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Amending Order in Council Making Provision for the Control

and Management of Certain Wharves at Picton Vested in
the Picton Borough Council

C. W. M. NORRIE, Governor-General

ORDER IN COUNCIL

At the Government Buildings at Wellington this 31st day of
January 1956
Present:
THE RIGHT HON. S. G. HOLLAND PRESIDING IN COUNCIL
PURSUANT to section 46 of the Reserves and Other Lands
Disposal and Public Bodies' Empowering Act 1925, His
Excellency the Governor-General, acting by and with the
advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby orders
as follows:

1. This order may be cited as the Picton Borough Wharves
   Amending Order 1956.

2. The Order in Council made under the said Act on the
   10th day of October 1928 and published in the Gazette on the
   18th day of the same month at page 3020 may hereafter be
   cited as the Picton Borough Wharves Order 1928.

3. The Picton Borough Wharves Order 1928 and this order
   may together be cited as the Picton Borough Wharves Orders
   1928 and 1956.

4. The First Schedule to the Picton Borough Wharves Order
   1928 is amended by inserting therein next following clause
   (3) thereof the following additional clause:

“(3A) In particular the Council may require that no pas-
senger may embark upon or land from a vessel at any of the
said wharves unless he is in possession of a passenger ticket
issued to him by or under the authority of the Council upon
payment by him or by the master of the vessel of the pre-
scribed passenger toll and authorising his embarkation or
landing on the particular occasion to which the issue of the
ticket has reference.”

5. The said First Schedule is amended by inserting therein
   next following clause (7) thereof the following additional
   clauses:

“(7A) The Council may require the master of every vessel
that is for the time being of a class that is lawfully permitted
by the Council to use any such wharf to register the vessel
with the Council and to furnish for the purpose of such
registration the name of the owner and the name of the
vessel and may enact—

“(a) That such registration shall hold good only for some
specified period of time or until some specified date.

“(b) That such registration shall, unless the vessel be re-
registered, cease to have any effect upon a transfer of
the vessel to any other owner.

“(c) That no master of any vessel shall cause or permit the
vessel to berth, moor, remain, approach, or leave at,
to, or from any of the said wharves unless the vessel
is for the time being registered as aforesaid.

“(7B) The Council may require the master of every regis-
tered vessel to display on or to affix to such vessel in such
manner as may be prescribed a conspicuous notice setting out
the name of the owner, the name of the vessel, the date of
current registration, and the date on which the current regis-
tration expires.

“(7c) The Council may require the master of every regis-
tered vessel to keep a proper record of the kind and quantity
of all cargo carried by the vessel and landed on or shipped
from any of the said wharves and of the number of passen-
gers carried by the vessel and landed on or embarked from
any of the said wharves with the date of carriage thereof
respectively and to produce such record at any time within
one year of the date of carriage to any officer of the Council
appointed by the Council in that behalf.”

6. Paragraph (a) of clause (10) of the said First Schedule
   is amended by revoking the symbol “(7)” and substituting
   the symbol “(7c)”.

7. The Second Schedule to the Picton Borough Wharves
   Order 1928 is revoked and the following substituted:

SECOND SCHEDULE

PART I—BERTHAGE DUES

(a) Per Annum

1. Fishing boat up to and including 35 ft. in length ... £5 0 0
2. Fishing boat over 35 ft. in length ... 7 10 0
3. Vessel other than a fishing boat and certified to
   carry up to and including 50 passengers ... 20 0 0
4. Vessel other than a fishing boat and certified to
   carry more than 50 passengers ... 25 0 0
5. Punt or lighter ... 2 10 0
6. Dinghy ... 0 10 0
7. Open boat not fitted with engine or engines
   developing more than 2½ nominal horse-
   power ... 0 10 0
8. Vessel not hereinbefore provided for ... 1 10 0

