PROVINCE OF WESTLAND GAZETTE.

amending the same, and by "The Greymouth Quays Act, 1869," or either of them, the Council of the Borough of Greymouth ordains as follows:—

1. The whole of the provisions of Part Three of the Thirteenth Schedule of "The Municipal Corporations Act, 1867," are hereby adopted in and for the said Borough, and the said Part Three is adopted for, and applicable to the wharves and quays on the River Grey within the limits of the said Borough, known respectively as Richmond Quay and Mawhera Quay, and all other wharves, jetties, quays, and piers, within the limits of the said Borough and belonging to and under the sole management and control of the said Council.

2. The following rates and tolls shall be demanded, due and payable upon or in respect of the goods, articles, and things mentioned in the Schedule following, landed, shipped, or deposited upon or from the said Mawhera or Richmond Quays respectively, or any such other wharves, jetties, quays, or piers, as aforesaid on the River Grey, within the limits of the Borough of Greymouth: that is to say:

SCHEDULE.

Coals, a charge of 1s. per ton.
Bran, a charge of 2s. per sixty bushels.
Bricks, a charge of 5s. per thousand.
Cattle, a charge of 2s. 6d. per head.
Horses, a charge of 2s. 6d. each.
Hides, a charge of 1d. each.
Palings, a charge of 2s. per thousand.
Poultry, a charge of 1d. per head.
Sawn Timber, a charge of 1d. per hundred superficial feet.
Shingles, a charge of 6d. per thousand.
Sheep and Pigs, a charge of 3d. each.
Slates, a charge of 3s. per thousand.
Vehicles—two-wheeled, a charge of 2s. 6d. each.
Vehicles—four-wheeled, a charge of 5s. each.
All parcels, a charge of 3d. each.
All other goods, wares, and merchandise, a charge of 2s. per ton ship's measurement.

3. It shall not be lawful for any person to take, carry away, or remove any goods landed or deposited on the said Mawhera or Richmond Quays, or any other wharves, piers, jetties, or quays as aforesaid from off the said Mawhera or Richmond Quays, or any other wharves, piers, jetties, or quays as aforesaid on the River Grey, and under the control of the said Council, unless and until the wharfage rates payable upon the same have been first paid and satisfied.

4. No goods upon which rates are levied or payable on the depositing or shipping thereof on or from the said Mawhera Quay or Richmond Quay, or any such other wharf, pier, quay, or jetty, as aforesaid shall be placed on board any ship or vessel, unless the rates thereon have been first paid and satisfied or the contents measured and ascertained by the Wharfinger or other proper officer appointed for that purpose; and the owner or shipper of any goods shall give to such officer at least one hour's notice of his intention to place such goods on board.

5. All goods shall be landed between the hours of eight a.m. and six p.m. during the months from October to March inclusive, and between the hours of eight a.m. and five p.m. during the months from April to September, or within such other times as the Mayor may, on application by writing under his hand, grant.

6. The wharfage rates on all goods landed or deposited on the said Mawhera or Richmond Quays, or any such other wharf, pier, jetty, or quay, as aforesaid under the control of the said Council shall be paid and the goods removed within twenty-four hours after the same have been so landed or deposited, otherwise the same may be stored by the proper officer of the Council at the expense of the owner of such goods, and the same shall not be delivered up until the wharfage rates and expenses thereon have been duly paid and satisfied.

7. Every person who shall land, ship, deposit, place, keep, or remove any goods contrary to this Bye-Law or any provision thereof shall, on conviction, forfeit a sum not exceeding five pounds for every such offence.

8. The owner as well as the consignee of any goods shall be liable for any rates on goods on which wharfage rates are payable under this Bye-Law.