Mar. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 463

Place of Deposit for Plans under “The Water-supply Act, 1891,” appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 3rd March, 1892.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to appoint

The Post-office, Waitaki North,

which is situated in the County of Waimate, to be a place at which the plans of certain lands proposed to be taken for water-race purposes shall be deposited, as provided by section 13 of “The Water-supply Act, 1891;” the aforesaid post-office to be a place of deposit in lieu of the Glenavy Schoolhouse, Waitaki North, the appointment of which is hereby revoked.

J. BALLANCE,
In the absence of the Colonial Secretary.

Despatch.—Acts assented to.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 5th March, 1892.

THE following despatch, received from Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, is published for general information.

W. P. REEVES,
In the absence of the Colonial Secretary.

(New Zealand, No. 2.)
Colonial Office, Downing Street,
13th January, 1892.

My Lord,—I have the honour to inform you that Her Majesty will not be advised to exercise her power of disallowance with respect to the following Acts of the Legislature of New Zealand, transcripts of which accompanied your Despatch No. 70, of the 13th October last:—

54° AND 55° VICTORIA.

No. 1. An Act to apply a Sum of Money out of the Public Account to the Service of the Year ending the Thirty-first Day of March, One thousand eight hundred and ninety-two.

No. 2. An Act to apply a Sum of Money out of the Public Account to the Service of the Year ending the Thirty-first Day of March, One thousand eight hundred and ninety-two.

No. 3. An Act to prevent the Disclosure of Official Documents and Information.

No. 4. An Act to give further Powers to Companies with respect to certain Instruments under which they may be constituted or regulated.

No. 5. An Act to amend the Law relating to the Liability of Directors and Others for Statements in Prospectuses and Other Documents soliciting Applications for Shares or Debentures.

No. 6. An Act to declare and amend the Law of Partnership.

No. 7. An Act to apply a Sum of Money out of the Public Account to the Service of the Year ending the Thirty-first Day of March, One thousand eight hundred and ninety-two.

No. 8. An Act for promoting the Revision of the Statute Law, by repealing divers Acts and Parts of Acts which have ceased to be in Force or have become unnecessary.

No. 9. An Act to amend the Law relating to the Sale of Bread.

No. 10. An Act to amend “The Employers’ Liability Act, 1882.”

No. 11. An Act to prohibit the Payment of Wages in Goods or otherwise than in Money.

No. 12. An Act to amend “The Public Bodies’ Powers Act, 1887.”

No. 13. An Act to amend the Law relating to the Duties, Powers, and Liability of Trustees.

No. 14. An Act to amend “The Post and Telegraph Classification and Regulation Act, 1890.”

No. 15. An Act to amend “The Distillation Act, 1868.”

No. 16. An Act to amend “The Marriage Act, 1880.”

No. 17. An Act to amend “The Consolidated Stock Act, 1884.”

No. 18. An Act to regulate the Assessment of Land and Income for the Purposes of Taxation.

No. 19. An Act to alter certain Duties of Customs and Excise, and to amend the Law relating thereto.

No. 20. An Act to amend “The River Boards Act, 1884.”

No. 21. An Act for the Protection of Persons purchasing Books from Book-agents and Others.

No. 22. An Act to amend “The Lunatics Act, 1882.”

No. 23. An Act to reconstitute the Council of the Otago University.

No. 24. An Act to regulate the Licensing of Auctioneers.

No. 25. An Act to alter the Mode of making Appointments of Members of the Legislative Council of New Zealand, and to regulate Vacancies therein.

No. 26. An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to Public Moneys.

No. 27. An Act further to amend “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886.”

No. 28. An Act to impose a Property-tax.

No. 29. An Act to amend the Post Office Acts.

No. 30. An Act to amend the Stamp Acts.

No. 31. An Act to amend “The Private Tramways Act, 1882.”

No. 32. An Act to provide for supervising and regulating Factories and Work-rooms.

No. 33. An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to Mines and Mining.

No. 34. An Act in Extension of “The Supreme Court Practice and Procedure Amendment Act, 1884.”

No. 35. An Act to further amend the Acts relating to Government Life Insurance.

No. 36. An Act to make Better Provision for the Election of School Committees.

No. 37. An Act to provide for the Destruction of Injurious Birds.

No. 38. An Act to amend the Acts relating to Dentists.

No. 39. An Act to amend “The North Island Main Trunk Railway Loan Application Act Amendment Act, 1889.”

No. 40. An Act to further amend “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886.”

No. 41. An Act to amend the Acts relating to the Public Trust Office.

No. 42. An Act to enable County Councils, and, in certain cases, Road Boards, to construct and maintain Works for Water-supply, and to make Provision for the Cost thereof.

No. 43. An Act to amend “The Rabbit Nuisance Act, 1890.”

No. 44. An Act to authorise the Construction of Extensions of, and Additions to, certain Railways, and also to provide for the Management, Working, and Maintenance of the Kaihu Valley Railway, and for other Purposes.

No. 45. An Act further to amend “The Slaughterhouses Act, 1877.”

No. 46. An Act to amend the Law regulating the Granting of Coal-mines Leases, and to make Better Provision for the Regulation and Inspection of Coal-mines.

No. 47. An Act to provide for the Appointment of Commissioners in case of the Resignation of the whole of the Trustees of a separate Institution.

No. 48. An Act to authorise Exchanges of Education Endowments and Reserves.

No. 49. An Act to further amend “The Native Land Court Act, 1886,” and the several Acts amending the same.

No. 50. An Act in Settlement of certain Claims to Land of Naval and Military Settlers and Volunteers.

No. 51. An Act to appropriate certain Sums of Money for Public Works and Other Purposes.

No. 52. An Act to apply a Sum of Money out of the Consolidated Fund and other Moneys to the Service of the Year ending the Thirty-first Day of March, One thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this present Session.

Local and Personal Acts.

No. 1. An Act to enable the Auckland Harbour Board to vest certain Land in Her Majesty the Queen for the Use of the Admiralty, and to adjust Disputes and Differences as to Boundaries and Rights of Water-frontage between the said Auckland Harbour Board and Owners of Land bounded by High-water Mark in the Harbour of Auckland.

No. 2. An Act to empower the Wanganui Harbour and River Conservators Board to convey Part of an Endowment in Exchange for the Signal-station Reserve at the Mouth of the Wanganui River.

No. 3. An Act to extend “The Canterbury Society of Arts Reserve Act, 1889.”

No. 4. An Act to amend “The Christchurch District Drainage Act, 1875.”

No. 5. An Act to make Grants of certain Lands in Pukekohe West which have been resumed by Her Majesty as Derelict.

No. 6. An Act to amend “The Auckland Harbour Board Loan Act, 1886.”

No. 7. An Act for the Readjustment of the Boundaries of Road Districts within the Stratford County and other adjoining Counties.

No. 8. An Act to authorise the Mayor, Councillors, and Citizens of the City of Wellington to lease certain Lands situate in the City of Wellington to any