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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 27

members may at any monthly or special meeting appoint a Chairman.
7. All questions shall be determined by the majority of votes of the members of the Board present at a meeting.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Parish of Te Papa, Tauranga Survey District, containing 200 acres, known as the Racecourse Reserve, being Sections Nos. 22, 23, 24, and 25 of the said Parish of Te Papa. Bounded towards the north by Section No. 22A, 4262 links; towards the east by a road, 100 links wide, 5067 links; towards the south by Section No. 38, 3680 links; and towards the west by a line forming the margin of the Kopurererua Swamp.

AMELIUS M. SMITH,
Acting-Clerk of the Executive Council.

Vesting a Reserve in the Westport Harbour Board.

GLASGOW, Governor.
By his Deputy,
JAMES PRENDERGAST.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this third day of April, 1894.
Present:
His EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto was reserved for the protection of the banks of the River Buller, on the twenty-fourth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven:
And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, it is expedient to vest the said land in the Westport Harbour Board:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by his duly-appointed Deputy, Sir James Prendergast, Knight, Chief Justice, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, and in exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the fourth section of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” doth hereby declare that, from and after the day of the date hereof, the reserve mentioned in the Schedule hereto shall become vested in the Westport Harbour Board for the protection of the banks of the River Buller.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land in the Land District of Nelson, situated in Block VII., Kawatiri Survey District, and containing about 250 acres. Bounded on the northward partly by Sections 100 and 122, Square 141, and partly by Crown lands; on the eastward by Sections 123, 124, and 125, Square 141; on the southward partly by reserve for river protective purposes, and partly by the River Buller; and on the westward partly by the River Buller, partly by reserve for river protective purposes, and partly by a public road.

AMELIUS M. SMITH,
Acting-Clerk of the Executive Council.

Rates of Interest on the Moneys forming the Common Fund of the Public Trustee’s Account.

GLASGOW, Governor.
By his Deputy,
JAMES PRENDERGAST.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this third day of April, 1894.
Present:
His EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

BY virtue and in exercise of the powers and authorities vested in the Governor by “The Public Trust Office Amendment Act, 1873,” and by “The Public Trust Office Acts Amendment Act, 1891,” and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by his duly-appointed Deputy, Sir James Prendergast, Knight, Chief Justice, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby revoke and rescind the Order in Council of the fourteenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine, made under “The Public Trust Office Amendment Act, 1873,” and the Order in Council made on the twenty-sixth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, under “The Public Trust Office Acts Amendment Act, 1891”; and by and with the like advice and consent, and in pursuance and exercise of the like power and authority, doth hereby order, determine, and declare that from and after the day of the publication hereof in the New Zealand Gazette, the rates of interest upon the moneys constituting the common fund, as provided by “The Public Trust Office Acts Amendment Act, 1891,” shall, subject as hereinafter provided, be those and shall be computed as hereinafter respectively set forth, namely:—

1. Where the moneys arising from one property do not exceed three thousand pounds, five pounds per centum per annum.
2. Where the moneys arising from one property are in excess of three thousand pounds, five pounds per centum per annum on an amount not exceeding three thousand pounds, and four pounds per centum per annum on any amount in excess of three thousand pounds.
   And doth also declare that such rates of interest shall be computed on every complete pound from the first day of the month following the receipt of such moneys into the Public Trustee’s account, and shall be allowed clear of any charges for the receipt or collection thereof.
   Provided always,—
   (a.) That, where moneys are paid to the Public Trustee, or into the Public Trust Office, for the purpose of being forthwith paid to the persons entitled, then no interest shall be payable thereon.
   (b.) That where moneys in the Public Trustee’s account, forming part of a testate or intestate estate, are not payable as mentioned in paragraph (a), but are payable or should be distributed, invested, or otherwise disposed of in the due course of administration, then so soon as the Public Trustee has or should in the due course of administration have ascertained what is the net balance to be paid, distributed, invested, or otherwise disposed of, interest shall be payable on such balance as follows:—
   At the rate of four pounds per centum per annum in respect of intestate estates for all sums of fifty pounds and upwards; and in respect of testate estates, after the rates provided by paragraphs one (1) and two (2) aforesaid.

AMELIUS M. SMITH,
Acting-Clerk of the Executive Council.

Removal of Restrictions on Alienation of Native Land.

GLASGOW, Governor.
By his Deputy,
JAMES PRENDERGAST.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this third day of April, 1894.
Present:
His EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS application has been made to the Governor in Council by Riria Rerekaipuke and Tiki Rerekaipuke, comprising a majority in number of the Native owners 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 March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one, 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, by his duly-appointed Deputy, Sir James Prendergast, Knight, Chief Justice, 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.

SCHEDULE.

FIRST COLUMN.
Particulars of Grant or Instrument containing Restrictions.

Crown grant, Registered No. 15201, dated the 1st March, 1881, in favour of Riria Rerekaipuke, and containing the following restrictions: “Inalienable by sale, or by lease for a longer period than twenty-one years, or by mortgage, except with the consent of the Governor being obtained to any such sale, lease, or mortgage.”

SECOND COLUMN.
Description of Land.

All that parcel of land, containing 120 acres, being part of Section No. 567, Patea District.

AMELIUS M. SMITH,
Acting-Clerk of the Executive Council.