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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 72
Downing Street, 8th June, 1901.
(New Zealand, No. 64.)
Mr LORD,—I have the honour to transmit to you, for the
information of your Ministers, the papers noted in the sub-
joined Schedule.
I have, &c.,
J. CHAMBERLAIN.
The Officer administering the Government
of New Zealand.
Date.
From
To
Subject.
3rd June, 1901 Foreign Office Colonial Taxation in
(with enclo-
Office Samoa.
sures)
Foreign Office, 3rd June, 1901.
SIR,—I am directed by the Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs to transmit to you, to be laid before the Secretary of
State for the Colonies, the accompanying copy of a despatch,
as marked in the margin (Sir F. Lascelles, 132, 24th May,
1901), respecting taxation in Samoa.
I am, &c.,
The Under-Secretary of State,
F. H. VILLIERS.
Colonial Office.
(No. 132.)
Berlin, 24th May, 1901.
MY LORD,—I have the honour to transmit herewith copy
and translation of an Order, published in the Kolonialblatt,
and signed by Dr. Schnee, Acting-Governor of Samoa,
in virtue of which the export duties on copra, cotton, and
coffee, and the capitation-tax on coloured plantation-labourers other than Samoans, are abolished. In accordance
with Article 2 of the same Order, the import duty is raised
from 2 per cent. to 10 per cent. ad valorem on all articles
other than those contained in Article 6, paragraph 2, (A),
Nos. 1-8 of the Final Act of the Samoan Conference of
14th June, 1889.
This Order came into force on 1st April last.
I have, &c.,
FRANK C. LASCELLES.
The Marquess of Lansdowne, K.G., &c.
(Translation.)
Government Order respecting the Abolition of Duties and
Taxes in Samoa.
The following is herewith ordered, with the sanction of
the Chancellor of the Empire :
§ 1. Of the duties and taxes which, based on § 1, section 2,
of the Government Order of 1st March, 1900 (Samoan Government Journal, p. 4), are still levied at the rate fixed by
the Final Act of the Samoan Conference in Berlin of 14th
June, 1889, the following are abolished :

1. The export duties (Article 6, Section 2, B, of the
   Final Act).
2. The capitation-tax on coloured plantation-labourers
   other than Samoans (Article 6, Section 2, C, No. 2,
   of the Final Act).
   § 2. In the place of the statistical duty of 2 per cent. ad
   valorem specified in Article 6, Section 2, A, No. 9, of the
   Final Act, an ad valorem tax of 10 per cent. is levied on all
   imported wares and goods with the exception of those specified in Article 6, Section 2, A, Nos. 1 to 8.
   § 3. This Order comes into force on 1st April, 1901.
   (For the Imperial Governor)
   SCHNEE.
   Apia, 16th March, 1901.
   Approving and appointing a Bonding Warehouse.
   CUSTOMS.—In exercise of the powers in me for this
   purpose vested by "The Customs Laws Consolidation
   Act, 1882," I, the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, do
   hereby approve and appoint the under-mentioned warehouse
   to be a warehouse for the reception of goods under bond,
   namely,
   Port of Wanganui.
   Portion of building built of wood and roofed with iron,
   situate on Section 23, Taupo Quay, to be known as
   JOHNSTON AND CO.'S BOND.
   Given under my hand, at Wellington, this twenty-sixth day of July, one thousand nine hundred
   and one.
   C. H. MILLS,
   Commissioner of Trade and Customs.
   Commissioner's Order No. 664.]
   Notification of Settlement of Claims for Compensation under
   "The Mining Act, 1898."
   Mines Department,
   Wellington, 25th July, 1901.
   IN pursuance of the provisions of the 240th section of
   "The Mining Act, 1898," it is hereby notified that the
   claims for compensation enumerated in the Schedule hereto,
   in respect to a Proclamation issued under the hand of His
   Excellency the Governor and the Public Seal of the Colony
   on the 16th day of July, 1900, declaring the Waikaka River,
   with its tributaries, in the Land District of Otago, to be
   watercourses into which tailings, &c., may be discharged,
   have been settled, and all further claims and remedies in
   respect of the said Proclamation are barred, as provided by
   the said Act.
   JAMES McGOWAN,
   Minister of Mines.
   SCHEDULE.
   Name of Claimant.
   Description of Property.
   E. Hillier .. Section 8, Block II., Waikaka Survey
   District.
   J. H. Sarginson, Section 6, Block II., Waikaka S.D.
   jun.
   J. A. Johnston .. Section 2, Block II.,
   W. Cumming .. Sections 7 & 9, Block I., Chatton S.D.
   J. A. Aitken .. Sections 11 & 13, Block I.,
   P. T. Aitken .. Section 15, Block I., Chatton S.D.
   Mary Cumming .. Section 17, Block I.,
   T. Pryde .. Section 19, Block I.,
   J. Pryde .. Section 21, Block I.,
   W. Johnston .. Section 23, Block I.,
   .. Section 14, Block II.,
   J. Dickie .. Section 25, Block I.,
   Knapdale Estate Sections 1 & 2, Block III., Chatton S.D.
   (G. P. Johnston,
   lessee)
   D. Lawson .. Sections 11, 12, & 13, Block IX., Chatton
   S.D.
   A.R. Harvey (L.P.) Section 15, Block II., Chatton S.D.
   Jane Harvey .. Section 10, Block II.,
   Dugald Gilchrist .. Section 8, Block II.,
   W. Waddell .. Sections 6 & 7, Block II.,
   J. McPhail .. Sections 1 & 5, Block II.,
   W. Perkins .. Section 30, Block II., Waikaka S.D.
   J. Clouston .. Pt. Sections 25 & 26, Block II., Waikaka S.D.
   H. Smith .. Pt. Section 25, Block II., Waikaka S.D.
   R. and F. Wallis ..
   W. J. Connor .. Sections 10 & 11, Block VII., Town of East Gore.
   C. G. Thurston .. Section 12, Block VII., Town of East
   Gore.
   D. Telfer .. Sections 1, 2, pt. 5, Block XXVII.,
   Town of East Gore.
   T. Telfer .. Section 2, Block IV., Waikaka S.D.
   W. McIntyre .. Section 3, Block IV.,
   W. McDowell .. Section 5, Block IV.,
   Member of the House of Representatives elected, Patea Electoral District.
   Clerk of the Writs' Office,
   Wellington, 25th July, 1901.
   THE Clerk of the Writs has received a return to the
   writ issued on the 4th July, 1901, for the election of
   one member to serve in the House of Representatives for
   the Electoral District of Patea, and by the indorsement on
   such writ it appears that
   FREDERICK HENRY HASELDEN
   has been duly elected to serve as a member for the said
   district.
   HUGH POLLEN,
   Clerk of the Writs.
   Appointment of Sub-Agent for the Public Trustee at Akaroa.
   Public Trust Office,
   Wellington, 31st July, 1901.
   IT is hereby notified for general information that
   HENRY GEORGE LUCIUS ROBINSON, Esq.,
   has been appointed Sub-Agent for the Public Trustee at
   Akaroa, as from the 1st August, 1901.
   J. W. POYNTON,
   Public Trustee.