JUNE 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1211

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

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-sixth day of June, 1899.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor 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.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Lighting of Hatches of Vessels.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-sixth day of June, 1899.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by section two hundred and twelve of “The Harbours Act, 1878,” it is enacted that the Governor in Council may from time to time make regulations, to be called “General Harbour Regulations,” which shall be in force in all ports of the colony, for, amongst other things, regulating matters relating to the protection of life and property in or on vessels, and the safe navigation of any harbour, navigable river, or navigable lake:

And whereas it is desirable to make General Harbour Regulations to provide for the proper lighting of the hatches of ships when working cargo or otherwise:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the herein-before-recited power and authority, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby make the following General Harbour Regulations, and doth hereby order and declare that they shall come into force in all ports of the colony on and after the first day of July next, viz.:

GENERAL HARBOUR REGULATIONS.

41A. Whenever a hatch of a ship is open for the purpose of working cargo or otherwise, and there is not sufficient daylight for persons working at or near it or passing near it to see clearly that it is open, then the master of the ship shall place a light or lights at such hatch of sufficient brilliancy to enable persons to see that it is open, and shall maintain such light during the time the hatch is so open and insufficiently lighted.

42A. Any person who commits a breach of the above regulation shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred pounds.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Appointing Trustees for Native Land, and exempting such Land from Restrictions.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-sixth day of June, 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, whether incorporated or otherwise, owning any land under title of any description, may convey the same, or any defined part thereof, by way of trust, to the Surveyor-General or the Commissioner of Crown Lands for the district in which such land is situate, or to some other 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, or as may be declared by the Governor in Council; and the Surveyor-General or Commissioner of Crown Lands, or other the person as aforesaid (hereinafter called ‘the trustee’), is hereby authorised to accept such trust”: And whereas Toia Parker, also known as Toia Ngarangi, wife of William Parker, of Moawhango, Inland Patea, sheep-farmer, is the owner of the land particulars whereof are set forth in the Schedule hereto: And whereas the said Toia Parker, being desirous of conveying the said land by way of trust to Robert Thompson Batley, sheep-farmer, and William Parker, sheep-farmer, both of Moawhango aforesaid, has applied to the Governor to appoint the said persons to undertake such trust: And whereas the terms of such trust as to leasing, managing, improving, and raising money upon the said land have been set forth in a deed bearing date the twenty-second day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, and made between the said Toia Parker of the one part, and the said Robert Thompson Batley and William Parker of the other part: And whereas by section five of the said “Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1897,” it is enacted that “for the purposes of giving effect to the provisions of this and the two last-preceding sections hereof the Governor in Council may from time to time make such regulations as he may deem necessary, and may also exempt any land from all or any of the restrictions, limitations, or provisions of ‘The Native Land Court Act, 1894,’ or any other Act affecting Native lands or lands owned or held by Natives”: And whereas it is expedient, for the purposes aforesaid, that the said land be exempted from all the limitations, restrictions, or provisions of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894”:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by section three of “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1897,” and every other power or authority in anywise enabling him in that behalf, and acting with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby appoint the said Robert Thompson Batley and William Parker, and the survivor of them, and the executors and administrators of such survivor, to be the trustees and trustee under the said section for the said Toia Parker, upon the terms as to leasing, managing, improving, and raising money upon the said land which have been agreed upon between the said Toia Parker and Robert Thompson Batley and William Parker, and have been embodied in the said deed of trust. And His Excellency the Governor, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by section five of “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1897,” and every other power or authority in anywise enabling him in that behalf, and by and with the like consent and advice, doth hereby exempt the said land from all of the restrictions, limitations, and provisions of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” to the intent that the said land may be conveyed to the said trustees and dealt with by them in accordance with the said deed of trust, in the same manner and to the same extent as if the same land was owned by a European and so conveyed in trust.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land, situate in the Provincial District of Wellington, containing 1,703 acres, more or less, and called or known by the name of the Oruamatua-Kaimanawa No. 2L Block, being the whole of the land comprised in partition order of the Native Land Court dated the 29th day of September, 1897, in favour of Toia Ngarangi.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.