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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 53

the fourteenth day of the same month, His Excellency the Governor in Council did, in pursuance of the provisions of “The Harbours Act Amendment Act, 1883,” license the Manukau Timber Company (Limited) (hereinafter called “the company”) to use and occupy a part of the foreshore of Manukau Harbour for the purpose of erecting and maintaining certain booms across the Huia Creek in the position shown on, and in accordance with, plan marked M.D. 1932, and deposited in the office of the Marine Department at Wellington:

And whereas the company has committed a breach of clause three of the conditions of the said Order in Council of the fourth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four, by failing to pay the annual sum of one pound specified therein:

Now, therefore, 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, and in exercise of all the powers enabling him in that behalf, doth hereby revoke and determine the said recited Order in Council, and every right, power, and privilege conferred thereby, or intended so to be.

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

Declaring that the Provisions of the Mining Act shall apply to Mining for Opals in the Hauraki Mining District.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this eleventh day of July, 1898.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in him by section three of “The Mining Act, 1891,” 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 declare that all the provisions of “The Mining Act, 1891,” shall apply to mining for precious stones called opals; and, with the like advice and consent as aforesaid, doth hereby define the Hauraki Mining District, as such district is now constituted under the said Act, to be a district wherein this Order in Council shall take effect.

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

Modifying Authority for Erection of Bridge across Whangarei River.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this eleventh day of July, 1898.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the twenty-fifth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, the Whangarei County Council was, in pursuance of the provisions of “The Harbours Act, 1878,” authorised to erect a bridge across the Whangarei River above the town wharf: And whereas it was provided by Condition No. 1 of the said Order in Council that the Council shall at all times have the opening-spans of the bridge properly attended to and opened when required for the passage of vessels:

And whereas it is desirable to revoke the said Condition No. 1, and to prescribe a new condition in lieu thereof:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon him by “The Harbours Act, 1878,” and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, doth hereby revoke Condition No. 1 of the said Order in Council of the twenty-fifth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, and doth hereby prescribe the following condition in lieu thereof:—

1. The Council shall at all times have the opening-spans of the bridge properly attended to and opened when required for the passage of sailing-vessels of over twenty tons register and of all steamships, and the Council shall make such rules as it may deem fit concerning the opening of such spans for the passage of sailing-vessels of twenty tons register and under.

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

Removal of Restrictions on Alienation of Native Land.

RANFURLY, 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 twelfth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and seventy, and now contained in a partition order of the Native Land Court bearing date the twenty-fifth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and ninety, 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 order of the Native Land Court on the alienation of the said land are hereby removed.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land, situate in the Wairarapa District, containing 93 acres 3 roods 8 perches, more or less, known as Tahorahina No. 3, held under a partition order of the Native Land Court dated 25th October, 1890, in favour of Airini Tonore and 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 eighth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.

R. J. SEDDON.

Varying Restrictions on Alienation of Native Land.

RANFURLY, Governor.

WHEREAS application has been made to the Governor by the Native owner of the land described in the Schedule hereto, praying that the restrictions on the alienation of such land originally imposed by section twenty-four of the First Schedule to “The Special Powers and Contracts Act, 1886,” and now contained in the Land Transfer certificate bearing date the twenty-sixth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, may be varied: And whereas inquiry has been duly made by the Native Land Court, and the said Court has recommended that such restrictions be varied:

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 the restrictions imposed by the said Act and the said Land Transfer certificate on the alienation of the said land are hereby varied by adding thereto the words “without the consent of the Governor.”

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land, situate in the Provincial District of Wellington, containing 123 acres 2 roods 7 perches, being Section No. 24 on the plan of the subdivision of Section 346 of the Township of Carnarvon, held under Land Transfer certificate dated the 26th October, 1891, Vol. lxi., folio 66, in favour of Hepi te Wheoro, and containing the following restrictions: “Inalienable except by lease for not exceeding twenty-one years in possession and not in reversion, without premium or foregift, and without agreement or covenant for renewal or for purchase at any future time.”

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this eighth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.

R. J. SEDDON.

Registrar of Births and Deaths appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 5th July, 1898.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

SAMUEL JOSEPH DEW

to be Registrar of Births and Deaths, and also to be Vaccination Inspector, for the District of Waimea, vice Daniel Hannan, on and from the 4th July, 1898.

J. CARROLL.