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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At Napier, this fifth day of April, 1872.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Marine Act, 1867," it is,
among other things, enacted that the Governor
may fix the pilotage rates which shall be payable at
each port, not being greater than the rates specified
in the Schedule to the said Act: And whereas, by
Order in Council dated the sixth day of October,
1869, and made under the provision of the said Act,
certain pilotage rates were fixed for the port of
Wanganui: And whereas it is expedient to fix other
rates in lieu thereof as and in manner hereinafter
mentioned:

Now therefore, His Excellency Sir George Ferguson
Bowen, the Governor of New Zealand, by and with
the advice and consent of the Executive Council of
the Colony, and in exercise and pursuance of the
power and authority vested in him by the said Act,
doth hereby fix the rates set forth in the Schedule
hereto as and to be the pilotage rates to be levied and
taken at the Port of Wanganui: And with the like
advice and consent doth order that the said pilotage
rates shall be levied and taken on and after the
eleventh day of April, 1872, all former pilotage rates
at the said port being from the said date repealed.

SCHEDULE.

WHERE TO BE LEVIED.
PILOTAGE.

Province. Port.
Charged both Inwards and
Outwards.
Per ton
Register.

Wellington. Wanganui. All vessels when piloted by
signals from the staff only.
1d.
River pilotage to be charged
for any assistance rendered
by the Pilot or any of his
crew inside the Bar.
2d.
When the Pilot boards or
conducts a vessel outside
the Bar.
3d.

T. W. LEWIS
(for Clerk of the Executive Council).

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At Wellington, the eleventh day of May, 1872.
Present:
THE HONORABLE WILLIAM FOX, PRIME MINISTER,
PRESIDING, AND MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE
COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the fourth section of "The Forest
Trees Planting Encouragement Act, 1871," it
is, among other things, enacted that the Governor in
Council may from time to time make regulations for
defining the number and description of trees to be
planted on each acre, and the other terms and con-
ditions to be fulfilled by persons claiming a free grant
of land under the provisions of the said Act: And
whereas by a Proclamation made by the Governor
under the provisions of the said Act on the sixteenth
day of April, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-
two, the said Act was proclaimed and declared to
be in operation in the Province of Canterbury as
and from the first day of May, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-two, as therein particularly
mentioned: And whereas for the purpose of giving
effect to the firstly hereinbefore recited provision of
the said Act it is expedient to make the regulations
hereinafter set forth:

Now therefore, His Excellency Sir George Fergu-
son Bowen, the Governor of the Colony of New
Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers
and authorities vested in him by the said Act, and
by and with the advice and consent of the Executive
Council of the said Colony, doth hereby make the
following Regulations for the several purposes in the
said in part recited Act mentioned-such Regulations
to take effect within the Province of Canterbury
aforesaid as and from the said first day of May, 1872.

REGULATIONS UNDER "THE FOREST TREES PLANTING
ENCOURAGEMENT ACT, 1871."

1. The planting in respect of which a grant of land
   under the Act is claimed need not be in one block,
   but may be in several blocks on the same property.
2. The land planted must be securely fenced.
3. It must have been devoted to planting only for
   at least two years.
4. The trees must be in a vigorous and healthy
   state when the grant of land is applied for.
5. The number of trees planted must be at the
   rate of not less than five hundred per acre.
6. The trees must be of an average height of not
   less than three feet when the grant is applied for.
7. The trees may be of any description.
8. The fulfilment of the conditions above prescribed
   shall be ascertained and shall be certified in the form
   annexed by an officer appointed by the Superinten-
   dent. Upon the receipt of such certificate the
   Superintendent may either issue his own certificate
   to the Waste Lands Board, or he may, if he thinks
   fit, cause further inquiry to be made into the facts
   of the case. Any expense attending the inspection
   or obtaining the certificate must be borne by the
   applicant for the same.

Form of Certificate.

I, A.B., do hereby certify, after personal inspection
of plantations made by C.D., that acres of
land have been planted by him, in accordance with
the statements contained in his application of
187; that the conditions imposed under the Regu-
lations issued under "The Forest Trees Planting
Encouragement Act, 1871," have been faithfully com-
plied with; and that he is entitled under the pro-
visions of the said Act to receive a grant of land not
exceeding acres.

WILLIAM FOX, Presiding.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this
twentieth day of May, 1872.
Present:
THE HONORABLE WILLIAM FOX, PRESIDING, AND
MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Lunatics Act, 1868," it is
enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor
in Council, from time to time, to order and direct
that all or any of the powers, functions, duties, and
authorities vested in or required to be performed by
the Governor, or the Governor in Council, or the
Colonial Secretary, by the said Act, within any
Province or other district of the Colony, shall be
exercised or performed by the Superintendent of any
such Province, or by any other person the Governor
may think fit, subject however to any limitations or
restrictions as he may think fit; and thereupon such
functions, powers, duties, and authorities may by
such Superintendent or other person be exercised or