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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 49

The First Schedule hereinbefore referred to.
Description of the demised land :

The Second Schedule hereinbefore referred to.
Improvements now existing on the demised land, and their value :—

Improvements. Value.
£ s. d.
[Specify improvements in detail, with their
respective values] .. .. .. ————
Total value .. .. .. £———

Signed by the Commissioner, on behalf
of the lessor, in the presence of—
Signed by or on behalf of the above-
named as lessee, in the pre-
sence of—

J. F. ANDREWS,
Acting-Clerk of the Executive Council.

Judges of Assessment Courts under “The Government Valuation of Land Act, 1896,” appointed.

RANFURLY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this tenth day of June, 1899.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE A. J. CADMAN PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in him by “The Government Valuation of Land Act, 1896,” 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, doth hereby appoint the persons named in the third column of the Schedule hereto to be the Judges of the Assessment Courts for the districts named in the first column of the said Schedule, in respect of the Courts sitting at the places named in the second column of the said Schedule, in lieu of the persons appointed for such Courts respectively by Order in Council dated the fourth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.

SCHEDULE.

No. 7 District .. Hawera .. Harry Eyre Kenny.
" " .. Patea .. Harry Eyre Kenny.
" " .. Wanganui.. Harry Eyre Kenny.
No. 8 District .. Wanganui.. Harry Eyre Kenny.
No. 9 District .. Wellington.. Wm. Reeve Haselden.
No. 10 District .. Wellington.. Wm. Reeve Haselden.
" " .. Pahiatua .. Henry Wm. Northcroft.
" " .. Masterton.. Henry Wm. Northcroft.
" " .. Carterton.. Henry Wm. Northcroft.
" " .. Greytown .. Henry Wm. Northcroft.
" " .. Featherston.. Henry Wm. Northcroft.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Acting-Clerk of the Executive Council.

“The Arms Act, 1880.”—Operation temporarily suspended in the County of Wairarapa North.

RANFURLY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this tenth day of June, 1899.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE A. J. CADMAN PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the fifth section of “The Arms Act, 1880,” 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 suspend the operation of the provisions of the said Act within that part of the colony defined in the Schedule hereto for a period commencing on the fifteenth day of June now instant and ending on the thirtieth day of the same month; and, with the like advice and consent as aforesaid, doth also order and declare that the foregoing exemption shall be operative only in favour of aboriginal natives of the colony within the meaning of the said Act to whom the Government of such colony has lent, or during the period aforesaid may lend, certain firearms, and who reside or may be within the district defined in the Schedule hereto during the period hereinbefore mentioned; and also that this order is made subject to the condition that any firearms so lent as aforesaid shall be used by the aboriginal native or natives holding the same only for harmless purposes, and not further or otherwise; and that such firearms shall, on the expiration of the period hereby limited, be duly returned by the Natives or persons holding the same to such person as may be appointed by or on behalf of the said Government to receive the same.

SCHEDULE.
The County of Wairarapa North.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Acting-Clerk of the Executive Council.

Altering the Name of the Borough of Newton.

(L.S.)
RANFURLY, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by sections two and three of “The Designation of Districts Act, 1894” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is provided that the Governor in Council may, at the request or with the consent of the Council of any county, city, or borough, alter the geographical name or designation of any place or locality in the colony:

And whereas the Newton Borough Council has requested that the present name of “Newton” be altered as hereinafter mentioned, and it appears expedient to comply with such request:

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, do hereby proclaim and declare that the Borough of Newton aforesaid shall, on and after the sixteenth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, be called and known by the name of “Grey Lynn,” and the name of the said Borough of Newton is hereby altered accordingly.

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

W. C. WALKER.

Approved in Council.
ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Removal of Restrictions on Alienation of Native Land.

RANFURLY, Governor.

WHEREAS application has been made to the Governor by a majority of the owners of the land described in the Schedule hereto, praying that the restrictions on the alienation of such land contained in the Land Transfer certificate bearing date the sixth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five (Volume Forty, folio seventy-one), and now contained in partition order of the Native Land Court bearing date the twenty-seventh day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, may be removed: And whereas inquiry has been duly made by the Native Land Court, and the said Court has recommended that the restrictions be removed, so as to permit the owners to lease the said land:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon 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 the restrictions imposed by the said Land Transfer certificate and the said partition order on the alienation of the said land are hereby varied to the extent that the owners of the said land may lease the same for any period not exceeding twenty-one years.

SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land, containing 436 acres 1 rood 10 perches, more or less, situate in the Provincial District of Auckland, being the land known as Waihi North, Block 2, Section 1A, being part of the land comprised in Land Transfer certificate, Vol. xl., folio 71, Auckland Registry, and the whole of the land comprised in partition order of the Native