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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 16

Regulation as to Short Press Messages.

GLASGOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this nineteenth day of February, 1894.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE THE PREMIER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the sixteenth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two, certain regulations were made in relation to the charges to be levied and paid for the transmission of Press telegrams, and it is desirable to vary and amend such regulations in the manner following:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon him by “The Electric Lines Act, 1884,” and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby revoke so much of the said regulations as refers to short Press messages not exceeding one hundred words in length for transmission after hours from telegraph-stations closing at five p.m.; and in lieu thereof doth hereby make the regulation contained in the Schedule hereto, and doth further order and declare that such substituted regulation shall take effect on and from the first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four.

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SCHEDULE.

SHORT Press messages not exceeding 300 words in length may be forwarded from stations closing at 5 p.m., provided the messages are lodged not later than 4.30 p.m. The charge for such messages will be at the rate of 1s. per 100 words or fraction of 100 words.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Removal of Restrictions on Alienation of Native Land.

GLASGOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this nineteenth day of February, 1894.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE THE PREMIER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS application has been made to the Governor in Council by Pia Nopera, the Native owner of the land described in the second column of the Schedule hereto, praying that the restrictions on the alienation of such land contained in the Crown grant bearing date the first day of September, one thousand eight hundred and eighty, described in the first column of the said Schedule, may be removed: And whereas inquiry has been duly made by the Native Land Court, and the said Court has reported that the provisions of the law in that behalf have been complied with: And whereas it appears expedient to grant such application:

Now, therefore, His Excellency 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 Crown grant on the alienation of the said land are hereby removed.

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SCHEDULE.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Removal of Restrictions on Alienation of Native Land.

GLASGOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this nineteenth day of February, 1894.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE THE PREMIER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS application has been made to the Governor in Council by Keita, the Native owner of the land described in the second column of the Schedule hereto, praying that the restrictions on the alienation of such land contained in the Crown grant bearing date the first day of September, one thousand eight hundred and eighty, described in the first column of the said Schedule, may be removed: And whereas inquiry has been duly made by the Native Land Court, and the said Court has reported that the provisions of the law in that behalf have been complied with: And whereas it appears expedient to grant such application:

Now, therefore, His Excellency 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 Crown grant on the alienation of the said land are hereby removed.

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SCHEDULE.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Horse-shoe Drainage District constituted.

GLASGOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-third day of February, 1894.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE THE PREMIER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS, in accordance with the provisions of the fifth section of “The Land Drainage Act, 1893,” a majority of the ratepayers in the district described in the Schedule hereto, situated in the County of Manawatu, have presented a petition to His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand praying that the land comprised in the said district be constituted a drainage district under the provisions of the said Act: Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority contained in the fifth section of “The Land Drainage Act, 1893,” 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 constitute and declare the block of land described in the said petition, and in the Schedule hereto, to be a district for the purposes of Part I. of the said Act, and to be called by the name of “The Horse-shoe Drainage District”; and also, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority contained in the ninth section of the said Act, doth hereby declare that the Board of Trustees for the said district shall consist of five members, to be elected under and in accordance with the said Act.

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SCHEDULE.

HORSE-SHOE DRAINAGE DISTRICT.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District, situated in the Te Kawau Survey District, County of Manawatu. Bounded towards the north generally by Sections 36, 34, 33, 231, 232, 238, and part of 4, Block III., to a point on the western boundary of the last-mentioned section about 48 chains from its north-western corner, thence by a right line intersecting said Section 4 and parallel to its southern