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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No.

Notice under “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1883.”

(L.S.) WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto is vested in a certain aboriginal native of New Zealand, subject to certain restrictions on the alienation of such land, and application has been made for the removal of such restrictions:

It is hereby notified that it is the intention of His Excellency the Governor, immediately after the expiration of sixty days from the publication of this notice in the Gazette and in the Kahiti, to remove the said restrictions on the alienation of the said land.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir William Francis Drummond Jervois, Lieutenant-General in Her Majesty’s Army, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this seventh day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four.

JOHN BRYCE,
Minister for Native Affairs.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

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SCHEDULE.

All that piece of land situated in the Whakatane Survey District, containing 5 acres, more or less, being Allotment No. 281, in the Parish of Waiotahi, and being the whole of the land comprised in Vol. xviii., folio 201, of the Auckland District Land Register-book.

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Powers delegated to the Pleasant Point Domain Board under “The Public Domains Act, 1881.”

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this nineteenth day of August, 1884.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

IN exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by “The Public Domains Act, 1881,” His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council thereof, doth hereby revoke a certain Order in Council, dated the fifth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two, making delegation of certain powers in manner as therein appears; and doth, with the like advice and consent, by this present order, delegate, but only with respect to the pieces or parcels of land described in the Schedule hereto, all the powers conferred by the Act aforesaid, except the powers under or conferred by sections five and twelve thereof, to the under-mentioned persons, who shall be known as the Pleasant Point Public Domain Board, namely,—

WILLIAM HALSTEAD,
HINMAN JACKSON,
CHARLES WILLIAM EICHBAUM,
JOHN GRIGG, and
JAMES OLIVER

(herein referred to as “the Board”), subject to the stipulations hereinafter contained, that is to say,—

1. The Board shall meet for the transaction of business on the first Thursday in each month, at seven o’clock p.m., at the residence of Charles William Eichbaum, Esquire, or at such other time or place as may from time to time be fixed by the Board. The first meeting shall be held on Thursday, the fourth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four.

2. Special meetings may be convened by the Chairman, or by any two members of the Board, provided that two days’ notice of such meeting be given to each member, specifying the business to be transacted at such special meeting, and no other business than that so specified shall be transacted at such meeting.

3. Any three of the said Board shall form a quorum. Any meeting may be adjourned from time to time.

4. The members of the Board shall, at their first meeting, and thereafter at an annual meeting to be held on the second Tuesday in January in every succeeding year thereafter, elect one of themselves to be Chairman, who may join in the discussion, and shall have an original as well as a casting vote. The Chairman shall hold office until the election of his successor.

5. If at any meeting the Chairman is not present at the time appointed for holding the same, the members present shall choose some one of their number to be Chairman of such meeting.

6. If, by resignation, death, or incapacity, or otherwise, the office of Chairman shall be or become vacant, the members may at any monthly or special meeting appoint a Chairman.

7. All questions shall be determined by the majority of votes of the members of the Board present at a meeting.

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SCHEDULE.

RESERVE No. 1580 (in red), situate in the Timaru District, Provincial District of Canterbury, and containing 66 acres, more or less. Bounded on the Northward by Section No. 10453; on the Westward by Section No. 10174; on the Eastward by the road separating Sections Nos. 10453 and 10454; and on the Southward by the McKenzie County Road.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Licensing the Auckland Timber Company (Limited) to use and occupy a Part of the Foreshore of the Oruaiti River.

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this nineteenth day of August, 1884.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by “The Harbours Act Amendment Act, 1883” (hereinafter called the “said Act”), it is, among other things, enacted that, where the foreshore has been legally vested in any Harbour Board or other local governing body, it may from time to time, subject to the provisions of the one hundred and fifty-sixth section of “The Harbours Act, 1878,” license and permit any part of the foreshore to be used or occupied, inter alia, for the purpose of any local enterprise or object which the Governor in Council may approve: And whereas by the said Act it is also provided that every licensee shall, subject to the provisions of the said Act, have power to make and construct any necessary reclamation for the purpose of erecting on the foreshore comprised in his license, or upon any land below low-water mark immediately contiguous to such foreshore which shall be specified in such license, any building, structure, erection, or other works to enable him to obtain the full benefit of such license: And whereas by the said Act it is further provided that every such license shall be in writing under the seal of the Board or body granting the same, and may be for any period not exceeding fourteen years from the date thereof, and may prescribe a sum of money to be payable either at stated periods or on or before the granting thereof for the use of the foreshore so granted, and may prescribe any other terms or conditions, general or particular, to be observed or performed by the person to whom the same is granted: And whereas by the said Act it is also enacted that, in any case where there is no Harbour Board, or no Harbour Board empowered to grant any such license as aforesaid, the Governor in Council may in his discretion grant and issue a license for all or any of the purposes hereinbefore mentioned, and all the provisions of the said Act in respect of such licenses shall, mutatis mutandis, apply accordingly: And whereas the Auckland Timber Company (Limited), hereinafter called “the said company,” has applied for a license under the said Act to occupy a part of the foreshore and the land below low-water mark immediately contiguous to such foreshore, in order to erect and maintain thereon certain booms in the Oruaiti River, Mongonui, for the purpose of confining floating timber; and, in accordance with the one hundred and fifty-sixth section of “The Harbours Act, 1878,” has deposited plans in the office of the Marine Department, at Wellington (marked M.D. 943 and 943A), showing the places in the said river where it is intended to erect such booms, and the area of foreshore or land below low-water mark intended to be occupied for such purposes: And whereas it has been made to appear to the Governor in Council that the proposed works will not be or tend to the injury of navigation; and the said plans have, prior to the making of this Order in Council, been approved by the Governor in Council: And whereas there is no Harbour Board having jurisdiction in the said harbour, and it is expedient that a license should be granted and issued to the said company under the said Act, for the purposes aforesaid, on the terms and conditions hereinafter expressed:

Now, therefore, the Governor of the Colony of New Zea-