(b) Per Quarter

9. Launch or yacht not usually berthed within the
   limits of Queen Charlotte Sound and Tory
   Channel ... £0 5 0

PART II—WHARFAGE DUES

s. d.
Bicycles (each) ... 0 6
Boats, motor or sailing (under 1 ton) (each) ... 2 0
Boats, motor or sailing (1 ton and over) (each) ... 5 0
Bricks (per thousand) ... 12 6
Cattle, first ... 2 0
Cattle, each additional ... 0 6
Coal, in bulk (per ton) ... 5 0
Coal, in sack lots (per sack) ... 0 6
Dogs on leash (each) ... 0 6
Dogs and other live creatures in crates or boxes
(as goods not otherwise specified)
Empty return milk cans and bread boxes ... (free)
Firewood in bulk (per cord) ... 3 0
Firewood in sacks (per sack) ... 0 6
Fish, per cwt. or part of cwt. ... 0 3
Grain, flour, and similar goods (per sack) ... 0 6
Gravel, sand, and similar materials not manufactured
(per cubic yard) ... 7 6
Hay and straw (small lots) (per bale) ... 0 3
Hay and straw (per ton) ... 5 0
Horses, first ... 2 0
Horses, each additional ... 1 0
Manure, lime, cement (small lots) (per bag) ... 0 3
Manure, lime, cement (per ton) ... 5 0
Milk in cans for factories (per can) ... 0 6
Motor cycles (each) ... 1 0
Oil, petrol, and other liquid fuels (44-gallon drums)
(per drum) ... 1 0
Oil drums and similar containers, empty (per drum) ... 0 6
Parcels, packages, cases, etc., and goods not otherwise
specified, not exceeding one cwt. or 4 cubic feet
per consignment ... 0 6
Each additional 4 cubic feet, or part of 4 cubic feet ... 0 6
Parcels of fresh bread and meat, and small cans of
milk for use of residents up to 14 lb. weight ... (free)
Posts and rails (per hundred) ... 3 0
Sheep and pigs, not exceeding 50 (each) ... 0 2
Sheep and pigs, each additional over 50 (each) ... 0 1
Timber, per 100 superficial feet ... 1 0
Vehicles, 4-wheeled (each) ... 5 0
Vehicles, tracked (each) ... 5 0
Whalemeat, per cwt. or part of cwt. ... 0 3
Wool and sheepskins (per bale) ... 1 0
Goods not otherwise specified in lots exceeding one
cwt. or 4 cubic feet (whichever produces the
higher charge) per ton or 40 cubic feet ... 5 0
Minimum charge ... 0 6

PART III—PASSENGER TOLL

For every passenger landing on or embarking from any of
the said wharves—
s. d.
(a) On round trips commencing and returning to the
said wharves, for each 10s. or part of 10s.
charged the passenger for the trip ... 0 6
(b) In all other cases, on each occasion of landing
or embarking ... 0 6

PART IV—INTERPRETATION

1. In Part I of this Schedule—
   (a) A due authorised to be paid per annum shall be
   deemed to be paid for the year or part of a year end-
   ing on the 31st day of March next following the date
   of payment.
   (b) A due authorised to be paid per quarter shall be deemed
   to be paid for the quarter or part of a quarter
   ending on the last day of the month of March, June,
   September, or December next following the date of
   payment.
   (c) ‘Certified’ in respect of any vessel subject to survey
   under the Shipping and Seamen Act 1952 refers to
   the survey certificate for the time being in force
   under section 213 of that Act.
   (d) ‘Fishing boat’ means a vessel for the time being
   licensed under the Sea-fisheries (Boats and Licences)
   Regulations 1951 (1951/147).
   (e) The length of any vessel is its overall length computed
   as prescribed by the last-mentioned regulations.

2. In Part II of this Schedule, where a due is authorised to
   be paid per ton or 40 cubic feet and no due for a smaller
   weight than a ton or quantity than 40 cubic feet is authorised,
   payment of which would produce a lower aggregate charge
   for the goods, then the due per ton or 40 cubic feet shall be
   payable for a part of a ton or of 40 cubic feet.”

T. J. SHERRARD, Clerk of the Executive Council.
(M. 4/244)