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lease, all that block or parcel of land, situate in the Provincial District of Wellington, containing five thousand and six acres three roods, more or less, known as Maraekowhai No. 2A, being the land comprised in partition order of the Native Land Court dated the first day of August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Powers delegated to the Domett Domain Board under “The Public Domains Act, 1881.”

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-eighth day of February, 1899.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by the twelfth section of “The Public Domains Act, 1881,” it is, inter alia, enacted that the Governor, by Order in Council, may from time to time delegate all or any of the powers by the said Act conferred, save as is therein mentioned, to any person or persons, for any period, and subject to such stipulations as may be specified in such Order, and that every such delegation may from time to time in like manner be altered or revoked: And whereas, pursuant to “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” by an Order in Council of the ninth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, the land described in the Schedule hereto is declared to be brought under the operation of and to be subject to the provisions of the said “Public Domains Act, 1881”:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the Colony of New Zealand, doth by this present Order delegate, with respect to the parcel of land described in the Schedule hereto, all the powers conferred by the Act first above mentioned, except the powers under or conferred by sections five and twelve thereof, to the Domett Domain Board, constituted by an Order in Council issued on the thirteenth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight (hereinafter referred to as “the Board”), subject to the stipulation that the Board shall have power to lop, trim, and thin the trees and plantations upon the land at their discretion, and have power to sell the wood so cut.

SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 11 acres 1 rood, more or less, being Reserve No. 3177, Block XIX., Lowry Peaks Survey District. Bounded towards the north-east by Darroch Road, and Sections Nos. 2, 3, and 4, Block XIX., Lowry Peaks; towards the east by a road, 108 links; towards the south-west by Sections Nos. 4 and 1 of said block, and the road reserved along the north bank of the Hurunui River; and towards the west by a line running due north to Darroch’s Road, 538·1 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Christchurch.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Revoking one of the Regulations for the Disposal of Land under “The Land for Settlements Act, 1894,” and its Amendments; and making a Fresh Regulation in Lieu.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-eighth day of February, 1899.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS an Order in Council, made on the first day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, prescribed certain regulations fixing the terms and conditions for the disposition and occupation of lands acquired under “The Land for Settlements Act, 1894,” and its amendments: And whereas it is expedient to revoke Regulation No. 34 of the said regulations, and to make another in lieu thereof:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by “The Land Act, 1892,” “The Land for Settlements Act, 1894,” and the amendments thereof respectively, or any of them, and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby revoke the aforesaid regulation numbered thirty-four, and in lieu thereof doth hereby make the following regulation, to take the place of and to be known as regulation numbered thirty-four of the aforesaid regulations of the first day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, for the disposal of lands acquired under “The Land for Settlements Act, 1894,” and its amendments:—

34. (1.) The yearly rent in respect of each allotment shall be an amount equal to 5 per cent. on the capital value of the land (exclusive of the buildings thereon), computed in manner prescribed by the said Acts, and shall be payable in equal parts half-yearly in advance to the Receiver of Land Revenue, on the 1st day of March and the 1st day of September in each year, the first half-year’s rent being due on the 1st day of March or the 1st day of September first following the date of the lease, and being payable out of the prescribed deposit.

(2.) The lease shall be dated as on the date whereon the Land Board declares that the applicant has succeeded in obtaining the allotment.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Vesting a Reserve in the Amuri County Council.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-eighth day of February, 1899.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto has been permanently set apart as a site for a pound on the twentieth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine:

And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, it is expedient to vest the said land in the Amuri County Council:

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 the powers and authorities vested in him by the fourth section of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” doth hereby declare that, from and after the day of the date hereof, the reserve mentioned in the Schedule hereto shall become vested in “The Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the Amuri County,” in trust, as a reserve for a pound.

SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land in the Nelson Land District, containing by admeasurement 1 rood 34 perches, being Section No. 5, Block VI., Township of Waiau. Bounded towards the north-west by Section No. 4; towards the north-east by Clarence Street; towards the south-east by Section No. 6; and towards the south-west by Section No. 1: as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Nelson.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Appointing Day for closing under “The Shops and Shop-assistants Act, 1894.”

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-eighth day of February, 1899.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS the local authority of the Borough of Whangarei, being duly authorised by “The Shops and Shop-assistants Act, 1894,” to appoint by special resolution, in the month of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, the day on which shops in the said borough are to be closed in accordance with the said Act, has failed so to appoint a day:

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting by and with the consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, and in exercise of the powers in this behalf conferred upon me by section 10 of the said Act, do hereby appoint Thursday to be the day on which shops shall be closed in the said Borough of Whangarei, in accordance with the said Act.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.