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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 42

Naming Government Advances to Settlers Office as a Lending Department within the meaning of “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1897.”

RANFURLY, Governor.
By his Deputy,
JAMES PRENDERGAST.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-first day of April, 1898.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in him by subsection three (d) of section six of “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1897,” His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby name the Government Advances to Settlers Office as a lending department of the Government within the meaning of the aforesaid Act.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Excepting Land from Operation of Section 117 of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894.”

RANFURLY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this thirtieth day of May, 1898.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by section four of “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1895,” it is enacted that the Governor may, by Order in Council, except from the operation of section one hundred and seventeen of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894” (hereinafter called “the said Act”), for a limited period or otherwise, and either generally or for such purposes and subject to such restrictions as shall be in such Order specified, any land, wheresoever situate, which is for the time being subject to the operation of the said section, or any interest therein or right over the same, or may in like manner make such exception in favour exclusively of any lessee or other person who has been bonâ fide in occupation of and has made improvements on such land, or has paid money to Native owners for lease or purchase thereof prior to the passing of the said Act: Provided that no Order in Council under the provisions of this section shall take effect until after the expiration of two months from the date of the publication thereof in the Gazette: Provided, also, that every alienation under the provisions of this section shall be confirmed by the Court in terms of section fifty-three of the said Act:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by section four of “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1895,” and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby except from the operation of section one hundred and seventeen of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” for the purpose of alienation by way of lease, to enable the timber growing thereon to be cut and removed, the block or parcel of land known as Awarua No. 1a No. 2 West, situate in the Provincial District of Hawke’s Bay, containing two thousand six hundred and fifty-three acres, more or less, and being the land comprised in a partition order of the Native Land Court, dated the fourteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, in favour of Utiku Potaka and others.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Authorising Licensing Committee to grant a Publican’s License.

RANFURLY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this thirtieth day of May, 1898.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by the fifth section of “The Alcoholic Liquors Sale Control Act, 1893,” it is among other things enacted that when the population of any riding of a county wherein the whole of “The Counties Act, 1886,” is in force has suddenly increased in a large degree, and a petition signed by not less than one hundred residents thereof has been presented to the Governor, praying that power be granted to the Licensing Committee to issue a license or licenses therein, the Governor may, unless the determination of the electors has been previously made that no licenses shall be granted, by Order in Council grant such authority as in the said section mentioned: And whereas the population of the Harataunga Riding of the County of Coromandel (being a county wherein the whole of “The Counties Act, 1886,” is in force) has suddenly increased in a large degree, and the said riding is situate in the Thames Licensing District as now constituted by law: And whereas a petition has been presented to the Governor, signed by not less than one hundred residents of the said riding, praying that power may be granted to the Licensing Committee of the Thames Licensing District to grant a publican’s license at Opitonui, within the said riding: And whereas no determination of the electors in the said riding has been previously made that no licenses shall be granted in the said district:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by “The Alcoholic Liquors Sale Control Act, 1893,” 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 authorise and empower the Committee of the Thames Licensing District to issue a publican’s license at Opitonui, in the said Harataunga Riding, in the manner prescribed by the said Act.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Extending Time for Preparation of Burgess Roll, Borough of Foxton.

RANFURLY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this thirtieth day of May, 1898.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS it has been made to appear that certain things required to be done by “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886,” in connection with the making and revision of the burgess lists or rolls of the Borough of Foxton cannot be done by or within the time required by the said Act:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by the said Act, and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby extend the time for the doing of the said things in connection with the burgess lists or rolls of the said Borough of Foxton, and doth declare that the times for the doing of such several things shall be those which are specified in the Schedule hereunder.

SCHEDULE.

1. Burgess list to be made out on or before the 1st June, 1898.

2. Burgess and defaulters’ list open for inspection, and delivery of objections thereto, until the 16th June, 1898.

3. Inspection of lists of objections, from the 17th June, 1898, to the 24th June, 1898.

4. Sitting of Council to determine claims and objections, on the 4th July, 1898.

5. Burgess roll to come into force on the 5th July, 1898.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Extending Time for Preparation of Burgess Roll, Borough of Karori.

RANFURLY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this thirtieth day of May, 1898.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS it has been made to appear that certain things required to be done by “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1886,” in connection with the making and revision of the burgess lists or rolls of the Borough of Karori cannot be done by or within the time required by the said Act:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by the said Act, and by and