor-General in Council shall have all the powers,
functions, duties, and authorities by the said Act conferred
upon Harbour Boards, and may exercise the same in accordance
with the said Act under regulations to be made in the
manner provided in section two hundred and twenty-six :

And whereas there is no Harbour Board at Puriri or Whangamata, and it is desirable to make the following regulations
with respect to the said wharves and landing-places which are
under the control of the Thames County Council :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the
Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the hereinbefore-recited power and authority, and acting by and with the
advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said
Dominion, doth hereby make the following regulations with
respect to the said wharves and landing-places therein which
are under the control of the Thames County Council (hereinafter called "the Council ").

REGULATIONS.

1. In these regulations, if not inconsistent with the context,-
   “Boat” means any open, decked, or half-decked boat
   attached to or used in connection with any ship or
   other vessel lying in or belonging to or visiting Puriri
   or Whangamata, and also any such boat used for the
   purposes of business or pleasure by residents of the
   Thames County, in which the means of propulsion is
   either exclusively by oars or partly by oars and partly
   by sails:
   “Council” means the Thames County Council:
   “Master” means and includes the person actually in charge
   of any vessel, whether or not he is certificated:
   “Vessel” means and includes every description of launch
   or ship, whether used in navigation or in any way
   kept or used as a hulk or storeship, or for any other
   purpose whatsoever, whether business or pleasure, and
   not coming within the above definition of “boat”:
   “Wharf” means the County Wharf at Puriri or Whangamata and includes the foreshore and land below low-water mark extending for one chain on each side of
   the said wharf necessary for the working thereof:
   “Wharfinger” includes every person actually in charge
   of any wharf for the time being.

2. The master of any vessel loading or discharging at any
   wharf or jetty shall be deemed accountable for the proper
   slinging and landing of all goods, and responsible for all
   damage that may occur either from the breakage of slings
   or from the goods being improperly slung or improperly
   handled,

3. It shall be the duty of the master to cause proper
   tarpaulins to be stretched from the wharf to the vessel loading
   or discharging as aforesaid, and to be there maintained while
   cargo or ballast is being handled or shipped.

4. In case any vessel does or causes any damage to any
   wharf or any part thereof, or to any machinery or building
   thereon or appertaining thereto, then and in any such case
   the master of such vessel shall forthwith report the occurrence
   to the wharfinger by telegraph, or by at once reporting to the
   wharfinger in person, or should there be no wharfinger, then
   shall he report to the Council in like manner.

5. Any damage done or caused as aforesaid may be repaired, by the Council, and the cost thereof shall be recoverable by the Council from the master and owner of any such
   vessel, or either of them, in any Court of competent jurisdiction.

6. All goods landed on any wharf, or brought thereon for
   shipment, shall be placed as the wharfinger or other authorized
   person directs, and so as to keep all mooring posts or rings
   free and all rails or tramways clear.

7. Before any vessel or boat is removed from any wharf,
   the master or other person in charge of the said vessel or
   boat shall cause all dirt or rubbish to be thoroughly cleared
   from the portion of the said wharf occupied by such vessel
   or boat, and to be deposited at such places as may be
   appointed by the wharfinger or other person in charge.

8. No boat shall be made fast to any steps or landing-place
   or so near thereto as to obstruct the approach of other
   vessels, nor shall any boat lie longer alongside than is required
   for landing passengers.

9. (a) No person shall drive, take, or work, or cause to be
   driven, taken, or worked, any cart, vehicle, or horse on any
   wharf on which carts, vehicles, or horses are permitted by the
   wharfinger or person in charge to be taken at other than a walking-pace.
   (b) If such cart or vehicle is drawn by one horse, the person
   in charge shall walk at the head of and lead the horse ; and
   no person shall ride on any wharf, but shall dismount and
   lead his horse.
   (c) Every person driving or taking any vehicle on any such
   wharf shall remain in attendance thereon, so as to have control
   of his horse or horses.

10. All watermen, stevedores, carters, and other persons
    employed on any wharf or any public landing-place shall
    be under the control of the wharfinger or other person in
    charge, and shall obey all orders given by such person in
    charge.

11. No person shall in any way obstruct or impede traffic
    on any wharf, nor make use of any provoking, abusive,
    obscene, or other improper language thereon.

12. (a) No person shall, otherwise than as specifically
    permitted by these regulations, obstruct or impede ingress
    to or egress from any wharf by any vessel, boat, or cable,
    or in any other way.
    (b) If in breach of this clause any person obstruct or impede
    ingress or egress as aforesaid, and does not, upon being
    ordered so to do by the wharfinger or other person in charge,
    remove such obstruction, then, irrespective of the penalty
    to which such person is liable for such obstruction, the officer
    in charge may remove, cast off, or cut any such obstruction,
    and may recover the cost of so doing from such person.

13. The wharfinger shall have power, on authority of the
    Chairman of Council, to close the wharves, or any of them
    or any portion thereof, whenever in his opinion it is advisable
    to do so, and no person shall enter upon any wharf or portion
    of the wharf so closed without the consent of the wharfinger.

14. The master of every vessel lying at a wharf shall give
    way to any mail-steamer, whether discharging cargo or
    passengers, and shall either vacate his berth or assist the
    master of the mail-steamer to moor alongside his vessel,
    and allow the cargo and passengers to be shipped or unshipped over and across the deck of his vessel, as the case may
    require, under such conditions as the wharfinger may impose.

15. The master of every vessel, whether carrying passengers
    or not, when lying alongside any wharf shall fix, and at all
    times keep fixed, a safe and proper gangway from such vessel
    to the wharf. Such gangway shall have side rails and
    stanchions, with ropes rove taut through same, the top rail
    or rope being not less than 3 ft. high; and he shall also keep
    a gangway-net properly secured beneath the gangway, and
    shall at all times throughout the night-that is to say, from
    sunset to sunrise-show and exhibit a proper light fixed at
    each gangway, and shall conform to and obey all orders the
    wharfinger may give regarding the position, size, and kind of
    such gangways and lights.

16. The master, owner, or agent of every vessel shall
    produce the certificate of registry of his vessel, and shall