Otago Provincial Gazette – 1854 – No. 6

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✨ Jetty and Wharf Ordinance



Jetties and Wharves, and all buildings and machinery necessary for the same.

Also to levy Tolls, Dues, and Wharfages, not exceeding the rates set forth in the Schedule hereto annexed, unless by resolution of at least two-thirds of the said Commissioners shall the levying of other and higher rates shall have been authorised.

  1. And further, to make such Rules and Byelaws for the management of such Public Jetties and Wharves, and the approaches thereto, as shall be agreed upon at any General Meeting of the said Commissioners shall be: Provided always that the said Rules and Byelaws shall be made dependent of the Provincial Council approved, and assented to by the Superintendent and Executive Government Gazette, before they become the force of law.

  2. This Ordinance shall come into operation from and after the day of the passing thereof.

W. Cargill,
Superintendent.

Passed the Provincial Council this twentieth and assented to by His Honor the Superintendent of the Province the twenty-first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four.

Robert Chapman,
Clerk of Council.

SCHEDULE

  1. Bottled Beer, per Cask or Case ... 0 4
  2. Bricks, per 1000 ... 0 2
  3. Candles at per Box of 56lb. ... 0 1
  4. Carts, each ... 0 0
  5. Coals, per ton ... 0 6
  6. Drays, each ... 1 0
  7. Earthenware, per crate ... 0 6
  8. Firewood, per Cord ... 0 6
  9. Fish, per Ton ... 1 0
  10. Cheese, per Cask ... 1 0
  11. Flax, per Ton ... 0 1
  12. Grain, per Sack ... 0 0
  13. Grass seed, per Ton ... 0 1
  14. Hides, per Ton ... 0 1
  15. Hops, per Bale ... 1 0
  16. Funerals, each ... 0 0
  17. Iron, per Ton ... 0 8
  18. Rice, per Ton ... 1 0
  19. Salt, per Ton ... 1 0
  20. Sheep, per Ton ... 1 0
  21. Shingles, per 100 feet ... 0 2
  22. Tea, per Chest ... 0 2
  23. No. Tar Barrels ... 0 1
  24. Wood, per M. (thousand) ... 0 6

All articles not above enumerated 1s. per ton of 40 cubic feet.




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🏗️ Jetty and Wharf Ordinance (continued from previous page)

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
21 March 1854
Ordinance, Jetties, Wharves, Tolls, Rules, Byelaws, Dunedin
  • W. Cargill, Superintendent
  • Robert Chapman, Clerk of Council