670
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Extension of Time for Election of certain Councillors
for the Borough of Picton.

NORMANBY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
twenty-sixth day of September, 1876.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the fifth section of "The Muni-
cipal Corporations Act Amendment Act, 1868,"
it is enacted that, within the period of fifteen days
before or after the day appointed for the holding of
any election, or of any meeting of Councillors, or
for the doing of any act, matter, or thing by
"The Municipal Corporations Act, 1867," required
to be done on or before a day certain, it shall
be lawful for the Governor in Council to extend
the time allowed for the holding of such election
or meeting of Councillors, or for the doing of any
such act, matter, or thing as aforesaid, notwithstan-
ding the day may have passed on which the same
ought to have been held or done, and to adopt or
cause to be adopted such measures as may be neces-
sary to remove any obstacle of a technical or formal
nature by which the carrying out of the provisions
of the said Act may be impeded, and to supply any
deficiency which may be required to be supplied in
order to enable the said provisions to be duly carried
out: Provided always that any such measure so
adopted by the Governor in Council shall be duly
notified in the New Zealand Gazette:

And whereas an election of certain Councillors for
the Borough of Picton should have been held on or
about the second Thursday in September, but such
election was omitted to be held:

And whereas it is expedient that a day should be
fixed for the election of certain Councillors for the
Borough of Picton, in lieu of such second Thursday
in September:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of
the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exer-
cise of the power and authority vested in him by the
above recited Act, and by and with the advice and
consent of the Executive Council of the said Colony,
doth hereby appoint Monday, the sixteenth day of
October next, as the day for the election of such of
the Councillors as it may be necessary to elect for
the Borough of Picton.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Order for Re-hearing of Claim under "The Native
Land Act, 1873."

NORMANBY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this
twenty-sixth day of September, 1876.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the fifty-eight section of "The
Native Land Act, 1873," (hereinafter referred
to as "the said Act,") it is enacted that, upon the
application of any persons interested in any Native
land who may feel themselves aggrieved by the de-
cision of the Native Land Court in respect thereof,
the Governor in Council may order a rehearing of
any matter heard and decided under the provisions
of the said Act, within such a period of time from
the publication of the decision and memorial of
ownership, in manner in the said Act required, as
may be limited in such order; and upon such order
being made, all proceedings theretofore taken by the
Court in such matter shall be annulled, and the case
shall commence de novo, and shall proceed in manner
provided by the said Act: Provided that no appli-
cation for a rehearing shall be entertained if it be
made after six months shall have elapsed from the
time of such publication:

And whereas at a sitting of the Native Land Court
of New Zealand, at Gisborne, in the Hawke's Bay
District, in the Province of Auckland, on the seven-
teenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-five, the claim of Riparata Kahutia and
others, aboriginal natives of New Zealand, to a piece
of land called Aohuna, situate near Gisborne, in the
said district, was heard and decided, and a certain
order was thereupon made by the said Court:

And whereas on or about the seventeenth day of
April, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five,
an application was made to the said Court, by and
on behalf of certain [aboriginal natives claiming to
have an interest in the said land, for a rehearing of
the said claim, and it is expedient that the said claim
should be reheard before the said Court:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, in
exercise and pursuance of the above-recited power,
and by and with the advice and consent of the Exe-
cutive Council of New Zealand, doth hereby order
and direct that the said claim of certain aboriginal
natives to the piece of land aforesaid shall be reheard
as and in the manner provided by "The Native Land
Act, 1873"; and doth also order that such re-
hearing shall take place within two years from the
said seventeenth day of April, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-five.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Alteration in Tolls, Fares, and Charges for Passengers,
&c., on certain Railways in the Province of Otago,
fixed by Order in Council dated 15th February, 1876,
and published in New Zealand Gazette, No. 10, of
17th February, 1876.

NORMANBY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
twenty-sixth day of September, 1876.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by an Order in Council bearing date
the fifteenth day of February, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-six, and published in the
New Zealand Gazette of the seventeenth day of
the same month and year, certain tolls, fares, and
charges for passengers, animals, carriages, goods,
merchandise, minerals, articles, matters, and things
applicable to certain railways mentioned in the
Schedule hereunder, constructed under the Immi-
gration and Public Works Acts, in the Province of
Otago, were made: And whereas it is expedient
to amend such tolls, fares, and charges:

Now, therefore, I, George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the
powers and authorities recited in such last-mentioned
Order in Council, and of all other power enabling
me, and by and with the consent and advice of the
Executive Council of the Colony of New Zealand, do
hereby make the following rates or tolls for wool, in
substitution of the rates or tolls for wool fixed by
Order in Council dated the fifteenth day of Febru-
ary, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six,