158 PROVINCE OF WESTLAND GAZETTE.

Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Hokitika, November 17, 1874.

THE following Bye-Laws of the Council of the Borough of Greymouth are re-published for general information, in lieu of those published in the Provincial Gazette No. 35, October 12, 1874.

CHARLES WOOLCOCK,
Provincial Secretary.

THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF THE BOROUGH OF GREYMOUTH.

BYE-LAW AS TO WHARFAGE RATES.

Bye-Law No. 6 of the Council of the Borough of Greymouth, made under Part Thirteen of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1867,” and under the provisions of “The Greymouth Quays Act, 1869.”

IN pursuance of the authorities contained in and conferred by “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1867,” and the Acts amending the same, and by “The Greymouth Quays Act, 1869,” 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 8s. 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 or the contents measured and ascertained by the Wharfinger or other the 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 risk of the owner.