Num. 26. 439

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1891.

Native Land proposed to be taken for a Lighthouse on Stephen Island.

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ONSLOW, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-seventh day of February, 1891.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE THE PREMIER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken for a public work, to wit, the construction of a lighthouse and other works in connection therewith:

And whereas the said land is held or occupied by Native owners, and the title thereto is not derived from the Crown:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him by “The Public Works Act, 1882,” and the amendments thereof, and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency the Right Honourable William Hillier, Earl of Onslow, 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 order that the public work hereinbefore mentioned shall and may be constructed on the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that area of land containing 370 acres or thereby, situated at the northern entrance to Cook Strait, and lying in a north-eastern direction from Cape Stephens, D’Urville Island, being the whole of that island commonly known as Stephen Island or Takaporewa; which said Island of Takaporewa is one of the islets enumerated in the description and delineated on the plan embodied in certificate of title No. 52, dated the 20th November, 1883, issued by the Native Land Court of New Zealand, at a Court held at Nelson, in the Provincial District of Nelson, on the said 20th November, 1883; all in the D’Urville Survey District, in the said Provincial District of Nelson: as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 16720, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Additional Regulations under “The Post and Telegraph Classification and Regulation Act, 1890.”

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ONSLOW, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-fifth day of March, 1891.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE THE PREMIER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by Order in Council bearing date the twenty-second day of January last past, certain regulations were made, under the provisions of “The Post and Telegraph Classification and Regulation Act, 1890” (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), providing, among other things, for the examination of persons seeking to enter the Clerical Division of the Post Office and Electric Telegraph Department:

And whereas it is expedient to make further provision with respect to such examination:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by the said Act, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in this behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby make the regulation set forth in the Schedule hereto; and doth hereby declare that this regulation shall be read and construed as part of the said-recited regulations of the twenty-second day of January last.

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SCHEDULE.

REGULATION.

5A. Any person who is or has been attending any reputable private school shall be entitled to enter the Clerical Division of the Post Office or Telegraph Department upon proving to the satisfaction of the Secretary to the said department, or some person appointed by him in that behalf, that the applicant has passed an examination equivalent in all material respects to that required for the Sixth Standard in a public school under the control of an Education Board.

In all other respects applicants shall conform to the general regulations for the time being in force relative to persons seeking admission to the Clerical Division aforesaid.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.