The Short Title of this Act is “The Wanganui River Trust Act 1891 Amendment Act, 1892.”

In addition to the powers conferred on the Trust by subsections two and three of section five of the said Act, the Trust shall have power to impose, in the manner prescribed by the said Act, fees or tolls in respect of all goods, merchandise, and animals carried or conveyed by steamer or by a barge, boat, or any other vessel towed by a steamer in any part of the Wanganui River within the boundaries of the river district constituted by the said Act, and that notwithstanding the same may not be shipped or landed, or be intended to be landed, at any jetty or landing-place erected or made by the Trust or otherwise, and notwithstanding that no jetties or landing-places shall be available for shipping or landing any such goods, merchandise, or animals.

Nothing in this Act shall affect or interfere with the full and free navigation of the said river by the Natives in their canoes or boats, whether towed by steamer or otherwise: Provided that no canoe or boat, carrying passengers or goods for hire towed by a steamer, shall be free from toll under this section.