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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 7

Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby abolish the existing registration district known as the Hokianga District; and do proclaim and declare that the territory heretofore comprised within the said district is hereby divided anew into three registration districts, the names whereof shall be the Hokianga, Kohukohu, and Rawene Districts, and the boundaries whereof shall be coterminous with the boundaries of the marriage districts bearing the same names, as are set forth in a Proclamation of even date herewith, made under the provisions of “The Marriage Act, 1880.”

And I hereby declare that this Proclamation shall come into operation on the first day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly; Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George; Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Christchurch, this twenty-eighth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.

W. C. WALKER.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

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.

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.

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.

Changing the Purpose of a Reserve in Auckland.

RANFURLY, Governor.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto was heretofore duly reserved for plantation purposes, being a reserve in Class I. of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” and such land has not been vested in trust in any society, body corporate, or trustees: And whereas it is expedient that such reserve shall be appropriated for the purposes of a site for a Native school, being a reserve in Class III. of the aforesaid Act:

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the second section of “The Public Reserves Act Amendment Act, 1889,” do by this notification hereby declare that the said reserve shall, from and after the thirty-first day of January instant, be appropriated for the purposes of a site for a Native school, under Class III. of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881”; and I do hereby direct that this notification shall be published in the New Zealand Gazette.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Auckland Land District, being Section No. 2 of Block X. (formerly part of Section No. 1 of same block) of the Town of Kawhia, and containing by admeasurement 3 acres, more or less. Bounded towards the north-east by Section No. 1 of Block X. of the Town of Kawhia, 676 links; towards the east by Cowell Street, 238 links; towards the south by Powewe Street, 516 links; and towards the south-west and north-west by the Kawhia P Block, 248 and 505 links respectively, to the point of commencement: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.

Rules and Regulations for the Management of the Papakaio Portion of the Waitaki Islands.

RANFURLY, Governor.

WHEREAS by section four of “The Land Act, 1892” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), the Governor is empowered to make, alter, or revoke rules, regulations, and orders for, among other things, the care, management, and protection in every manner of all unoccupied Crown lands: Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by the said Act, do hereby make the following rules, regulations, and orders for the care and management of the Crown lands within the banks of the Waitaki River described in the First Schedule to such regulations, which shall hereafter be known as the Papakaio portion of the Waitaki Islands, and do hereby declare that such regulations shall come into force on the day of the gazetting hereof.

REGULATIONS.

1. For the purpose of carrying out these regulations five persons shall be elected at a public meeting of the holders of licenses to depasture cattle or stock upon the said islands (hereinafter termed “licensed holders”), at Awamoko, on Thursday, the seventeenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight; and the names of such persons, when so elected, shall be submitted to the Governor for approval; and, if so approved, shall be a Committee for the care, management, and protection of the said islands, and shall be known as the “Papakaio (Waitaki Islands) Committee” (hereinafter referred to as “the Committee”). Three of such Committee shall retire by ballot in December in each year, but they shall be eligible for reappointment as hereinafter provided.

2. On the first Wednesday in January in each year an election shall take place from among the “licensed holders” for the purpose of electing three members of the Committee instead of the three retiring members; and the names of such persons, when so elected, shall be submitted to the Governor for approval, and if so approved they shall take the place of the three retiring members.

3. The Committee shall meet for the transaction of business on the first Wednesday in each month, at two o’clock p.m., at Duntroon, or at such other time or place as may from time to time be fixed by the Committee. The first meeting shall be held on Wednesday, the second day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.

4. Special meetings may be convened by the Chairman or by any two members of the Committee, provided that two days’ notice of such meeting be given to each member, specifying the business to be transacted at such special meeting, and no other business than that so specified shall be transacted at such meeting.

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

6. The members of the Committee shall, at their first meeting, and thereafter at an annual meeting to be held on the first Wednesday 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. At such meeting a Secretary shall also be appointed by the Committee.