of the Schedule hereto, praying that the restrictions on the
alienation of such land contained in the Land Transfer
certificate bearing date the thirteenth day of December,
one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, 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 Land
Transfer certificate on the alienation of the said land are
hereby removed.

SCHEDULE.

FIRST COLUMN.
Particulars of Grant or Instrument containing Restrictions.

Land Transfer certificate,
Vol. cxxxii., folio 217, dated
the 13th December, 1887, in
favour of Hori Kerei Taiaroa,
Rewi Keruarua, Hoani Nutira, Teone Paka, and Hone
Rapatini, and containing the
following restrictions: "Inalienable by sale or mortgage,
or by lease for a longer period
than twenty-one years."

SECOND COLUMN.
Description of Land.

All that parcel of land, containing 11 acres 3 roods 11
perches, being Lot 5 of
Reserve No. 901, Taumutu,
Canterbury.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

The Central Otago Agricultural and Pastoral Association incorporated.--Notice 409.

GLASGOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twentieth
day of November, 1894.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE SIR P. A. BUCKLEY, K.C.M.G.,
PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him
by "The Agricultural and Pastoral Societies Act, 1877,"
His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand,
by and with the advice of the Executive Council of the said
colony, doth hereby incorporate the members of the Central
Otago Agricultural and Pastoral Association, and such persons as shall hereafter be admitted members of the said
association agreeably to the rules of the said association and
the provisions of the said Act, into a body corporate under
the said Act, under the style and title of "The Central Otago
Agricultural and Pastoral Association."

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Altering the Rates of Postage on Newspapers.

GLASGOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twentieth
day of November, 1894.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE SIR P. A. BUCKLEY, K.C.M.G.,
PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Post Office Act, 1881" (hereinafter termed "the said Act"), it is enacted that the
Governor in Council from time to time may make, alter,
and revoke rules and regulations for managing the several
post-offices for the receiving, conveying, and delivering of
letters, and, in respect of places beyond the colony, for fixing,
altering, and abolishing the rates of postage payable within
the colony for the transmission by post of newspapers to
places beyond seas, and for the transmission by post of newspapers and newspaper exchanges: And whereas it is
expedient to revoke the rates of postage heretofore existing
for newspapers addressed to places beyond seas, and to make
other provision in lieu thereof:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony
of New Zealand, in pursuance of the power and authority
conferred by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice
and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony,
doth hereby revoke the rates of postage heretofore existing
and payable in respect of newspapers addressed to places
beyond seas, and in lieu thereof doth hereby fix the rates of
postage specified in the Schedule hereto, and doth hereby
order and declare that such last-mentioned rates shall be
paid for the transmission of newspapers posted within the
colony for the countries, colonies, and places in such Schedule mentioned. And it is hereby declared that this Order
in Council shall take effect on and after the first day of
January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five.

SCHEDULE.

NEWSPAPERS.

For the Australian Colonies and South Sea Islands
named in Table A. For each newspaper .. 1d.
For the United Kingdom, British colonies and possessions, and foreign countries, other than the
colonies and countries named in Table A. For
the first four ounces in weight .. 1d.
For each succeeding two ounces .. ½d.

TABLE A.

Australian Colonies and South Sea Islands.

I.--Australian Colonies.

New South Wales. South Australia. Victoria.
Queensland. Tasmania. Western Australia.

II.--South Sea Islands.

Cook Islands (Rarotonga. New Hebrides.
Hervey. Norfolk Island.
Mangaia. Pitcairn Island.

Ducie Island. Samoan Islands (Navigators).
Easter Island. Solomon Islands.
Fiji Islands. Tonga Group (Friendly
New Guinea, British. Islands).

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Vesting a Reserve in the Waiuku Road Board.

GLASGOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-sixth
day of November, 1894.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto
was permanently reserved for a landing-place on the
twenty-second day of January, one thousand eight hundred
and ninety:

And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, it is expedient that the said land should be vested in the Waiuku
Road Board:

Now, therefore, 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, 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 Inhabitants of the Waiuku Road District" in trust for
a landing-place.

SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land in the Auckland Land District being
Allotment No. 70A of the Village of Waiuku, containing by
admeasurement 1 rood 14 perches, more or less. Bounded
towards the north and east generally by high-water mark of
the Waiuku River; towards the south-east by Allotment
No. 67 of the Village of Waiuku, 78 links; and towards the
south-west by a public road, 250 links, to the point of commencement: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.