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To
The Harbor Master.

Sub-Treasurer.

Given under my hand and issued under the Public Seal of the Province of Otago at Dunedin, this seventh day of December, 1869.

J. MACANDREW, Superintendent.

PROCLAMATION:
Regulating Rates and Charges for the use of the Wharves, Piers, and Jetties in the Ports of Dunedin and Port Chalmers in the Province of Otago, and for the landing of goods, wares, merchandise thereat and thereon.

By His Honor James Macandrew, Superintendent of the Province of Otago.

WHEREAS by the “Marine Act 1867,” section thirty, the Superintendent of each Province is empowered and required subject to the provisions of the said Act, and of any bye-laws or regulations to be made by the Governor thereunder, (amongst other things) to impose and levy rates, dues, and charges for the use of Docks, Wharves, Piers and Jetties, and for the landing of goods, wares, and merchandise thereat and thereon: And whereas it is expedient to make provision under the said Act, for imposing and levying rates, dues, and charges for the use of the various Wharves, Piers, and Jetties at Dunedin, in the Province of Otago aforesaid, and at Port Chalmers in the same Province, and for the landing of goods, wares, and merchandise, thereat and thereon: Now therefore I, James Macandrew, Superintendent of the Province of Otago, by virtue and in exercise of the power and authority conferred upon me by the said Act, and of any and every other power and authority in anywise enabling me, in this behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that from and after the first day of January, 1870, the rates, dues, and charges hereinafter mentioned shall be imposed and levied for the use of the several Wharves, Piers, and Jetties, at Dunedin aforesaid, and at Port Chalmers aforesaid, and for the landing of goods, wares, and merchandise thereat and thereon, (that is to say):—

On every Cargo Lighter using any such wharf, pier, or jetty, or landing goods, wares, or merchandise thereat or thereon ... 2/- per register ton
On every Sailing Coasting Vessel ... 1/4 per register ton
On every Steam Coasting Vessel not oftener than once a week ... 1/- per register ton
On every Coal & Firewood Lighter ... 1/- per register ton
On every Harbor Trading Steamer ... 1/- per week per register ton
On every vessel lying at any Jetty after the expiration of the time allowed by the Harbor Regulations to discharge cargo, One Penny per register ton per day.

Given under my hand and issued under the Public Seal of the Province of Otago, at Dunedin, this seventh day of December, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.

J. MACANDREW,
Superintendent.

James Macandrew,
Superintendent of the Province of Otago

ORDER IN COUNCIL,
At the Provincial Government Buildings, Dunedin, the twenty-sixth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.

Present:
His Honor THE SUPERINTENDENT,

Donald Reid, and
George M’Lean, Esquires,
Members of the Executive Council of the Province of Otago, being also Members of the Provincial Council of the said Province.

WHEREAS Thomas Dick, Esquire, then Superintendent of the Province of Otago, by virtue and in exercise of the powers delegated to and vested in him in that behalf did, by proclamation in the Government Gazette of the said Province, bearing date the twenty-ninth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, constitute and appoint all the territory therein described (including amongst other land the lands described in the Schedule hereto comprising certain sections in the towns of Kingston, Glenorchy, Havelock, Dalhousie, Waipori, Newcastle, Pembroke, and Gladstone respectively), to be a Gold Field, under the provisions of the “Gold Fields Act 1866,” to be called the “Otago Gold Field:” And whereas by “The Gold Fields Act Amendment Act 1867,” it is enacted that within any Province in which by any Act or Ordinance, it is provided that the Superintendent shall, in the administration of the Government thereof, act by and with the advice and consent of an Executive Council, it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council, under his hand, and under the public seal of the Colony, from time to time, as occasion may require, to delegate to the Executive Government for the time being of such Province, subject or not to any restrictions or limitations as he shall think fit, all or any of such powers vested in the Governor, or the Governor in Council, by the “Gold Fields Act 1866,” as under or by virtue of the one hundred and ninth section of the said Act may be delegated by the Governor in Council, and in like manner to revoke any such delegation: And whereas by an Ordinance of the Superintendent and Provincial Council of the Province of Otago, intituled the “Executive Council Ordinance 1861,” it is provided that the Superintendent of the said Province shall, in the administration of the Government thereof, act by and with the advice and consent of an Executive Council: and whereas the Governor hath, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of New Zealand, and in pursuance of the power and authority for that purpose vested in him by the “Gold Fields Act 1866,” and subject to its provisions, delegated unto the Executive Government for the time being of the Province of Otago, all such powers vested in the Governor, or the Governor in Council, by the said last-mentioned Act, as under or by virtue of the one hundred and ninth section of the said last-mentioned Act may be delegated by the Governor in Council, to have, hold, and exercise the said powers within the said Province of Otago: And whereas by Clause XLIX of the “Gold Fields Act 1866,” it is provided, that if a Depasturing Lease or License shall not, at the date of the passing of the said Act, have been granted, or shall have been, or shall be, cancelled, over any Crown Lands within a Gold Field, it shall be lawful for the Governor from time to time by Proclamation, to declare such lands, or any part thereof, open for sale or selection, in sections of such size and form as he may determine, and any lands so proclaimed may thereafter be sold at a like price, and subject to the like terms and conditions, or as near thereto as may be, as Crown lands of the same class not within a Gold Field; and it shall not be necessary to withdraw lands from the operation of the said Act for the purposes aforesaid: And whereas at the date of the passing of the “Gold Fields Act 1866,” all Depasturing Licenses hitherto existing over the Crown Lands specified in the Schedule hereto had been cancelled: And whereas the Executive Government of the Province of Otago have determined to open up for sale the Crown Lands specified in the Schedule hereto, in sections of the size and form in which the same have been surveyed, and as the same are now laid off and delineated in the maps of the Chief Surveyor of the said Province;