976
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 44

of the western boundary of Block XIV., Hukerenui Survey District; towards the south generally by the north-western boundary of the Parish of Otakairangi, and by Section No. 14 of Block XIII., Hukerenui Survey District; towards the west by a right line running due north from the north-western angle of the last-named section for a distance of 2500 links; and towards the south-west thence by a right line to the southernmost angle of Section No. 9 aforesaid, to the point of commencement.

Description of land: Open and forest land of medium quality, situate about three miles from Aponga Post-office.

Cash price, 7s. 6d. per acre; occupation with right of purchase, 4·5d. per acre per annum; lease in perpetuity, 3·6d. per acre per annum.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Administrator of the Government, this fifth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.

JOHN MCKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Shooting Season for Native Game, Kaikoura.

JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and the Acts amending the same, I, James Prendergast, the Administrator of the Government of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby declare that native game, excepting native pigeon, tui, white heron, and crested grebe, may be taken or killed within the County of Kaikoura—except on the Lyell Creek, County of Kaikoura, between Lyell Bridge and the sea—from the seventeenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, to the thirty-first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, both days inclusive. And I do further notify that licenses to sell such native game within the said district shall be issued on payment of the sum of five pounds each; and the Postmaster at Kaikoura is hereby appointed to sign and issue the said licenses.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Administrator of the Government, this fifth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.

J. CARROLL,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

Commission to make certain Inquiries respecting Private Benefit Societies.

To all to whom these presents shall come, and to the Honourable WILLIAM JUKES STEWARD, of Waimate, Member of the House of Representatives, GEORGE FISHER, Esquire, of Wellington, Member of the House of Representatives, and EDWARD TREGEAR, Esquire, of Wellington, Secretary of the Department of Labour: Greeting.

WHEREAS in many cases employers have established or assisted in establishing societies which offer to their employés benefits beyond their ordinary wages, and to the funds whereof the employés contribute: And whereas such societies (hereinafter called “private benefit societies”) are in many cases unregistered under any Act relating to the registration of friendly or other societies: And whereas it has been alleged that in many cases employés are coerced by their employers into joining private benefit societies, and have other grievances in connection therewith: And whereas in particular it was so alleged by one Henry McLachlan, of Auckland, in a petition presented by him to the Honourable the Speaker and members of the House of Representatives, in or about the month of July, 1896: And whereas, on the 8th day of October, 1896, the Public Petitions Committee of the said House, when reporting on the said petition, recommended that, as the matters contained therein were of an important nature, the petition should be referred to the Government for favourable consideration:

Now know ye that, in pursuance and exercise of all powers and authorities me enabling in this behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the Colony of New Zealand, I, James Prendergast, Knight, the Administrator of the Government of the said colony, do hereby appoint you,

WILLIAM JUKES STEWARD,
GEORGE FISHER, and
EDWARD TREGEAR,

to be Commissioners for the purpose of inquiring into the matters set forth in the said petition, and also generally into the working of private benefit societies, the relations existing between employers and their employés in connection with such societies, and the expediency or otherwise of bringing such societies under legislative control.

And for the better enabling you to carry these presents into effect you are hereby authorised and empowered to make and conduct any inquiry hereunder at such places in the colony as you deem expedient, and also to call before you, and examine on oath or otherwise as may be allowed by law, such persons as you think capable of affording you any information in the premises; and also to call for and examine all such books, documents, papers, or records as you think likely to afford you any information in the premises; and generally to inquire in the premises by all lawful ways and means whatsoever. And using all diligence, you are hereby required to report to me, under your hands and seals, your opinion resulting from the inquiry hereby directed in respect of the several matters investigated by you under these presents not later than the 1st day of October, 1897, or such extended date as may hereafter be appointed in that behalf. And it is hereby declared that these presents are subject to the provisions of “The Commissioners’ Powers Act, 1867,” and its amendments; and also that these presents and your powers and functions as Commissioners hereunder shall continue in full force notwithstanding that the inquiry hereby directed may be interrupted from time to time by adjournment.

In witness whereof I have hereto set my hand, and caused these presents to be issued under the seal of the said colony, at Wellington, this 3rd day of May, 1897.

L.S.

JAMES PRENDERGAST.

Issued in Council,

ALEX. WILLIS.

Clerk of the Executive Council.

Deputy Registrar of Births and Deaths appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 30th April, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to appoint

JAMES COMESKY

to be the Deputy of the Registrar of Births and Deaths for the District of Onehunga.

J. CARROLL,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 4th May, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to appoint the under-mentioned gentlemen to be the Deputies of the Registrars of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the districts set respectively opposite their names, viz.:

Name. District.
William Brebner .. .. .. Black’s.
James Hislop .. .. .. Duntroun.
Archibald McNae .. .. .. Malvern.

J. CARROLL,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

Public Vaccinator, Ahaura District, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 4th May, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to appoint

JAMES HOWARD, Esq., M.R.C.S.E., Lic. K. and Q. Coll. Phys. Irel.,

to be a Public Vaccinator, under “The Public Health Act, 1876,” for the District of Ahaura.

J. CARROLL,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

Commissioner of Native Land Court appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 29th April, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government has been pleased to appoint

THOMAS HUTCHISON, Esq., S.M.,

to be a Commissioner of the Native Land Court.

W. C. WALKER,
For the Native Minister.