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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

15th day of April, or by forwarding the
same by post, in a registered letter, addressed
with a sufficient direction to his usual place
of abode, and posted on or before the 15th
day of April, at the chief post office in a
province, at such hours and according to
such regulations as may, from time to time,
be in force for the posting and registration of
registered letters.

Evidence of Application.

21. In all cases the written acknowledg-
    ment of the party applied to shall, in the
    absence of other proof, be sufficient evidence
    of an application having been made or notice
    given; and in case of an application or notice
    having been forwarded by post, in a regis-
    tered letter, the production of the post office
    receipt for such letter, duly stamped, shall
    be sufficient evidence of the due delivery of
    such letter, provided it shall appear that the
    same was properly and sufficiently directed,
    and that the same was not returned by the
    post office as undelivered.

Lists of Owners, &c.

22. Separate lists shall be made of the
    names of such owners, lessees, and occupiers,
    distinguishing those who have assented, dis-
    sented, or are neuter, in respect to such ap-
    plication, or who have returned no answer
    thereto, and where no written acknowledg-
    ment has been returned to an application
    forwarded by post, or where such application
    has been returned as undelivered, at any time
    before the making up of such lists, the direc-
    tion of the letter in which the same was so
    forwarded shall be inserted therein.

Notice to Owners, &c.—Trust Properties.

23. Before the deposit of a Petition for
    leave to bring in a Bill relating to or affect-
    ing Crown, Ecclesiastical, or Corporation pro-
    perty, or property held in Trust for public
    or charitable purposes, notice in writing of
    such application to Parliament, shall be
    served upon the owners, or reputed owners,
    of such property, and the lessees, or reputed
    lessees, of such property, holding leases for
    any term of 21 years or upwards, excepting
    such of the said persons as may be promoters
    of the Bill.

Notice to Owners, &c.—Burial Grounds and Gas Works.

24. On or before the 15th day of April
    immediately preceding the application for
    any Bill for making a Burial Ground or
    Cemetery, or the erection of Works for the
    manufacture of Gas, notice shall be served
    upon the owner and occupier of every dwell-
    ing house situate within 300 yards of the
    limits within which the proposed Burial
    Ground, Cemetery, or Gas Works are in-
    tended to be erected or made.

Notice to Owners, &c., of Relinquishment of Works.

25. Previously to the deposit of a Petition
    for leave to bring in a Bill whereby any part
    of a Work authorised by any former Act is
    intended to be relinquished, notices in writ-
    ing of such bill shall be served upon the
    owners or reputed owners, lessees or reputed
    lessees, and occupiers of the lands in which
    the part of such work intended to be thereby
    relinquished is situate.

Service and Evidence of Application.

26. The notices required by the three pre-
    ceding orders shall be served, and the service
    thereof proved, in the same manner as directed
    in Standing Orders Nos. 20 and 21.

Time for Serving Notices.

27. No notice served, or application made,
    on a Sunday, Good Friday, or Christmas day,
    or before eight o'clock in the forenoon, or
    after eight o'clock in the afternoon of any
    day, shall be deemed valid, except in case of
    delivery of letters by post.

28. DOCUMENTS REQUIRED TO BE DEPOSITED,
    AND THE TIMES AND PLACES OF DEPOSIT.

Plans, Books of Reference, and Sections.

28. In cases of Bills of the 2nd Class, a
    plan, together with a book of reference thereto,
    and a section, as hereinafter described; and,
    in cases of Bills of the 1st Class by which
    any lands or houses are intended to be taken,
    a plan thereof, together with a book of refer-
    ence, shall be deposited for public inspection
    at the office of the Registrar of Deeds, in the
    principal town of each province in or through
    which the work is proposed to be made, main-
    tained, varied, extended, or enlarged, or in
    which such lands and houses are situate, on
    or before the 30th day of March immediately
    preceding the application for the Bill.

Registrars to Endorse Memorial on Plans, &c.

29. The said Registrars of Deeds, or their
    respective deputies, shall make a Memorial
    in writing upon the plans, sections, and books
    of reference so deposited with them, denoting
    the time at which the same were lodged in their
    respective offices, and shall, at all seasonable
    hours of the day, permit any person to view
    and examine the same, and to make copies or
    extracts therefrom; and the plans and sec-
    tions so deposited shall be retained in the
    possession of the Registrars until the Session
    of Parliament next ensuing the deposit shall
    be about to be held, when they shall be for-
    warded by the Registrars to the Private Bill
    Office, so as to be deposited there as nearly
    as may be within a week of the commence-
    ment of the Session.

Plans, &c., of Tidal Lands, with Colonial Secretary.

30. In cases where the Work shall be
    situate on tidal lands, within the ordinary
    spring tides, a copy of the plans and sections
    shall, on or before the commencement of the
    Session, be deposited at the Office of the
    Colonial Secretary.

Deposit of Plans, &c., to be made with Colonial Secretary,
if Crown Lands affected.

31. In the case of Bills for taking powers
    to take or affect lands of the Crown, a copy
    of all plans, sections, and books of reference
    required by the Standing Orders to be de-
    posited in the office of any Registrar of Deeds,
    on or before the 30th day of March im-