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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 193, 9 May 1908, Page 3

PUBLIC NOTICES. '-- - • IN PARLIAMENT. WELLINGTON HARBOUR BOARD. PRIVATE 'BILIi. ; IN tho matter of a proposed Bill or Act intituled an Act to confer certain powers upon the Wellington HarbourCßoard and the Corporation of'tlie Borough of-Miramar, and to enable the Wellington Harbour Board '■ to acquire certain'lands and property, reclaim lands from the sea, exeeuto works and borrow monies, and providing for tho payment to tho Board of tho value of the improvement to adjoining lands; arising, therefrom. " ' ■ ■ Pursuant to tht" Standing Ordors of _ the House of Representatives, relating '.to Private Bills, tho Wellington Harbour Board- : gives notico that,. either before or 'within fourteen days after tho meeting of-the General l Assembly of Now Zealand; to be held next after,tlio date of this notice, a petition will be presented, through the Honourable tho Speaker and Members of Parliament, Members of the House of Representatives, by it praying and applying for leave to bring in a Privato Bill to bo called "Tho Wellington Harbour Board Reclamation and Empowering Act, 1903." , - The objects of tho said'application and Bill aro as follows:— 1. To enablo. tho Board to purchase or take compulsorily, under tho provisions of " The Public Works Act, 1905,". the right, title, and interest of the Wollington Patent Slip Company, Limited, in certain lands, comprised in Certificates of Title, Volume 20, Folio 127, and Volume 21, Folio 287, and described in the Seventh and Eighth Schedules to the" proposed Bill, and shown as such, Schedules on' a plan deposited in tho-offico of tho Marino. Department in Wellington,' and marked M.D.', 3187, together with the buildings, "machinery, plant, and assets of- the company, and all rights, privileges, and appurtenances appertaining thereto, and on such acquisition to enablo the- Patent Slip Company to wind-up uuder the provisions of Sections 262' to" 265, both inclusive, of The Companies Act, 1903, and to enablo. tho Board to doviato tho existing road through 1 the.said lands. 1 , ; 1 : • 2. To enable the Board..to, piirchaso .or take compulsorily, under the*, provisions :of • " The Public Works Act, 1905 ":— . .•»•» (a.) AH thoso three -picces of land,- being- , parts of Sections 5 and 7 on the plan of the Evans Bay District, containing together an area of about , 3 ; roods 30 perches; together with all foreshore rights of access, bathing, and aH'other privileges and powers! over so . much of : the '-.foreshore' at Evans Bay as lies between the 1 eastern and western portions | of the said lands;-such_ pieces land ■ are described in {|io'Third Schedule to tho proposed Bill;" ! and shown as such Schcdulo'-on tho said plan marked M.D. 3187. - . ' . , . (b.) AH that piece of land, being so much of- . Section 2 on tho plan, of the Evans Bay ' District, contaihing.-an-area. of about 1 rood 14 'perches, as lies, to tho, seaward side of . the Evans Bay Road, Snd is described in tho Sixth the , said Bill, and shown as such Schedule on tho said plan marked M.DI 3187.: ' 3. To provide that the Compensation, Court, in determining tho amount of compensation, to be paid in respect of lands compulsorily: taken, shall not take- into accqunt .any, ;in'crease of value arising from tho works of the Board, and also enabling tho' Board to*'cdnveyUand'.m lieu of paying'- money awarded-.for compensation; ' 4. To provide ' that certain, lands in. Evans Bay, covered by water, shall vest ih the Board, aiid empowering tho 'Board to reclaim .the same and execute works thereoli ; such .lands are doscribed in the' Fifth and -Ninth. Schedules to the proposed Bill, and shownr as such Schedules on tiie said plan mal'ked-M.D. 3187.' , . 5; To authorise the Board to construct streets and, works ancillary thereto on any land referred to in tho proposed' Bill . :' . ' 6.: To exempt .all lands -to 'bo 1 reclaimed- under the authority, of the proposed. Bill from payment of rates so,long as they remain,the. pro'-: petty of, the Board,'and are.not let,or leased. ; ;7.' To enable the Board to "closoVcertain existing-, streets.- in- the Borough -ofi Miramar, being, the streets comprised in ,tho.larid'described in the, Second: Schedule to the . proposed Bill, aiid shown .as >such Schedule on- ' the', said plan; marked M.D; "3187, and 'to construct in , lieu thoreof,.and in. addition thereto, certain;other, streets on lands vested,and to, be" vested, in tho Board, and providing that'so long as the lands-described in tho First aridi. the? said Second Schedules to tho Bill; . and Bli'own as such- Schedules lon'i-tlio . said' plan marked ,M.D. 3187, shall 'remain ,the''property, of tho Board, and not bo let or leased, the rates payablo by the Board shiil remain the same as at'present. '.' ' To empowor tho'Board; and: t:ho .Corporation of- the Borough of. Miramar-to carry out'an.' Agreement, providing for i the closing of -streets

