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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 104

Declaring Port of Shipment and Cool-store under “The Dairy Industry Act, 1894.”—Notice No. 679.

RANFURLY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-eighth day of November, 1901.

Present:
THE HONOURABLE W. C. WALKER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by section three, and subsection one, (a), of section twenty-one, of “The Dairy Industry Act, 1894,” 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 order and declare the Port of Patea to be a port for the shipment of dairy produce, and the buildings in the occupation of the West Coast Refrigerating Company (Limited), used as freezing-works, to be a cool-store for the purpose of the said Act, and it is hereby declared that this Order in Council shall come into force from and after the date of the publication hereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations under Section 50 of “The Native Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act, 1901.”

RANFURLY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this fourth day of December, 1901.

Present:
THE HONOURABLE W. C. WALKER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS it is expedient to make rules and regulations for the purpose of giving effect to the provisions of section fifty of “The Native Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act, 1901,” relating to the adoption of children by Natives according to Maori custom:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers in that behalf conferred on me by section fifty aforesaid, and of all other powers enabling me in that behalf, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, do hereby make and publish the rules and regulations following, that is to say,—

1. Any person desiring to register an adoption under the provisions of the said section shall lodge with the Registrar of the Native Land Court for the district in which the adopting party is resident a notice in the Form A in the Schedule hereto. Such notice shall be signed by the adopting party in the presence of, and be attested by, two witnesses, one of whom shall be a Stipendiary Magistrate, Judge, Registrar or Clerk of the Native Land Court, Justice of the Peace, Solicitor of the Supreme Court, licensed interpreter, or Postmaster.

2. Any person desiring to register the revocation of an adoption shall lodge with the said Registrar a notice in Form B in the Schedule hereto. Such notice shall be signed and attested in the same manner as is hereinbefore provided with regard to a notice in Form A.

3. On receipt of any notice as aforesaid, the Registrar shall indorse thereon the date of reception thereof; and such notice, when so indorsed, and verified by the signature of the Registrar and the seal of the Native Land Court, shall be deemed to be duly filed and registered: Provided that, except by leave of the Chief Judge, no notice of adoption shall be registered unless lodged within two months from the date thereof.

4. Every such notice, unless in the Maori language, shall have indorsed thereon a certificate by a licensed interpreter of the first grade that the contents thereof have been explained by him to the party signing the same, and that he appeared to fully understand the meaning thereof.

5. It shall be the duty of the Registrar to notify in the Gazette and Kahiti, as soon as may be after the registration thereof, particulars of every adoption registered under the said Act, and to post a notice thereof by registered letter to the person by whom the notice of adoption purports to have been given.

6. The fee payable for registering any adoption, or revocation of any adoption, shall be ten shillings, payable by fee-stamp affixed to the notice.

SCHEDULE.

FORM A.—FORM OF NOTICE OF ADOPTION.

To the Registrar of the Native Land Court, District.
I, , of , hereby give notice that I have taken , a child of , to be my adopted child according to Maori custom, and I request that such adoption be registered under the provisions of section 50 of “The Native Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act, 1901.”

As witness my hand, this day of , 190 .

Signed by the said , in the presence of—

AHUA A.—HEI WHAKAATU I TE TANGOHANGA O TE TAMAITI HEI TAMAITI WHANGAI.

Ki te Kai-Rehita o te Kooti Whenua Maori o te Takiwa o

TENEI au a , o , te whakaatu nei kua tangohia e au a , te tamaiti a , hei tamaiti whangai maku i runga i te tikanga Maori, a e tono ana ahau kia rehitatia taua tangohanga aku i raro i nga tikanga o tekiona 50 o “Te Ture Whakariterite i nga Kereeme Whenua Maori Whakatikatika hoki i nga Ture Maori, 1901.”

Inahoki toku ringa he mea tuhi i tenei te o nga ra o , 190 .

He mea haina e taua . I te aroaro o .

FORM B.—FORM OF NOTICE OF REVOCATION OF ADOPTION.

To the Registrar of the Native Land Court, District.
WHEREAS is registered as my adopted child under the provisions of section 50 of “The Native Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act, 1901”: And whereas I am desirous of putting an end to the said adoption: Now, therefore, I hereby revoke the authority heretofore given for registration thereof, and request that this notice may be registered under the provisions of the said Act.

As witness my hand, this day of , 190 .

Signed by the said , in the presence of—

AHUA B.—HEI WHAKAATU I TE WHAKAKORENGA O TE TANGOHANGA I TE TAMAITI HEI TAMAITI WHANGAI.

Ki te Kai-Rehita o te Kooti Whenua Maori o te Takiwa o

NOTEMEA kua rehitatia a hei tamaiti whangai maku i raro i nga tikanga o tekiona 50 o “Te Ture Whakariterite i nga Kereeme Whenua Maori Whakatikatika hoki i nga Ture Maori, 1901.” A notemea e hiahia ana ahau kia whakamutua taua tangohanga aku, na, tenei au te whakakore nei i te mana i hainatia e au i mua i rehitatia ai taua tangohanga, a e tono ana ahau kia rehitatia tenei pukapuka whakaatu i raro i nga tikanga o taua Ture.

Inahoki toku ringa he mea tuhi i tenei te o nga ra o , 190 .

He mea haina e taua . I te aroaro o .

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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

RANFURLY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this fourth day of December, 1901.

Present:
THE HONOURABLE W. C. WALKER PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by “The Public Domains Act, 1881,” His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council thereof, doth hereby revoke a certain Order in Council, dated the twelfth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, making delegation of certain powers in manner as therein appears; and doth hereby, with the like advice and consent, and in respect of the land hereinafter mentioned, delegate all the powers conferred by the said Act, except the powers conferred by sections five and twelve thereof, for the period of ten years from the date hereof (unless previously altered or revoked under the said Act), to the under-mentioned persons, who shall be known as the Springston Domain Board, namely,—