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THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1898.

Native Land off East Cape to be taken for a Lighthouse, and other Works in Connection therewith, being the Island of Whangaokeno, or East Island, in the Provincial District of Auckland.

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RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-seventh day of December, 1897.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken for a public work, to wit, the construction of a lighthouse, and other works in connection therewith, on the island known as Whangaokeno, or East Island, in the Provincial District of Auckland:

And whereas the said land is held or occupied by Native owners, and the title thereto is not derived from the Crown: And whereas a map of the said land has been prepared in duplicate, as required by the eighty-eighth section of “The Public Works Act, 1894”:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him by the said Act, and of all other powers in any wise enabling him in this behalf, 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 declare that the land shown upon such map, and described in the Schedule hereto, shall be deemed to be taken for the purposes of the public work hereinbefore mentioned; and the said land shall vest in Her Majesty the Queen as from the fifteenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that area of land in the Provincial District of Auckland, being the Island of Whangaokeno, or East Island, lying about a mile and a half in an easterly direction from East Cape, and containing approximately 20 acres; and on which island a trig. marked D bears 98° 26′ 30″ from Trig. E, Block XVI., East Cape Survey District, and 48° 11′ 51″ from Trig. B, Block IV., Waipu Survey District: as the same is delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 18088, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Acting-Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations for New Zealand Forests.

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RANFURLY, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by “The Land Act, 1892,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby make the regulations contained in the First and Second Schedules hereto, and do hereby declare that these regulations shall come into force and take effect on and after the thirteenth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, and shall apply to forests generally.

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FIRST SCHEDULE.

GENERAL REGULATIONS.

“FOREST” in these regulations means any State forest or forest reserve subject to the provisions of “The New Zealand State Forests Act, 1885.”

1. Where it is necessary to grant to any licensee or other person authorised to cut and remove timber, bark, or wood for fuel from any forest, any right or rights of way through any part of the same, the Commissioner of Crown Lands, with the approval of the Minister of Lands, may grant such right or rights and may impose such conditions in each case as may be deemed necessary. But no such right shall exist for any period beyond the term specified in the original license or authority.

2. All timber and other produce within any forest may be disposed of, either by auction at per 100ft., or by appraisement, or license to fell, upon such terms as the Minister shall prescribe; and all moneys which shall be payable for such timber or other produce shall be paid, in such manner as he shall direct, to the Receiver of Land Revenue.

3. When required by the Commissioner of Crown Lands, any person holding a license to fell timber shall use a brand, and shall register the same in the office of the said Commissioner; and no two persons shall use the same brand.

4. Any person marking any timber with any brand not belonging to him, or branding any timber belonging to any other person with any brand other than the brand of the owner of such timber, shall be guilty of an offence, and shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £50 for every such offence; but the payment of such penalty shall not debar the person aggrieved from recovering the amount of any damage he may have sustained by the action of the delinquent.

5. Any person lighting any fire within a forest, whether on Crown land or otherwise, and intentionally or negligently