4. Forms of Certificates.

We hereby certify that we have carefully examined the fore-
going balance-sheet and statement, and also the accounts
and other material whereon they are based, and that such
balance-sheet and statement are correct in every particular,
and truly and fully set forth the position of the Board at the
date thereof [or otherwise as the case may be].

Dated this day of
A.B., Chairman.
C.D., Manager, secretary, or other principal officer.

I, E.F., the Auditor appointed under "The Bank of New
Zealand and Banking Act, 1895," to audit the accounts
of the Assets Realisation Board, do hereby certify,--

1. That I have carefully examined the foregoing balance-
   sheet and statement, and the accounts and other material
   whereon the same are based.

2. That the said balance-sheet and statement are correct
   in every particular, and truly and fully set forth the position
   of the Board at the date thereof [or otherwise if the balance-
   sheet and statement are incorrect, setting forth in such case
   the details].

Dated this day of E.F.
ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Removal of Restrictions on Alienation of Native Land.

GLASGOW, Governor.

WHEREAS application has been made to the Governor
by the owners of the land described in the Schedule
hereto, praying that the restrictions on the alienation of
such land contained in the Crown grant bearing date the
eighteenth day of December, one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-nine, and now contained in two partition orders of
the Native Land Court bearing date the fifth day of November,
one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, may be
removed: And whereas inquiry has been duly made by the
Native Land Court, and the said Court has recommended
that such restrictions be removed:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the
Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the
powers conferred on him by the fifty-second section of
"The Native Land Court Act, 1894," and in accordance with
the recommendation of the Native Land Court, doth hereby
order and declare that all restrictions imposed by the said
Crown grant and partition orders on the alienation of the
said lands are hereby removed.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land, containing 15·7 perches, situate at
Otaki, being Section No. 107A of the Town of Hadfield
(Otaki), held under partition order of the Native Land Court
dated the 5th November, 1891, in favour of Ramari Rangi-
korapa, and containing the following restrictions: "Inalien-
able by sale, or by lease for a longer period than twenty-one
years, or by mortgage, except with the consent of the Go-
vernor being previously obtained to every such sale, lease, or
mortgage."

And all that parcel of land, containing 15·7 perches, situate
at Otaki, being Section No. 107B of the Town of Hadfield
(Otaki), held under partition order of the Native Land
Court dated the 5th November, 1891, in favour of Witari-
hana Rupuha and two others, 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 previously obtained to
every such sale, lease, or mortgage."

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this twenty-first day of January, one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-six.
R. J. SEDDON.

Land temporarily reserved in the Land District of Auckland.

GLASGOW, Governor.

WHEREAS by the two hundred and thirty-fifth section
of "The Land Act, 1892," it is enacted that the
Governor may from time to time, either by general or parti-
cular description, and whether the same has been surveyed
or not, reserve from sale temporarily, notwithstanding that
the same may be then held under pastoral license, any
Crown lands which in his opinion are required for any of
the purposes in the said section mentioned:

Now, therefore, I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor
of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of
the powers and authorities vested in me by the said Act, do
hereby temporarily reserve from sale the lands in the Land
District of Auckland described in the Schedule hereunder

written, for the purposes in the said Schedule specified at
the end of the description of the lands so intended to be
temporarily reserved.

SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land, situated in the Auckland Land Dis-
trict, being known as portion of Section No. 24 of Block
VIII., Maketu Survey District, and containing by ad-
measurement 5 acres 1 rood 29 perches, more or less.
Bounded on the north by the other portion of Section
No. 24, 1007·7 links; on the east by a public road, 541 links;
on the south by the other portion of Section No. 24, 1000
links; and on the west by the other portion of Section
No. 24, 541 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less.
For a public cemetery.

All that parcel of land in the Auckland Land District,
being Section No. 4B of the Parish of Hikurangi, and con-
taining by admeasurement 7 acres 2 roods 14 perches, more
or less. Bounded towards the north-east by a public road,
378, 81, and 760 links; towards the south-east by a public
road, 205, 510, 461, and 433 links; and towards the west by
a public road, 45 and 2338 links, to the point of commence-
ment: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less, save and
except the Hikurangi-Kamo Railway-line, 100 links wide,
which intersects the area hereinbefore described. For a
public-school site.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this twenty-first day of January, one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-six.
JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Changing the Purpose of a Reserve in Nelson.

GLASGOW, Governor.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto
was heretofore duly reserved for public utility, being
a reserve in Class II. of "The Public Reserves Act, 1881,"
and such land has not been vested in trust in any society,
body corporate, or trustees: And whereas it is expedient
that such reserve shall be appropriated for the purposes of
a site for a public school, being a reserve in Class III. of the
aforesaid Act:

Now, therefore, I, David, Earl of Glasgow, Governor of
the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers and
authorities vested in me by the second section of "The
Public Reserves Act Amendment Act, 1889," do by this
notification declare that the said reserve shall from and after
the thirty-first day of January instant be appropriated
for the purposes of a site for a public school, under Class
III. of "The Public Reserves Act, 1881"; and I do hereby
direct that this notification shall be published in the New
Zealand Gazette.

SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land in the Nelson Land District, con-
taining by admeasurement 1 rood, more or less, being
Section No. 68, Town of Denniston. Bounded towards the
north-east, 250 links, by Section 69; towards the south-east,
100 links, by Section 73; towards the south-west, 250 links,
by Boswell Street; and towards the north-west, 100 links,
by Dickson Street.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this twenty-first day of January, one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-six.
JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Extension of Period for Election of Boards of Conciliation.

GLASGOW, Governor.

WHEREAS by "The Industrial Conciliation and Arbi-
tration Act, 1894" (hereinafter termed "the said
Act"), it is, among other things, enacted that Boards of
Conciliation shall be elected for every industrial district
within thirty days after the constitution of such districts,
but that the Governor may from time to time extend the
period within which any election shall be held for such time
as he shall think fit:

Now, therefore, I, David, Earl of Glasgow, the Governor
of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of
the power and authority vested in me by the said Act, do
hereby extend the period within which the election of Boards
of Conciliation for the aforesaid districts may be held until
the twenty-ninth day of February, one thousand eight
hundred and ninety-six.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this twenty-first day of January, one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-six.
R. J. SEDDON.