Dec. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1595

RULES.

107. In these rules “the said Act (1892)” shall mean “The Native Land (Validation of Titles) Act, 1892.”

108. All applications for inquiry under the said Act (1892) must be forwarded in duplicate to the Registrar of the Court in the District of Wellington, at his office in Wellington.

109. Each application must be in writing, and must be signed by the applicant, and have annexed thereto a translation in the Maori language, certified as correct by a licensed interpreter. Each application must describe the land by name or otherwise, and the district of the Registrar of the Native Land Court in which it is situate, and must contain the date of each deed, memorandum, or document in respect of which inquiry is applied for, and a short description of the contents thereof, together with the names of all persons who have, or are alleged to have, executed or signed the same.

110. It shall be the duty of the Registrar of the Court in the District of Wellington forthwith to cause such application to be printed in the New Zealand Gazette in the English language, and in the Kahiti in the Maori language ; and, if the land mentioned in the said application is situate in the district of the Registrar of the Native Land Court of Auckland or Gisborne, the said Registrar of the District of Wellington shall forward one of the duplicate applications, together with copies for distribution of the Gazette or Kahiti, or of an extract therefrom, containing the application so printed as aforesaid, to the Registrar of the district in which such land is situate. The other duplicate application shall be recorded and retained in the office of the said Registrar of the District of Wellington.

111. It shall be the duty of the Registrar in whose district such land is situate to forward by post a copy of such Gazette or Kahiti, or extract as aforesaid, to each person who appears by such application to be interested in the subject-matter of the inquiry, and to all such other persons, if any, as appear by the records of the Court to have any interest in the land intended to be affected by the said application.

112. Subject to any special directions that may be given in any case, every notice of a sitting of the Court to hold an inquiry under the said Act (1892) shall be inserted in the Gazette in the English language, and in the Kahiti in the Maori language, not less than six clear weeks before the day appointed for the sitting of the Court as aforesaid, and copies of such Gazette or Kahiti, or extract therefrom, containing such notice, shall be forwarded to the same persons in the same manner as prescribed by Rule 111 for the forwarding of copies of applications.

113. If the inquiry is not held by the Chief Judge, it shall be the duty of the presiding Judge of the Court at the close of such inquiry to forward to the Chief Judge, at his office in Wellington, the evidence taken upon such inquiry, duly signed as required by section 5 of the said Act (1892), together with the certificate if such certificate be given, and the reason for refusing the certificate if such certificate be refused, and all deeds, documents, plans, or other exhibits that have been received in evidence.

114. Any application to the Chief Judge to refer any matter or question for further inquiry or for further consideration, in pursuance of section 14 of the said Act (1892), must be in writing, and must state the grounds upon which that application is made.

115. All notices or documents required by Rules 111 and 112 to be forwarded by post shall be forwarded by registered letter, and addressed to the person for whom the same is intended at his last known place of abode, unless a Judge of the Court shall, for good cause shown, direct that a notice be given in some other way.

116. A record shall be kept of the names of the persons to whom registered letters are forwarded in accordance with the provisions of these rules, together with the dates on which such letters are posted.

117. The fees set out in the Schedule of Fees hereto are hereby fixed as the fees to be paid upon proceedings taken under the said Act (1892).

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SCHEDULE.

FEES. £ s. d.
On filing application for inquiry .. .. 1 0 0
Hearing in Court, per day, each party .. .. 1 0 0
On signing certificate .. .. .. 1 0 0

As witness my hand this second day of November, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two.

H. G. SETH-SMITH,
Chief Judge.

Approved in Council, 14th November, 1892.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Dairy Inspector appointed.

Department of Agriculture,
Wellington, 18th November, 1892.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN SAWERS

to be an Inspector under “The Dairy Industry Act, 1892,” to date from the 9th October, 1892.

W. P. REEVES,
For the Minister of Agriculture.

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Result of Polls for Proposed Loans, Clifton County.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 25th November, 1892.

THE following notices, received from the Chairman of the Clifton County Council, are published in accordance with “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886.”

P. A. BUCKLEY.

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CLIFTON COUNTY.

RESULT of poll, taken at Urenui on the 19th November, 1892, re a proposal to raise a loan of £350, under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” for the purpose of making the Okokoe and Kohangamoa Roads, and bridging the Urenui River :—

Number of voters on roll 5, capable of exercising 5 votes ; number of ratepayers who voted, 3 ; number in favour of the proposal, 3 ; number who did not vote, 2.

I therefore declare the proposal carried.

A. F. HALCOMBE,
Chairman.

Waitara, 23rd November, 1892.

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CLIFTON COUNTY.

RESULT of a poll, taken at Urenui on the 19th November, 1892, re a proposal to raise a loan of £2,000, under “The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886,” for the purpose of making various roads in the Mimi Block :—

Number of voters on roll 9, capable of exercising 11 votes ; number of ratepayers who voted, 5 ; number in favour of proposal 4, exercising 5 votes ; number of ratepayers who voted against the proposal, 1 ; number who did not vote 4, capable of exercising 5 votes.

I therefore declare the proposal lost.

A. F. HALCOMBE,
Chairman.

Waitara, 23rd November, 1892.

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Special Order made by the Rangitata Road Board, County of Ashburton.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 28th November, 1892.

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

P. A. BUCKLEY.

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SPECIAL ORDER.—RANGITATA ROAD BOARD.

THE following resolution was passed by the Rangitata Road Board, at a meeting held on the 7th November, 1892 :—

That a special order be made adopting “The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1886,” generally.

I hereby certify that the above special order has been duly made in conformity with “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

D. JEBSON,
Clerk to the Rangitata Road Board.

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Arrangements for First Elections, Stewart Island County.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 28th November, 1892.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WALTER ROBERTSON

to be the person to make up the electoral rolls for the ridings of Stewart Island County, and to be the Returning Officer for the first election of Councillors for such ridings ; also to appoint the said Walter Robertson to be the Clerk of the Stewart Island County Council, for the purpose of presiding at the first meeting of such Council.

P. A. BUCKLEY.