PIJBLIG, NOTICES. IN PARLIAMENT. WELLINGTON-HARBOUR BOARD. . PRIVATE BILL. IN tho matter, of a proposed Bill or Act in titulcd an Act to confer certain power: upon the Wellington Harbour Board and tin Corporation of the Borough hf Miraniar, and (< omililo (ho Wellington Harbour' Board to aJ(lr.iro certain lands and property, reclaim land: from tho sea, cxccute works and borrow monies and providing for tho payment to tho Board o: tho value of (ho improvement to adjoining lands arising therefrom. " - Pursuant, to Hit Standing .Orders of th< House of I'oprcsentatives relating to I'riyau Bills, tho Wellington Harbour , Board give: notice (hat, either before or within fourtcei days after tho meeting of the General Assembly of Now Zealand, to bo held next-aflor the elate of this notice, a petition will be presentod : through tho Honourable the Speaker and Members of Parliament, Members of tho House ol Representatives, by it praying and applying for leavo to bring in a Private Bill to be callee " The Wellington Harbour Board Reoiamatior and Empowering Act, 1008." . , _ Tho objects of tho said application.and Bil are as follows:—. . • ! ■ 1. To enable tho Board to purchase or Ma eompulsorily, under" tho provisions of llu I'ublic Works Act, 1505," the right, title, ant interest of the Wellington Patent Slip Com pany, Limited, in certain lands, comprised ir Certificates of Title, Volumo 20, Folio 127, ant Volume 21; Polio 257, and described in th< Seventh and Eighth Schedules to tho propose? Bill, and shown as' such Schedules on a plar deposited'in'tho office of tho Marino-Depart-ment in-Wellington, and riiarked ,M(.D. 3187 together with tho buildings, machinery, plaiu. and assets of tho company, and all rights, privileges, and appurtenances appertaining tnereto and on siich acquisition to enable tho Patonl lip Cnmpam- tn .wind-up under the provisions of Sections' 282 to 285,' both inclusive,- of lhc Companies Act, 1903, and to enable tho Board to doviato the existing road through tho said lands. 1 ■2. To , cnablo tho Board to purchaso or Take eompulsorily, under the provisions of 1 "The Public Works.Act,-1905. , . (a.) All- thoso threo pieces of land, boins parts of Sections ft and 7 on tho plan ol the Evans Bay District, containing to- . gether an area of about 3 roods 3(1 ; , porches, together with' all foreshore rights of access, bathing, and all bthei privileges and powers over so niuclr oi the.foreshoro at Evaris Bay as lies between the "eastern and western portions of tho said lands; such-pieccs of lain] o.ro described in the Third Schcdulo te the'proposed Bill, and shown as such 'Sphedulo on tho said plan marked M.D. .. . 3157. ■ • ■ , ' :'(b.) All' that piece if land, being so ranch .of Section 2 on tho plan of the Evans. Baj District,' containing an area Of about 1 Mod li perches, as lies lo tho' seaward sido of tho Evans Bdy Road, and is do- - scribed in tho Sixth Schedule the said Bill, and shown as snch'Schedule \ on the said plan "marked M.D. 3187.' . 3. To proviele that the Compensation Court, in dotormining tho anio'int of compensation tc be paid, in .respect of,lands' 'conipulSoriljv taken, shall ,-not.; take - inhr account.' anyincrease, ol value arising from tlio .works ,pf . the' Board, 'and alio enabling tho Board to convey ; land in. lieu of paying, money awurded for compensation. 4.. To provide: that certain-'lands in Evans Bay, covered "by. water, shall ,vost in the Board, ana- empowering tho Board to reclaim tho-same auel execute works thereon ; such lauds aro.deScribed in • thu .Fifth and Ninth Schedules tc tho proposed Bill,; and shown as:suoh Schedule: oil tno said plan marked M.D. .3187., ' 5. To authorise tho Board to fcoiistruct streets and works,ancillary thereto .on any, land re furred to! in . the proposed Bill.' . : G. To exfiliipt all lands to bo'reclaimcd undei tho authority, of tho. proposed' Bill from pay-ment-of rates so- long as they remain tho property of tho Board, and are not lot or leased. 7. To enable .tho Board to close certain exist; ihg streots Un 'tho Borough; of .Mirailiar, bcinf "the streets' com prised' in" tl(o 'land described ii: the Seooml/Schedule. to (ho proposed Bill, ant shown as such .Schedule .'.on t.lio ' said, plar marked M.DI.- 3187,- and ;16 'construct' in 'lion .thereof,' and in addition 'thereto, .certain-'-'othbi streots..oii lands vested, end'.to bo vested, it '.tho Board, and providing that-so long as (lit lands described in the First and "Hhe .