1432

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 67

3. Any three of the said Board shall form a quorum. Any meeting may be adjourned from time to time.

4. The members of the Board shall, at their first meeting, and thereafter at an annual meeting to be held on the third Monday in January in every succeeding year thereafter, elect one of themselves to be Chairman, who may join in the discussion, and shall have an original as well as a casting vote. The Chairman shall hold office until the election of his successor.

5. If at any meeting the Chairman is not present at the time appointed for holding the same, the members present shall choose some one of their number to be chairman of such meeting.

6. If, by resignation, death, or incapacity, or otherwise, the office of Chairman shall be or become vacant, the members may at any monthly or special meeting appoint a Chairman.

7. All questions shall be determined by the majority of votes of the members of the Board present at a meeting.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 106 acres 1 rood, more or less, being Reserve No. 2351, situated in Block IX., Christchurch Survey District. Bounded towards the north-east by Rural Section No. 8005; towards the south-east by a public road; towards the south generally by Reserve No. 326 and Rural Sections Nos. 4069 and 4364; and towards the north-west by Reserve No. 702.

Also all that parcel of land in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 122 acres 3 roods, more or less, being Reserve No. 2418, situate in the Christchurch Survey District. Bounded towards the north-east by Section No. 9248, 2750 links, also by Section No. 3201; towards the north-west by a road-line, 2651 links; towards the south-east by a road-line, 2457 links, also by Reserve No. 327, 851 links; and towards the south-west by Reserve No. 327, 1000 links, and also by Sections Nos. 2773 and 2819: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less; as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the District Survey Office, Christchurch.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Amending Regulations for Trout- and Perch-fishing, Wellington Acclimatisation District.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this third day of September, 1898.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by an Order in Council, dated the twenty-third day of September, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the twenty-fourth day of September then instant, certain regulations were made under “The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), providing for trout- and perch-fishing within the Wellington Acclimatisation District as therein defined: And whereas it is expedient to revoke numbers four and six of the said regulations, and to make other provision in lieu thereof:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers conferred by the said Act, and of all other powers enabling him in this behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby revoke the said regulations numbers four and six, and in lieu thereof doth hereby order as follows:—

4. Any holder of a license may fish with one rod and line for trout and perch, and may use a landing-net or gaff to secure any trout or perch caught with such rod and line in the above-named waters, from the first day of October in any one year to the thirtieth day of April in the year following, both inclusive.

5. No person shall have in his possession any of the salmonidæ or trout between the first day of May and the thirtieth day of September, which period is hereby appointed a close season for all such fish: Provided always that this regulation shall not apply to fish caught by any person duly authorised by the Commissioner of Trade and Customs for the purposes of acclimatisation.

And in pursuance of the like power and authority it is hereby declared that the foregoing regulations shall be read and construed as part of the said recited regulations of the twenty-third day of September, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one.

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 third day of September, 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:

And whereas Hoani Meihana, of Oroua Bridge, being the owner of the land known as Rural Section No. 387 on the plan of the Township of Carnarvon, situate in the Provincial District of Wellington, has applied to be allowed to transfer a portion of the said land to his wife, Tiripa Rangiotu:

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 transfer to Tiripa Rangiotu, all that parcel of land, containing 173 acres 2 roods, more or less, being part of Rural Section No. 387 on the plan of the Township of Carnarvon, held under Crown grant dated the twenty-first day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighty, in favour of Hoani Meihana.

ALEX. WILLIS,
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 Native owner 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 seventh day of October, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four, 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 on the alienation of the said land are hereby removed.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land, containing 250 acres, more or less, situate in the Provincial District of Taranaki, known as Section No. 32 of Block I., Upper Waitara, held under Crown grant dated 7th October, 1884, in favour of Raiha Waka, and containing the following restriction: “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 thirty-first day of August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.

R. J. SEDDON.