oil the land referred to in tho_ First. and;Secohd . Schedules. ; to tlio proposed Bill, and shown as such/Schedules on the said plan,' marked: M.D. 3157,' and on sueh closure, and on. the Board ■ constructing other .streets :.in Uieu! thereof,. to convey, the same to the Board;'and empowering, the Board, to 'convey portion of the lands de-. scribed in tlio said ; Scliedules to .the Miramar Borough for street purposes, "and providing that so long as the lands described; in;tho said Sclie. dules : shall remain''the . property'"of : the Board; and not bo let or leased, ,the rates, payable by. the Board shall remain the same as at present.. 8. To enable.'the Board; for the purpose of rectifying boundary lines, street levels, and providing access.,, to purchase or . take in exchange adjoining lands, or sell or give in cxchango lands the property of the Board.,. 9. To vest in the Board certain lands in' Evans Bay, bcing'luiid covered bv water, and bping the land described in' the Tenth and Eleventh Sohediiles to the ' proposed Bill, and being-shown as'.such Schedules on-tlio said plan marked M.D. 3187. ' • - , ; ,10. To vest in'.'the Board the lands upon which the Boat;SHeds at'Clydo Quay are constructed, being, tho lands described in the Twelfth Schedule to the proposed Bill, and shown as such' Schedule on a plan-deposited in the office of'the Marine Department in ;Wellington, and marked M.D. 318 S. ■ 11. To euabla.tho Board to apply to a Court constituted under the proposed Bill and' The Public Works' Act, 1905," to obtain payment from each and every person having any- estate or interest in land, being a part of the lands comprised in Sections 2 to '8 tfnclusite)/ori the plan of the Evans Bay District, and Sections 1 to 19 (both inclusive) on tho plan of tho Watts Peninsula District, for the increased ;■ value given to the., said lands through the works of . the' Board. ■ . . , ' . 12. To enable the Board to borrow £1,C00,000, wherewith to construct, exeoute, and : pay for the following works, acts, matters, and things, .or such of tnem :as itho Board may in its Uiscretion think fit, with, such modification and amendment as to the Board may seem meet:—Tho purchase of tile undertaking and of all lands authorised to be acquired under this Act, including tho expenses of acquisition; tho construction and equipment of patent slips'; the installation 'of workshops, . plant,, and machinery in : connection with , graving, docks and slips; the reclamation of any lands which the.Board is or may be authorised to reclaim", including tho purchase of all* lands necessary, in the opinion of the Board, for such reclamation, either; for spoil purpnses -or for purposes of providing access to or road frontages for such reclamations, including the cost of'retaining walls, the construction of sewers and watercourses and of streets; dredging and the purchase, hire,-and maintenance of 'dredging appliances, and. other expenditure ' connected therewith; the construction of.quays and^quaywalls,' pitched slope's, arid' Work- of a .like nature; tho extonsion of.'.insisting .wharves-and stores, and the construction of- new, wharves,' jetties, sheds, offices, arid; stores, and-of - cranes,arid of other machinery,'plant,-and appliances'' other harbour works; the oxpeiises' of. the flotation of. the loan or any' portion thereof."'/: - The petition and the'proposed Bill'and plans will be presented and deposited at-tho-offico of tho Examiner of Standing Orders, either: beforeor' within fourteen days . after the commencement of the said; Session. Plans, including copies of, tho : said - plans marked M.D. 3157 and M.D. 31158, books 'of reference, and'a copy of the Gazetto containing this advertisement, will be 1 deposited'for public inspection at- the offite of -'the 'Commissioner of. Crown Lands at' Wellington, not..less than thirty, days boforo tho commencement of the said Session. .. . , 'At or within ten (lays: after the .commence- 1 ment of tho said Session, a'printed copy of the nosod Bill will bo deposited in the office le Minister qf Internal Affairs. • u , Dated-this 28th. day of April,; 1908. The' Common Seal of tho said Board was hereunto, affixed tho 28th day of April, 1908 by the authority of the,'said Board, and in the presence of— THOMAS M. WILEOED, Chairman; R. FLETCHER, Member; T. KENNEDY MACDONALD, Member; H., E. NICHOLLS, ''Acting-Secretary. Harbour Board Office, ■> 'Wellington.. : -•<- 2379 (By Appoint- Ex <*llencj ment to tord p ! untet ' These favourite-flowers may now Y be obtained in any quantity, fresh daily, from ; MISS MURRAY. Vice-Regal Florwf,* 80' Willis Street iti doors above Grand 'Hotel).'