✨ Order in Council regarding Lighthouse Dues
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TARANAKI GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At Wellington, this twenty-third day of June, 1871.
Present:
THE HONORABLE THE PREMIER, PRESIDING, AND MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.
WHEREAS by "The Marine Act, 1867," it is among other things enacted that the Governor may fix the various rates of Lighthouse Dues, not exceeding those specified in the said Act, which shall be payable at any port or ports within the Colony in respect of all vessels arriving at and of all vessels leaving such ports, by the Master of every such vessel, and such dues from time to time to time to alter : And whereas by Order in Council bearing date the sixth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, among other things, certain rates of Light Dues were fixed for the ports mentioned in the second column of the first Schedule hereto : And whereas it is expedient that in lieu thereof respectively there should be levied the dues specified in the said first Schedule, and which are therein respectively set opposite to the name of the port to which they relate : And whereas no Light Dues are now by law leviable at the several ports mentioned in the second Schedule hereto, and it is expedient that Light Dues should be leviable thereat respectively :
Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of New Zealand, and in exercise and pursuance of the above recited power and authority vested in him, doth order that on and after the first day of September next, in lieu of the Light Dues leviable under the said recited Order in Council at the several ports specified in the second column of the first Schedule hereto, there shall be leviable at each of the said ports the Light Dues which are specified in the fourth column of the said Schedule and therein set opposite to the name of the port at which they shall be leviable ; and from and after the date aforesaid the Light Dues made leviable at the several ports last aforesaid, under and by virtue of the said recited Order in Council, shall cease and determine. And in further exercise and pursuance of the said power and authority, and with the like advice and consent, I do order that from and after the said last mentioned date there shall be levied at each of the ports which are specified in the second column of the said Schedule the Light Dues which are specified in the fourth column of the said Schedule, and therein set opposite to the name of the port at which they shall be leviable ; and that any vessel from the Australian Colonies, or from places beyond those Colonies, calling at any port where Light Dues are not charged for such voyage, shall, on arriving at any port where Light Dues are chargeable on vessels arriving from such voyages, be charged the same rate as if she had arrived at such port direct.
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
WILLIAM FOX,
Presiding.
S C H E D U L E.
| Name of | Nature of Voyage and Class of Vessel. | Rate per Ton Register. |
|---|---|---|
| Province or County. | Port. | |
| Taranaki | Waitara | Steam and sailing vessels coastwise from any place on the East Coast of the Middle Island, or Stewart Island, to the eastward of a line drawn from Cape Farewell to South Cape, or from any place in the North Island south of Kapiti, or from any place in the Hauraki Gulf south of Kawau Island. |
| New Plymouth | Same as Waitara. | |
| Patea |
Printed under the authority of the Government of the Province of Taranaki, by W. H. J. SEFFERN, of Devon-street, New Plymouth, Printer to the Provincial Government for the time being.
Taranaki Provincial Gazette 1871, No 23
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🏭 Order in Council fixing rates of Lighthouse Dues
🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry23 June 1871
Lighthouse Dues, Marine Act, Shipping, Ports, Taranaki, Waitara, New Plymouth, Patea
- G. F. Bowen (Governor), Issued Order in Council
- William Fox (The Honourable), Presiding over Executive Council
- G. F. Bowen, Governor
- Forster Goring, Clerk of the Executive Council
- William Fox, Presiding