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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 196, 13 May 1908, Page 2

PUBLIC NOTICES. IN PARLIAMENT. ! WELLINGTON HARBOUR BOARD. 1 PRIVATE BILL. TjTN tho matter of a proposed Bill or Act intituled an Act to confer certain • powers , upon tho Wellington Harbour Board and tho Corporation-of the Borough of Miramar, and to onablo the Wellington Harbour Board to acqmro certain lands and property, reclaim lands from tho'Sea, executo works and borrow fnonies, and providing for the payment to tho Board of the value or the improvement to adjoining lands arising therefrom. - Pursuant to tlit Standing Orders of tho Houso of Representatives relating to Private Bills, tlio Wellington Harbour Board gives notice that, oithor* before or within fouvteen days after the meeting of the General Assembly of Now Zealand, to bo held next after tho date of this notice, a petition . will be presented, through the Honourable the Speaker and Members cf Parliament,. Members of the House of Representatives, by it praying and applying for leavo to bring in a Private Bill to bo callcd "The Wellington Harbour Board Reclamation find Empowering "Act, IMS." Tho objects of the said application' and Bui are as follows:— 1. To enable tho Board to purchase or take compulsorily, under tho provisions of "The Public Works Act, 1905," the right,-title, and interest of the Wellington Patent Slip Company, Limited, in certain" lands, comprised in Certificates of Titlo, Volume 20, Folio 127, and Volume 21, Folio 287, and described in. the Seventh and Eighth Schedules to tho proposed Bill, and shown as such Schedules on a plan deposited in tho office of tho Marine Department in "Wellington, and marked M.D. 3187, together with tho buildings, machinery, plant/ and assets of. the company, and all rights, privileges, and appurtenances appertaining thereto, and on 6uch acquisition "to enable the Patent Slip Company to wind-up under > tho provisions of Sections 262 to 265, both inclusive, ,of The Companies Act, 1903,. and to enable the Board to deviate the existing road through tho said lands. . .

