APRIL 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 759

powers conferred by “The Fisheries Encouragement Act, 1885” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), on the fourth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 23, of the ninth day of the same month:

And whereas it is desirable to revoke the said recited Order in Council:

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by the said Act, and of all other powers enabling me in this behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, do hereby revoke the said Order in Council of the fourth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, as from the date hereof.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Declaring Sponges and Sponge-beds subject to Sections 18 to 22 of “The Sea-fisheries Act, 1894.”

RANFURLY, Governor.

By his Deputy,
JAMES PRENDERGAST,

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twelfth day of April, 1899.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS it is enacted by section three of “The Sea-fisheries Act Amendment Act, 1896,” that the Governor may from time to time, by Order in Council gazetted, declare, inter alia, sponges and sponge-beds, either generally or any particular species or description thereof, to be subject to such of the provisions of “The Sea-fisheries Act, 1894” (hereinafter called “the principal Act”), relating to oysters or oyster-beds, as he thinks fit to specify in that behalf:

And whereas it is desirable to declare that sponges and sponge-beds shall be subject to certain of the provisions of the principal Act relating to oysters and oyster-beds:

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the hereinbefore-recited power and authority, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, do hereby declare sponges and sponge-beds to be subject to the provisions of sections eighteen to twenty-two, both inclusive, of the principal Act; and I do further declare that this Order in Council shall have force and effect on and after the date of the publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Appointing Trustee for Native Lands.

RANFURLY, Governor.

By his Deputy,
JAMES PRENDERGAST.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twelfth day of April, 1899.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by section three of “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1897,” it is enacted that any Native or Natives owning land under title of any description may convey the same, or any defined part thereof, by way of trust, to some fit person appointed by the Governor in Council, upon such terms as to sale, leasing, managing, improving, and raising money upon the same as may be agreed upon between the parties: And whereas Wiremu Pere, Ara Pere, Hetekia Pere, Monaroa Pere, Riria Mauaranui, and Rerepeta Rangikohora, all of Gisborne, in the District of Poverty Bay, aboriginal natives, are desirous of conveying certain lands to which the said Natives are entitled in the District of Poverty Bay to Walter George Foster, of the City of Wellington, gentleman, upon terms as to sale, leasing, managing, improving, raising money upon the same, and otherwise, which have been agreed upon between the said Natives and the said Walter George Foster:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon him by the said section, and of all other powers and authorities him thereunto enabling, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby appoint the said Walter George Foster as a fit person within the meaning of the said section to whom the said Natives may convey their said lands, or any of them, or any part thereof, or any interest therein, upon the terms aforesaid.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Place where Miners’ Rights and Business Licenses may be issued.

RANFURLY, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the thirteenth section of “The Mining Act, 1898,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint the Post-office at the under-mentioned place to be a post-office at which miners’ rights and business-site licenses respectively may be issued by the Postmaster in charge such post-office, viz.:

OTAUTAU, Invercargill.

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

WM. HALL-JONES,
For Postmaster-General.

Rural Land in the Southland Land District open for Sale or Selection.

RANFURLY, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the one-hundred-and-thirty-sixth section of “The Land Act, 1892,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, having received the report of the Surveyor-General in this behalf, as in the said section is provided, do hereby declare that the rural land enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on and after the first day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine; and also that the land mentioned in the said Schedule may, at the option of the applicant, be purchased for cash, or be selected for occupation with right of purchase or on lease in perpetuity, or, in respect of any land containing or supposed to contain any metal, mineral, or valuable stone, be selected on lease in perpetuity only; and I do hereby also fix the prices at which the said land shall be sold, occupied, or leased, as mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said land shall be sold, occupied, or leased under and subject to the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892.”

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

Situated about twelve miles from Fortrose, on the Otara-Waikawa Road. Soil fair, and well watered; mixed bush of rimu, miro, and kamai. Burdened with valuation of £50 for improvements, consisting of—house, £30; outhouse, £1; fencing, £2; 16 acres in grass, £16; garden, £1.

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

WM. HALL-JONES,
For Minister of Lands.