Feb. 1] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 117

Imposing Levy on the Owners of Coal-mines Situated Within the Buller Rescue-station Levy Area

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General

ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 10th day of January, 1951

Present :

THE HON. K. J. HOLYOAKE PRESIDING IN COUNCIL

WHEREAS by section 6, subsection (4), of the Coal-mines Amendment Act, 1936, it is provided that every rescue-station established in accordance with section 6 of the said Act shall be established in respect of an area to be defined by the Minister of Mines by notice published in the New Zealand Gazette :

And whereas by section 6, subsection (5), of the said Act, it is provided that for the purpose of recouping the cost of the establishment and maintenance of any such rescue-station, the Governor-General, by Order in Council, may from time to time impose levies on the owners of coal-mines situated within the area defined in respect of such rescue-station, not exceeding in respect of any mine for any year a levy computed at the rate of one penny for every ton or part of a ton of marketable coal raised from the mine during the preceding year ended on the 31st day of December :

And whereas the Minister of Mines, by notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette of the 3rd day of August, 1944, defined an area in respect of which a rescue-station might be established :

And whereas the Minister of Mines has established a rescue-station (hereinafter called “the Buller Rescue-station”) in respect of the coal-mining area defined in the said notice :

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by the said section 6, subsection (5), 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, for the purpose of recouping the cost of the establishment and maintenance of the Buller Rescue-station, impose on the owners of coal-mines situated within the area defined in the said notice in respect of each mine within the said area a levy computed at the rate of one penny for every ton or part of a ton of marketable coal raised from the mine during the year ended on the 31st day of December, 1950.

T. J. SHERRARD,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

(Mines 8/58/20.)

Imposing Levy on the Owners of Coal-mines Situated Within the Ohai Rescue-station Levy Area

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General

ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 10th day of January, 1951

Present :

THE HON. K. J. HOLYOAKE PRESIDING IN COUNCIL

WHEREAS by section 6, subsection (4), of the Coal-mines Amendment Act, 1936, it is provided that every rescue-station established in accordance with section 6 of the said Act shall be established in respect of an area to be defined by the Minister of Mines by notice published in the New Zealand Gazette :

And whereas by section 6, subsection (5), of the said Act, it is provided that for the purpose of recouping the cost of the establishment and maintenance of any such rescue-station, the Governor-General, by Order in Council, may from time to time impose levies on the owners of coal-mines situated within the area defined in respect of such rescue-station, not exceeding in respect of any mine for any year a levy computed at the rate of one penny for every ton or part of a ton of marketable coal raised from the mine during the preceding year ended on the 31st day of December :

And whereas the Minister of Mines, by notice appearing in the New Zealand Gazette of the 29th day of February, 1940, defined an area in respect of which a rescue-station might be established :

And whereas the Minister of Mines has established a rescue-station (hereinafter called “the Ohai Rescue-station”) in respect of the coal-mining area defined in the said notice :

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by the said section 6 subsection (5), 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, for the purpose of recouping the cost of the establishment and maintenance of the Ohai Rescue-station, impose on the owners of coal-mines situated within the area defined in the said notice in respect of each mine within the said area a levy computed at the rate of one penny for every ton or part of a ton of marketable coal raised from the mine during the year ended on the 31st day of December, 1950.

T. J. SHERRARD,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

(Mines 8/58/12.)

Varying an Order in Council Vesting in the North Canterbury Catchment Board the Control of Watercourses in the North Canterbury Catchment District

B. C. FREYBERG, Governor-General

ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 23rd day of January, 1951

Present :

THE HON. K. J. HOLYOAKE PRESIDING IN COUNCIL

PURSUANT to section 130 of the Soil Conservation and Rivers Control Act, 1941, 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 vary as hereinafter set forth the Order in Council made on the 20th day of March, 1946, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 21st day of the same month at page 351, vesting in the North Canterbury Catchment Board the control of watercourses in the North Canterbury Catchment District as varied by the Order in Council dated the 15th day of March, 1950, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 23rd day of the same month at page 309 :

1. The following clause is added after clause 4 thereof:—

“4A. That the cost of cleansing, repairing, maintaining, improving, or reconstructing each part of McIntosh’s and Feldwick’s drains referred to in the first column of the Schedule hereto shall be provided and paid by the Rangiora County Council and the Kaiapoi Borough Council in the proportions specified in the second column of the said schedule opposite to the description of that part of the drain.”

2. The following clause is added after clause 5 thereof:—

“5A. One month after the last days of March and September in each year the North Canterbury Catchment Board shall send to the Kaiapoi Borough Council and the Rangiora County Council a statement of the cost of cleansing, repairing, maintaining, improving, and reconstructing in accordance with paragraph 4A of this Order, those portions of McIntosh’s and Feldwick’s drains described in the Schedule hereto, and the machinery and appliances used therewith, together with a demand for payment of the share appropriate to the local authority, such statement being compiled to the last day of the month of March or September immediately preceding such statement.”

3. The following clause is added after clause 6 thereof:—

“6A. Within one month from the date of receipt of such statement of cost and demand the Kaiapoi Borough Council and the Rangiora County Council shall pay their respective shares in accordance with the statements and demands in cash at the office of the North Canterbury Catchment Board at Christchurch.”

4. The following Schedule is added after the above clause 6A:—

“SCHEDULE

T. J. SHERRARD,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

(P.W. 75/5/34.)