JUNE 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1047

11482, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

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 Wellington, this twenty-sixth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Conditions upon which Land may be granted to Trustees on behalf of the Wellington Acclimatisation Society.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this eighteenth day of May, 1899.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE W. C. WALKER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the twenty-sixth section of “The Reserves, Endowments, and Crown and Native Lands Exchange, Sale, Disposal, and Enabling Act, 1898,” it is enacted that section numbered sixteen, Block I., Akatarawa Survey District, may be granted to trustees on behalf of the Wellington Acclimatisation Society for the establishment of a central breeding-place for native and imported game, and for such other purposes of acclimatisation, and with such powers of leasing and management, and generally upon such conditions and subject to such restrictions, as by any Order in Council are declared from time to time in that behalf:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers conferred upon him by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council thereof, doth hereby declare that the conditions and restrictions enumerated hereunder shall be those upon which the grant of the aforesaid section may be issued to trustees.

CONDITIONS.

1. That the trustees will not, without consent in writing of the Minister of Lands, cut down or destroy, or permit to be destroyed, any of the natural forest trees or shrubs upon the land under their control (comprising Section 16, Block I., Akatarawa, and containing 500 acres or thereabouts), except such portion of the said land as may be actually required for building-sites and grounds for the temporary acclimatisation and rearing of birds, animals, and plants.

2. That the whole of the said area shall, within three years from the date of the grant thereof, be fenced with a substantial post-and-wire fence.

3. That no person shall be allowed to trespass upon any portion of the said land either with or without dog or gun. That no poison or anything noxious to birds or acclimatised animals shall be allowed to be placed upon the said land or any portion thereof.

4. That the trustees shall—
   (a.) Use any profits or income derived from the said land in the improvement of the same, or in the placing thereon of suitable birds, animals, or plants, or in the conservation and protection of those already on the reserve.
   (b.) Use the said land primarily as a sanctuary or preserve for native and imported birds and acclimatised animals and plants.
   (c.) Have power to lease such portions of the said land as may be cleared and grassed, for grazing purposes only, for any term not exceeding three years (to take effect in possession), at a rental to be payable in advance.
   (d.) Also have power to appoint such rangers, conservators, and other officers as may be necessary for the protection of the forest or of the native or imported birds or acclimatised animals for the time being on the said land; and generally shall have and may exercise such powers of management and control of the said land as may be necessary for carrying out the purposes for which the said land was reserved and granted.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Vesting Gravel Reserves in the Pahiatua County Council.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this eighteenth day of May, 1899.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE W. C. WALKER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the lands mentioned in the Schedule hereto were set aside permanently as gravel reserves on the dates specified therein:

And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, it is expedient that the said lands should be vested in the Pahiatua County Council:

Now, therefore, 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, 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 reserves mentioned in the Schedule hereto shall become vested in “The Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the Pahiatua County,” in trust, as reserves for gravel.

SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

PUKETOI SURVEY DISTRICT.

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