I, JOHN HALL, Member of the Executive Council of the Colony of New Zealand by virtue of the powers delegated to me in that behalf by His Excellency the Governor, do hereby appoint GEORGE SAMUEL SALE Esquire to be Chief Commissioner of the Waste Lands Board of the County of Westland, and JAMES ALEXANDER BONAR Esquire and MALCOLM FRASER Esquire to be Commissioners of the said Board. And I do further appoint the first and second Tuesday in every month to be the days on which sittings of the said Board shall be held at the hour of noon at the Land Office, Hokitika. And I do further appoint that the first sitting of the said Board shall take place on Tuesday the 3rd day of March 1868.

Given under my hand, at Hokitika, this tenth day of February, One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.

JOHN HALL.

HEREAS by an Ordinance of the Superintendent and Provincial Council of Canterbury intituled "The Gibson’s Quay Ordinance Amendment Ordinance 1867" it is provided that it shall be lawful for the Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury to charge and recover Wharfage and Tonnage Rates on such articles landed upon the parcel of land known as Gibson’s Quay and upon such vessels loading, unloading or refitting at or beside such parcel of land or any wharf erected thereon at such rates as the Superintendent by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council shall from time to time determine.

And whereas by an Act of the General Assembly intituled "The Marine Act 1867" it is provided that the Superintendent of every Province shall from time to time 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 by an Act of the General Assembly intituled "The County of Westland Act 1867" it is provided that all powers which at the time of the passing of the Act were vested in the Superintendent of the said Province either solely or with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Province shall within the said County become vested in the Governor, provided that the Governor in Council may from time to time delegate all or any of the said powers to such person or persons as he may think fit.

And whereas by an Order in Council bearing date the Eighth day of January 1868 His Excellency Sir GEORGE GREY, Governor of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the Colony, did delegate to me JOHN HALL within the County of Westland all the powers heretofore of the Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury exercisable within the district comprised in the said County.

Now Therefore I the said JOHN HALL by virtue of the powers delegated to me as aforesaid and of all other powers enabling me in that behalf do order and appoint that on and after the 1st day of March 1868 the Wharfage Rates specified in the schedule hereto annexed shall be charged on all goods landed upon the parcel of land known as Gibson’s Quay aforesaid.

SCHEDULE.

Bran, one shilling per 60 bushels
Bricks, three shillings per 1000
Carrots, one shilling per 2240 lbs.
Coals, one shilling per 2240 lbs.
Chaff, two shillings per 2240 lbs.
Cattle, two shillings and sixpence per head
Dairy Produce, bacon, beef, &c., one shilling per 2240 lbs.
Flour, one shilling per 2000 lbs.
Fruit (green), one shilling and sixpence per ton measurement
Grain, one shilling per 40 bushels
Horses, two shillings and sixpence each
Lime, one shilling per 2240 lbs.
Machinery, one shilling per 2240 lbs.
Mangoldwurtzel, one shilling per 2240 lbs.
Onions, one shilling per 2240 lbs
Potatoes, one shilling per 2240 lbs
Poultry, free
Palings, two shillings per 1000
Sawn timber, threepence per 100 superficial feet
Shingles, sixpence per 1000
Sheep and pigs, twopence each
Slates, three shillings per 1000
Turnips, one shilling per 2240 lbs
Vehicles (two-wheeled), two shillings and sixpence each
Vehicles (four-wheeled), five shillings each
All other goods, one shilling and sixpence per ton

Transit Shed.

(In addition to the above charges) On goods landed at the Transit Shed, and left there for a longer time than twenty-four hours, for every week or part of a week, a Rent of two shillings per ton.

On all goods brought to the Transit Shed from other parts of the wharf to be stored—
Receiving, one shilling and sixpence per ton
Delivering, one shilling and sixpence per ton
Rent for every week or part of a week, two shillings per ton

Given under my hand, at Hokitika, this tenth day of February, One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.

JOHN HALL.