2. To "enable the Board to purchase or take compulsorily, - under' the provisions of "The Public Works Act, 1905 ":— • (a.) All'-thoso three pieces of land, being parts of Sections 5 and 7 on tho 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-all-other . privileges and powers lover .so much .pf "tho foreshore at Evans Bay.;.as.'lieLbe-i eastern and western portions r 'of'the said lands; such pieces of'laiid '' are described in tho Third Schedule fo the'proposed Bill, and shown as such Schedule on tho said plan marked M.D. 3187. . ■ ... (b.).A1l that piece of land, being so much of ■ Section-2 on the'plan of the Evans BayDistrict, containing an area of about 1 . rood 14 perches, as lies to tho seaward ' side of th'o Evan's Bay Road, and is do-, scribed in the Sixth "Schedule to the Baid Bill, alid shown as such Schedule oil the said plan marked M.D. 3187j ■ 3. To provide that the Compensation Court; in determining the amount of compensation to bo paid in respect of lands compulsorily taken, shall not take into -account any. increase of value arising, from the works of'the Board, and also enabling the Board to convey land in-lieu of paying money awarded for compensation.. 4.'1'0 provide that certain' lands "ili Evans Bay, covered by water, shall vest in' the Board, and empowering the Board to reclaim tho same and execute works thereou; such lauds aro doscribed in. the Fifth and Ninth, Schedules to the proposed Bill, and shown as such Schedules on tne said plan marked M.D. 3187. -.: 5. To' authorise tho Board to construct streets and works ancillary thereto' on any- land 'referred to" in; the'proposed Bill, '"i r G. To exempt-all lands to be reclaimed-under: tho authority of tho proposed Bill from' pay.; ment of rates so long as they remain , the ..property of. the Board, and aro not let' or leased.-,. 7. To enable tho Board to'closo'certain exist-, ing streets in tho : Borough' of Miramar, being the streets comprised in-the land described in the Second Schedule to the proposed' Bill, and shown as such-Schedule on the said plan marked M.D. • 3187, and to construct in . lieu thereof, and in addition thereto, certain othori streets on lands vested, and to be vestod, in the' Bbard," and "prdviding- that 'so long as the lands described in the First: and the said Second Schedules to , the proposed Bill, and shown 3 ''as' such Schedules''on' the'said plan marked M.D. 3187, shall remain'the property of tho .Board, and. n'qt:.ba:let-;br leased,, the rates: payable, by tho Board shalliremain-the same as. ut present.'j':| -- IV . To, empower tho . Board .and' the. of the' ; Borough, .of r Miramar .'to cirry out' an Agreement, closing o( "streets on the'land-'referred-.to'in- the' First and"SecondSchedules 1 -to the. • proposed Bill," and, shown'as such fjohedules.'on the: said plan'marked M.D.3187, and on_ such closure,, and, on the .Board .constfu'ctiri'g' r oth'err ; street"s. in lieu , thereof, to convey the same'to "the Board, and'empowering the Board to convoy :portion of the'lands de-' scribed' in tlio' said -Schedules to' tho'Miramar Borough for street purposes, and providing that, so long as the lands described in the said. Schedules. shall -remain tho properiy-.'of the 'Board, and liot bo let. or leased, the rates payablo by the Board shall remain the same,as at.present." 8. To enablo the Board, for,.tho purpose of rectifying boundary, lines, ■ street. levels, and providing access, to purchase.or take, in exchange adjoining lands, or sell or give in ex-chang()-.laiids -the ( property-of-.the .Board.-'' 9. To vest, in tho. Board cortain'' lands in' Evans Bay,-, being laud covered by;-water, and being the land described in the,.-Tenth- and Eleventh Schedules, to; the. proposed: Bill;.and being sliown its'such Schedules on the said plan marked M.D. ,'3187.' .; ,' - 10. To': vest in. the Board tho. lands , - upon which the Boat Sheds at Clyde Quay .are constructed, being, the ■ lands described in. ' tho Twelfth Schedule to tho proposed Bill, and shown as such' Schedule on a pian deposited in the office of 'the Marino Department in Wellington, and marked M.D. 318 S. ' 11. To enable the Board' to'apply to a Court constituted undor the proposed Bill aud " The Public Works Act, 19U5," 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 B.(inclusive)'on the plan of the Evans Bay District, and Sections 1 to 19 (both: inclusive) on the plan of the Watts Peninsula District, for tho increased value given to tho said lands through the works of tho Board. 12. To enable the Board to borrow £1,000,000, wherewith to construct,^.execute,-perform, and pay for the following works, acts, mattors, and things, orrsuch of.them as tlio Board may in its discretion, think fit, with such, modification and amendment as to the Board may seem meet:—The purchase of the undertaking and of all lands authorised to bo acquired under this Act/ including the expenses of acquisition; tho construction and equipment of'patent slips; tho installation of workshops, ,-plant, 'and machinery in' connection with graving docksaild slips; the reclamation of any, lands -whichtho Board is or may be authorised .to reclaim, including the purchase of all lands necessary, in tho opinionj of tho Board, for Such reclamation, either for spoil purposes or for purposes of providing access' to or road frontages for such reclamations, including the cost of retaining walls, tho 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 slopes, and works of a like nature; the extonsion of esisting wharves and stores, and tho construction. of new wharves, jetties, sheds, offices, and stores, and of cranes/ and of other machinery, plant, and appliances; other harbour ivorks; the expenses of tho flotation of tho loan or any portion thereof.

Tho petition and tho proposed Bill and plans will be presented and deposited at the office of tho Examiner of Standing Orders, either before or within fourteen days after the commencement of the' said Session. > Plans, including' copies of 'the Said ' plans marked M.D. 3187 and M.D. 318S, boots of reference, and a copy of the Gazette containing .this advertisement, will be deposited for public inspection at -the office of the Commissioner of Crown Lands at- Wellington, not less than thirty days before tho commencement of the said Session. At or within ten days after the eominoncoment of the said Session, a printed copy of the proposed Bill will bo 'deposited in the office of tho Minister of Internal Affairs. Dated this 28th day of April, 1908. Tho Common Seal of tho said Board was liere- ■ unto affixed tho 38th, day of April, 1908,. by tho authority of tho said Board., and in tho prcsenco of— ' THOMAS M. WILFORD, Chairman; 11. FLETCHER, Member; T, KENNEDY MACDONALD, Member; H. E. NICHOLLS, Acting-Secretary. • Hnvbour Board Office, . . Wellington. 2879

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