-saic 'Second-Schediiles-to- tho-' proposed Bill, ami shown as- such Schedules ..on the .'said, plar marked M.D; ■ 3157, shall rcmitih'.'fhei- prtipertj of (ho Board, and riot ballet,.orleased, the'rate: payable by the Board shall' remain' the same a; 'at present •• v.'iTo the Boai'd apdrtho Corporatioi of ..tho. Borough 'of.. Mirama'r to carry out ai Agreement, providing for, tho closing of''streets oh tho lanel referrtd to ill the 'First and Scdont Schedules .to-Mid-"pi'dposfid Bill; and'shoWn ;, ni snoh .Schodules .oil- the saicl plan niarked M.13 3187, and on sucli closure, and oil the Boare constructing otllcr streets in lieu thereof, l:t convey tho sjamo to tho Board,, and empowering tlio. Board to convey portion of tho lands described in tho said Schedules lo (ho Mirainat Borough for-street'purposes.'and providing thai RO long as tho lands described ill tlifl said.Scho'dliles shall remain "the property of.the "Board, •nlid not be-let. ot' ; leased-,',tiid^rates'i^ayal>lo bj ■'the Board shall' remain' tho. sariio as at present V S. To. cnablo tho Board, for tho pm-poso ol ; rectifying boundary lines, street , levels, ant providing - access, 'to purchaso or.tako . in 'ex'oltangoi adjoining '.lands, .of'.sell .br. give ,iu; ex chaugo'lanjls the property of tho 'Board. -,-iO. To.' vest in. tho -Board elortain lands ii Evans Bay,'.being .lurid .covered by wate'iy aiu being- tho land, described; in the -Tcmtii.. ; ant Eleventh 'Schedules to tho - proposed -Bill, ant being'shown as such Schedules on Ilia said piar, ntarKed M.D. 3187. ! ,;10. To. vest iu tho Ijoard th 6 lands upor which the Boat Sheds at-Clyde Quay aro con structcd,, being the lands "-described in- the Twelfth •' Schcdulo. to the -proposed Bill, anc shpivivas'such Schcdulo on.ii plan.deposited ii: tlio office of (tho-Marino Depai-tirieiit in "Wellington, and marked 'M.D. 3188.' . -11. To.enablo'tho Board, to apply to a. Courl constituted under thfc proposed Bill and "The Public Works.. Act, 1905,". to obtain' paymonl from each arid.every person having any estate or ..interest, in land, bejng a part of'tho lands comprised in' Sections 2 to' 8 (inclusive) on tie ■ plan oFtho Evans .Bay District, and Sections ] to 19 (both inclusive) on tho plan of tho Watts - Peninsula District, for . the incVeaseel value givori to.-the. said lands through, the works o] tlio Board.: : 12. To cnablo the Board to -borrow M,C00,000. wherewith to construct, execute,. perform, ant! pay for tho following''works, acts, matters, anc .things, or such of them as tlio Board may in its eliscrption think fit, with such modificatior and amendment' as) to the Board may seem 'meet:—Tho purchaso .of the- undertaking' ant of all-lands authorised, to be neqiiired undoi this. Act, .including tho espouses .of acquisition tho construction and eejuipment of patent Slips' the installation of. workshops, ' plant, anti machinery in conricction .with'.'graving docks and slips; the reclamation.of;any lands which tho Board is or may be authorised to. reclaim, including .the'purchase of all .lands nocessary . ill tho opinion of the- Bo'arel, for such rcclaihation,. eitlior. for spoil.purposes or.' for purposes of providing access to or road frontages foi such,reclamations, including tlio cost'o't' retaining walls, tho construction of ' sewers and watercourses and of streets;'.dredging and the purchase, hire, : and maintonanco of dredginc appliances, and other expenditure .connected \thorewith; the construction of quays and quayv/alls, pitched slopes, and -works- of a like nature; .the' cxtonsion of existing wharves-and stores, and tho construction ,; of ...now wharves, jetties, sheds, offices', and stores, and of cranes, and of othor machinery, plant, and appliances other harbour Works;'tho, expenses of tho flotation of tho loan or any portion thereof. Tlio potition and tlio proposed Bill and plans will bo presented and 'depositcd at tho offico-ol tho Examiner of Standing Orders; either before oi l within fourteen days ,after tha 'commence. iriout of the said Session. " ' ' - - Plans, including copies of tlio : said plans niarketl M.D. 3187 and M.D. 3188, books, of reference, and a.copy of tho Gazette containing this advertisement, will bo deposited for public inspection at tlio office of the Connnissionoi; of Crown Lands at Wellington, not less than' thirty' days-,-before the connponceiuont of the said Session.'' . ' ■ , , •- , At or within ten days after the commencement of tho said, Session, a printed co]>y of the proposed Bill will bo .-deposited-in the officc of tho Minister of Internal Affairs. Dated this 28t.h "day of April, 1908. The Common Seal of the said Board was herc- ". unto affixed: tlio 28th day of- April, 1908, ■ by tho authority of tho said Board, and in ' the presenco of — ■ . THOMAS M. WILFORD, Chairman; . R. FLETCHER; Mcmborj • T. KENNEDY MACDONALD,Member; .11. E.' NICHOLLS, Acting-Secretary. Harbour Board Office, Wellington. 2879 (By. Appoint- 3 His Excellency aient,t° L°rd Pluuket.) Theso' favourite flowers may now y be obtaineel in any quantity, fresh daily, from, MISS MyRRAY, Vioo-Rejßl Florist, 30 W-Ulia Street (0 doors above Urand Hotol). C 771
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