Nov. 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1167

tenance will be at the rate of £2 10s. per mile per annum for
every mile or fraction thereof.

Use of Line.
The applicants must only use the line for their own bonâ
fide business, and on no account, directly or indirectly, allow
the wire to be used for any purpose which might be con-
strued into an attempt to defraud the department of its
revenue.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Arrangements for Reciprocal Transmission of Post-cards.

ONSLOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this fourth
day of November, 1889.
Present:
THE HONOURABLE E. MITCHELSON PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS under the provisions of "The Post Office
Act, 1889," the Postmaster-General of the Colony of
New Zealand hath proposed to the respective Postmasters-
General of the several Colonies of New South Wales, Vic-
toria, South Australia, Queensland, Tasmania, and Western
Australia that post-cards of the Colony of New Zealand
made and issued in the said colony by or under the authority
of the Postmaster-General thereof, and bearing, in respect of
each card, an impressed stamp denoting the duty of one
penny, may be transmitted by means of the Post Office to
each of the said colonies; and that, in like manner, post-
cards of any of such colonies made and issued in such colony
by or under the authority of the Postmaster-General thereof
or other lawful authority, and bearing, in respect of each
card, an impressed stamp denoting the duty of one penny,
may be transmitted by means of the Post Office to the
Colony of New Zealand; such post-cards to be so trans-
mitted to and from the Colony of New Zealand and the
said several other colonies hereinbefore mentioned subject
to the provisions of "The Post Office Act, 1881," in
relation to post-cards sent by post within the Colony of New
Zealand: And whereas the respective Postmasters-General
of the said several Colonies of New South Wales, Victoria,
South Australia, Queensland, Tasmania, and Western Aus-
tralia have accepted the said proposals, and it has been
agreed that the same shall take effect and become operative
on and after the first day of November now instant: And
whereas it is expedient that the consent of the Governor in
Council should be given to the said proposed arrangements
in the manner required by the firstly hereinbefore-men-
tioned Act:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exorcise of the power and
authority contained in "The Post Office Act, 1889," His
Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by
and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of
the said colony, doth hereby consent to the said arrangements
for the reciprocal transmission of post-cards by means of the
Post Office to and from the Colony of New Zealand and the
said several other colonies hereinbefore mentioned, and upon
and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Removal of Restrictions on Alienation of Native Land.

ONSLOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this fourth
day of November, 1889.
Present:
THE HONOURABLE E. MITCHELSON PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS application has been made to the Governor
in Council by Kararaina and Tohia, the Native
owners of the land described in the second column of the
Schedule hereto, praying that the restrictions on the aliena-
tion of such lands contained in the certificate of title, bear-
ing date the fourteenth day of October, one thousand eight
hundred and eighty-nine, described in the first column of
the said Schedule, may be removed: And whereas it appears
expedient to grant such application:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Right Honourable
William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers
conferred on him by "The Native Land Act, 1888," and
acting with the advice and consent of the Executive Council
of the said colony, doth hereby order and declare that all
restrictions imposed by the said certificate of title on the
alienation of the said lands are hereby removed.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

SCHEDULE.

FIRST COLUMN.
Particulars of Grant or Instru-
ment containing Restrictions.

Certificate of title, Vol. 20,
folio 300, issued by the District
Land Registrar for the Land
Registration District of New
Plymouth, dated 14th Octo-
ber, 1889, in favour of Kara-
raina and Tohia Herewini,
and containing the following
restrictions: "Provided al-
ways that the said land here-
by granted shall be inalien-
able by sale, or by lease for a
longer period than twenty-one
years, or by mortgage, except
with the consent of the Go-
vernor being previously ob-
tained to every such sale,
lease, or mortgage."

SECOND COLUMN.
Description of Lands.

All that parcel of land in
the District of Taranaki, con-
taining 27 acres 27 perches,
being part of Section 38,
Waitara West, and known
as Section 38, Waitara Rural
West.

Additional Regulations under "The Defence Act, 1886."

ONSLOW, Governor.

WHEREAS under the provisions of the fifty-ninth sec-
tion of "The Defence Act, 1886," certain regulations
(hereinafter referred to as "the original regulations") were
made for the purposes in the said section mentioned, as the
same were published in the New Zealand Gazette of the
third day of January, one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-nine: And whereas the Trustees in the original
regulations mentioned have failed or neglected to summon a
meeting of the persons whose names appear on the revised
list prepared by the Board appointed under the original
regulations within the time and in the manner thereby
prescribed, and it is expedient that the original regulations
should be so altered as to afford opportunity for the said
meeting being held in accordance with such regulations:

Now, therefore, I, William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and
exercise of the power and authority vested in me by "The
Defence Act, 1886," do hereby make the following additional
regulations to be and form part of the original regulations,
and do hereby revoke all such parts of the original regula-
tions as may be inconsistent with the additional regulations,
and declare that such additional regulations shall come into
force on the publication hereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS.

1. WITHIN Seven days of the publication hereof in the New
   Zealand Gazette the meeting required to be summoned by
   the Trustees in accordance with Regulation 14 of the original
   regulations shall be summoned in the manner therein pro-
   vided by Major John Ellis, of the New Zealand Volunteers,
   who is hereby appointed for that purpose, and also to
   perform such other duties in relation to such meeting as by
   the original regulations were imposed on the Trustees.

In case the said Major Ellis shall be unable or unwilling
to act in the manner hereby provided, the Governor may
nominate some other person for that purpose.

2. All powers and duties which by the original regulations
   were vested in or imposed on the Trustees, or any of them,
   in respect of the summoning of such meeting or otherwise in
   relation thereto, are hereby vested in and imposed on the
   said Major Ellis, or such other person as may be nominated
   as aforesaid.

3. The original regulations shall be read and construed
   subject to these regulations.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this sixth day of November, one thousand eight
hundred and eighty-nine.

W. R. RUSSELL.

Native Lands held under Lease by Her Majesty the Queen
transferred to the Land Board of Taranaki.

ONSLOW, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
vested in me by subsection one of section two hundred
and forty-nine of "The Land Act, 1885," I, William Hillier,
Earl of Onslow, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand,
do hereby, on behalf of Her Majesty, transfer the land
mentioned in the Schedule hereto to the Land Board of the
Land District of Taranaki, to be sublet in accordance with
the provisions of the said Act.