JULY 31.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 877

and His Excellency M. Spuller, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the French Republic, have prepared the present arrangement, and have affixed thereto their seals.

Done at Paris, the thirty-first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine.

(L.S.) LYTON.
(L.S.) E. SPULLER.

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, and in virtue of the authority committed to her by the said recited Acts, doth order, and it is hereby ordered, that from and after the sixteenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety, the said Acts shall apply in the case of Tunis in conformity with the said arrangement with the French Republic :

Provided always, and it is hereby further ordered, that the operation of the said Extradition Acts, 1870 and 1873, shall be suspended within the Dominion of Canada so far as relates to Tunis and to the said arrangement, and so long as the provisions of the Canadian Act aforesaid of 1886 continue in force, and no longer.

C. L. PEEL.

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Special Order made by the Waimea County Council.—Spring Grove and Waimea Road Districts merged.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 28th July, 1890.

THE following special order, made by the Waimea County Council, is published in accordance with “The Counties Act, 1886.”

W. R. RUSSELL.

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SPECIAL ORDER made by the Waimea County Council, at a special meeting held on the 5th day of June, 1890, and confirmed at a subsequent meeting held on the 16th day of July, 1890:—

That, in pursuance of the powers vested in them by “The Counties Act, 1886,” the Waimea County Council hereby make the following special order: That the prayer of the petitions of the ratepayers in the Spring Grove and Waimea Road Districts be given effect to, and that the Spring Grove and Waimea Road Boards be dissolved, and the said road districts merged in the County of Waimea on and after the 16th day of July, 1890.

I hereby certify that the foregoing special order has been duly made in accordance with “The Counties Act, 1886.”

Robt. Louisson,
County Clerk.

Waimea County Office,
Nelson, 23rd July, 1890.

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Special Order made by the Patutahi Road Board, County of Cook.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 29th July, 1890.

THE following special order, made by the Patutahi Road Board, is published in accordance with “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

W. R. RUSSELL.

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SPECIAL ORDER.

THAT the Patutahi Road Board adopt “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” and Amendment Act, 1889, generally.

I hereby certify that the above special order has been made by the Patutahi Road Board, as required by section 75 of “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

T. W. BILHAM,
Clerk.

Patutahi Road Board Office,
14th July, 1890.

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Victorian Regulation re the Introduction of Sheep.—Notice No. 299.

Head Office, Live Stock Department,
Wellington, 30th July, 1890.

THE following Order in Council, issued by the Governor of Victoria, is republished for general information.

G. F. RICHARDSON,
Minister of Lands.

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REGULATION UNDER “THE DISEASES OF STOCK ACT, 1872.”

At the Executive Council Chamber, Melbourne, the sixteenth day of June, 1890.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR,

MR. DEACON, MR. WRIXON, DR. PEARSON, MR. DERHAM, MR. BELL, MR. PATTERSON, AND MR. BALFOUR.

WHEREAS by “The Diseases in Stock Act, 1872,” it is, among other things, enacted that the Governor in Council may from time to time make regulations for the purposes therein mentioned, and may rescind the same :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, by and with the advice of the Executive Council, doth hereby make the following addition to No. 17 of Part 1 of the regulation of the sixth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three, that is to say,—

ADDITION.

Notwithstanding anything contained in this clause, sheep may be introduced into Victoria, at Melbourne, by sea from any of the Australasian Colonies or New Zealand without being quarantined or dipped, provided a certificate be produced from the Chief Inspector of Stock for the colony from whence the sheep are brought that scab has not existed in the said colony for the preceding two years, and that the importation of sheep and sheepskins from a colony in which scab exists is prohibited ; also a certificate from the master of the vessel conveying the sheep that the vessel has not been in any port in any colony in which scab exists during the preceding six months.

And the Honourable Alfred Deakin shall give the necessary directions herein accordingly.

G. WILSON BROWN,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Notice to Owners of Native Land under “The Crown and Native Lands Rating Act, 1882.”

“TE Ture Reiti i nga Whenua o te Karauna me nga Whenua Maori, 1882,” me te Ture Whakatikatika i taua Ture.

Ki te tangata nana, ki nga tangata ranei na ratou nga whenua Maori i raro i taua Ture kua whakahuatia i roto i nga rooru whakaatu i nga utu kua tukua atu nei ki nga poari takiwa e mau nei nga ingoa i roto i te Kupu Apiti ki tenei, i raro i nga tikanga o nga Ture kua whakahuatia i runga ake nei me era atu Ture katoa e pa ana e whai tikanga ana.

NOTEMEA kua tukua mai he tono ki ahau Te Minita Whakahaere i nga Moni o Niu Tireni, e mau nei toko ingoa i raro ino nei, e nga poari takiwa e tetahi tangata ranei mo te taha ki a ratou, i raro i nga tikanga o “Te Ture Reiti i nga Whenua o te Karauna me nga Whenua Maori, 1882,” kia utua nga reiti e meingatia ana ki utua i runga i nga tikanga o aua rooru mo te tau i oti atu 31 Maehe, 1889, me te tau i oti atu te 31 o nga ra o Maehe, 1890 :

He panuitanga tenei ki a koutou ki ia tangata ki ia tangata o koutou, kia mohio ai koutou kua takoto nga rooru o nga whenua Maori ki nga tari o aua poari takiwa ko aua rooru he mea tuhi ki te reo Maori, a e whakaatu ana hoki i nga utu o nga whenua Maori kua whakahuatia i runga i aua rooru.

Na he tono tenei ki a koutou kia ia tangata ki ia tangata hoki o koutou nga tangata na ratou aua whenua kia utua e koutou aua reiti a te 15 o nga ra o Akahata, 1890, i mua mai ranei o taua ra, me utu e koutou aua moni reiti i te tari o te poari o te takiwa i takoto ai aua whenua, tena te whakaaturanga kei te Kupu Apiti.

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KUPU APITI.

He mea tuhi nei toku ingoa i tenei te 30 o Hurae, 1890.

H. A. ATKINSON,
Minita Whakahaere i nga Moni o te Koroni.

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[TRANSLATION.]

“THE Crown and Native Lands Rating Act, 1882,” and the Amendments thereof.

To each and every the owner or owners of Native land under the said Act described in the valuation-rolls supplied to the local bodies, the names of which are set forth in the Schedule hereunder, under the provisions of the above Acts and all other Acts affecting the same or relating thereto.

WHEREAS demand having been made to me, the undersigned Colonial Treasurer of the Colony of New Zealand, in accordance with the provisions of “The Crown and Native Lands Rating Act, 1882,” by or on behalf of the said local bodies, for payment of the rates appearing to be payable under or by virtue of the said rolls for the year ending the 31st March, 1889 and 1890 :

Notice is hereby given to you and each and every of you