11 Oct.

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

1385

Investment of £15,000 of the Timaru Harbour Board's Funds

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General

ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government Buildings at Wellington this 2nd day of October 1956

Present:

THE RIGHT HON. S. G. HOLLAND PRESIDING IN COUNCIL

PURSUANT to section 53 of the Harbours Act 1950, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby authorises the Timaru Harbour Board to invest the sum of £15,000 from its Renewal and Reserve Fund in debentures of the Auckland Electric Power Board General Extension and Improvement Loan No. 2 1955, £600,000, to bear interest at the rate of 4½ per cent per annum and to mature on the 15th day of September 1965.

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

(M.3/13/713E)

Granting Control of Parts of the Foreshore of Taipa Beach, Cable Bay, and Coopers Beach in Mangonui Harbour in Mangonui County Council

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General

ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government Buildings at Wellington this 2nd day of October 1956

Present:

THE RIGHT HON. S. G. HOLLAND PRESIDING IN COUNCIL

PURSUANT to the Harbours Act 1950, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby grants to the Mangonui County Council (hereinafter called the Council) control of parts of the foreshore at Taipa Beach, Cable Bay, and Coopers Beach in Mangonui Harbour, as described in the First Schedule hereto and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Second Schedule hereto.

FIRST SCHEDULE

DESCRIPTION OF AREAS

ALL those parts of the foreshore situated in the Mangonui Harbour as follows:

(a) Commencing at the northernmost point on the eastern side of Coopers Beach and extending northwards to the northernmost point of the western side of Coopers Beach.

(b) Commencing at a point at high-water mark opposite the longitudinal station site in Cable Bay and extending northwards to the western end of Cable Bay Beach.

(c) Commencing at the easternmost point of Taipa Beach and extending northwards to the northernmost point of the western side of Taipa Beach; as all such three areas are shown coloured red on plan marked M.D. 9645 and deposited in the office of the Marine Department at Wellington.

SECOND SCHEDULE

CONDITIONS

(1) In these conditions the terms—

“Council” means the Mangonui County Council.

“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 1952, 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 as shown edged red on plan marked M.D. 9645 and deposited in the office of the Marine Department at Wellington.

(3) Her 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 out and over the said foreshore without payment.

(4) Nothing herein contained shall authorise the Board to do or cause to be done anything repugnant to or inconsistent with any law relating to the Customs, or with any regulation of the Minister of Customs, or with any provision of the Harbours Act 1950 or its amendments, or any regulations made thereunder, and that are or may hereafter be in force.

(5) The rights, powers, and privileges conferred by this Order in Council shall not apply to those portions of the foreshore required for securing the shore ends of any telegraph cables that are at present or may be at any time laid down within the said areas of foreshore.

(6) The Council may, subject to the provisions of section 178 of the Harbours Act 1950, erect or licence or permit the erection of baths, bathhouses, boatsheds, boat-building sheds, jetties, and slipways on the foreshore described in the First Schedule hereto, and may make bylaws regulating the use thereof, and may fix charges for such use, provided that the funds so received shall be expended in improving the foreshore for the benefit of the inhabitants of the district.

(7) The Council may enclose any part or parts of the shore described in the First Schedule hereto for the purpose of holding athletic sports or games, and may by bylaw fix a charge for admission to such enclosed part or parts, provided that the total number of days on which such enclosures are made shall not exceed six in any one year.

(8) Nothing herein contained shall authorise the Council to move or cause to be removed any stone, sand, shingle, or shells without the consent of the Minister being first obtained.

(9) The Council shall prevent any nuisance being caused and shall not permit fish or fish offal to remain on or about the foreshore.

(10) Bylaws made by the Council under the said Act in respect of the foreshore shall not have effect unless and until approved in writing by the Minister.

(11) The rights, powers, and privileges conferred by or under this Order in Council shall continue to be in force for twenty-one years from the 1st day of October 1956 unless in the meantime such rights, powers, and privileges shall be altered, modified, or revoked by competent authority.

(12) The said rights, powers, and privileges may be at any time resumed by the Governor-General, without payment of any compensation whatever, on giving to the Council six 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.

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

(M. 4/4259)

Adding Lands to the Arthur Pass National Park

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General

ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government Buildings at Wellington this 2nd day of October 1956

Present:

THE RIGHT HON. S. G. HOLLAND PRESIDING IN COUNCIL

PURSUANT to section 10 of the National Parks Act 1952, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby declares that the land described in the First Schedule hereto, being land transferred to the Crown for the purpose of the Arthur Pass National Park, and the Crown land described in the Second Schedule hereto, shall as from the date hereof be added to and form part of the said park, and shall hereafter be managed, administered, and dealt with by the Arthur Pass National Park Board in accordance with the provisions of the said Act.

FIRST SCHEDULE

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT

RESERVE 1978 (formerly Lot 4, D.P. 1289, being parts Rural Sections 1515 and 1616), situated in Block XIV, Otira Survey District: Area, 33 acres 3 roods, more or less. All certificate of title, Volume 57, folio 48. (S.O. Plan 4729.)

(L. and S. H.O. 4/633; D.O. 8/36)

SECOND SCHEDULE

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT

SECTIONS 24 and 25, Arthur Pass Township, situated in Block VI, Bealey Survey District: Total area, 1 rood 20.8 perches, more or less. (S.O. Plan 6143.)

(L. and S. H.O. 4/633; D.O. A.P.B.I., 8/208)

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

Boundaries of City of Lower Hutt and County of Hutt Altered

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General

ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government Buildings at Wellington this 8th day of October 1956

Present:

THE RIGHT HON. S. G. HOLLAND PRESIDING IN COUNCIL

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Local Government Commission Act 1953, the Local Government Commission has approved as final a scheme bearing the date the 7th day of May 1956 providing for the area described in the Schedule thereto to be excluded from the County of Hutt and included in the City of Lower Hutt:

And whereas, pursuant to section 22 of the said Act, the final scheme included a recommendation that a poll of electors of the said area be taken on the proposal contained in that scheme:

And whereas, pursuant to section 33 of the said Act, an appeal from the decision of the Local Government Commission was made by the Hutt County Council: