Dec. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

vested in him by the said Act, and of all other powers and
authorities enabling him in that behalf, doth hereby vest
the management of the said wharf in the Council, subject to
the conditions set forth in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

CONDITIONS OF MANAGEMENT.

1. In these conditions the terms—

• "Foresore" 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 maintenance of the said wharf, at the site
   shown on the plan marked M.D. 4847.

3. All persons shall, at all reasonable times, and upon
   payment of the proper dues, have free and full liberty to use
   the above-mentioned wharf, and all 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 by the Minister.

6. All dues and rates received on account of the said wharf
   by the Council shall be applied to keeping such wharf, and all
   erectiions 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 above-mentioned wharf, and
   any buildings erected thereon 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 master of all vessels discharging ballast at the said
   wharf shall have all such ballast taken away 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 buildings or structure whatever, except
   with the consent of the Minister first obtained.

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 thirty-first
    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 to be in force until the 9th day of January,
    1941, 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 compensa-
    tion 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.

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15. The Council shall be liable for any injury which may be
    caused by 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 herein-
    before 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 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.

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

Vesting the Control of a Reserve in the Bell Hill Public Hall
Board.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 4th day of
December, 1931.
Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto
is a reserve duly set apart for a site for a public hall:
And whereas it is expedient that the control of the said
reserve should be vested in a special Board, as hereinafter
provided:
Now, therefore, 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,
and in exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon
him by section seventeen of the Public Reserves, Domains,
and National Parks Act, 1928, doth hereby vest the control
of the reserve described in the Schedule hereto for the period
of five years from the date hereof (unless previously amended
or revoked under the said Act) in the undermentioned persons,
namely:—
Oscar Gibson Bird,
John Thomas Butterworth, and
Earnest Coleman,
who are hereby constituted for that purpose a special Board
by the name of the Bell Hill Public Hall Board (hereinafter
referred to as “the Board”), with the powers and subject to
the conditions hereinafter contained, that is to say:—

1. The Board shall meet for the transaction of business on
   the first Monday in each quarter at half past seven o'clock
   p.m. at the Bell Hill Public Hall, or at such other time or
   place as may from time to time be fixed by the Board. The
   first meeting shall be held on Monday, the fourth day of
   January, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-two.

2. The members of the Board shall at their first meeting,
   and thereafter at the annual meeting hereinafter mentioned,
   elect one of themselves to be Chairman, who may join in the
   discussion, and shall have an original as well as a casting vote.
   The Chairman shall hold office until the election of his suc-
   cessor.

3. Special meetings may be convened by the Chairman,
   provided that two days' notice of any such meeting is given
   to each member, specifying the business to be transacted at
   such special meeting; and no other business than that so
   specified shall be transacted at such meeting.

4. Any two members of the Board shall form a quorum.
   Any meeting may be adjourned from time to time.

5. If at any meeting the Chairman is not present at the
   time appointed for holding the same, the members present
   shall choose one of their number to be Chairman of such
   meeting.

6. If by resignation, death, incapacity, or otherwise the
   seat of any member shall be or become vacant, or if any
   member absents himself without reasonable cause from three