Sept. 26.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1891

Money-order requisitions .. .. .. 3
Paid money-orders .. .. .. 6
Press copies of lists of money-orders .. .. 10
Paid postal notes .. .. .. 2
Daily cash-account books .. .. .. 10
Sub-office Post Office accounts .. .. .. 3
Filled money-order and Savings-Bank journals .. 10
Press copies of statements rendered with accounts 10
Acknowledgments of receipt of remittances .. 1
Advices of remittances .. .. .. 1

After the expiration of the period named in each case the respective documents shall be burnt in the presence of two officers to be deputed by the Secretary to the General Post Office to supervise their destruction.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Amending the Regulations under “The New Zealand State Forests Act, 1885.”

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-third day of September, 1901.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section fifteen of “The New Zealand State Forests Act, 1885,” power is given to the Governor in Council from time to time to make, alter, or repeal regulations under the said Act:

And whereas by an Order in Council issued on the fifteenth day of January, one thousand nine hundred, regulations under the said Act were made: And whereas it is deemed expedient to repeal the Second Schedule of the said regulations and to make another Schedule in lieu thereof:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in him by the said Act, and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby revoke the Second Schedule of the said regulations, and in lieu thereof doth hereby make the regulation set forth in the Schedule hereto, which shall take the place of the Second Schedule in the aforesaid regulations of the fifteenth January, one thousand nine hundred, and doth further declare that this amended regulation shall come into force and take effect from and after the day of the date hereof.

SCHEDULE.

ORDINARY royalty shall be paid by the purchasers of timber in forests according to the following classification:—

At per 100 sup. ft.
s. d.

Class I.—
Totara, matai, puriri, maire-raunui, silver-pine, and pohutukawa, not less than .. .. 4 0

Class II.—
Totara, less than 25 ft. in length .. .. 2 0

Class III.—
Kauri, not less than .. .. .. 1 6

Class IV.—
Matai (less than 25 ft. in length), rimu (red-pine), kahikatea (white-pine), rata, tangeao, tooth- and entire-leaved beeches, manuka (tea-tree), manao, tanekaha, kawaka, kaikawaka, not less than .. .. .. .. .. 1 0

Class V.—
Rewarewa, mapau, toro, hinau, taraire, miro, kamai, pukatea, tawa, mountain- and silver-beeches, not less than .. .. .. 0 6

Class VI.—
Puriri, totara, kauri, silver-pine, and matai posts to be charged under Classes I. to IV.

Each.
Railway-sleepers .. .. .. .. 0 3
” ” license to cut .. .. 5 0 Per Ann.
Other posts, rails, and sleepers .. .. 8 0 Per 100.
Fencing-stakes .. .. .. .. 4 0 Per Cord.
Firewood, not less than .. .. .. 1 0

No standing totara or black-pine, and no timber required or suitable for milling purposes, to be permitted to be cut under this class.

The royalty to be paid under this Schedule is subject to the right of the Commissioner of State Forests to cause any timber to be sold by appraisement or by auction in the manner set forth in the foregoing regulations.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Authorising the Exchange of a Reserve in Taranaki for other Land.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-third day of September, 1901.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the first column of the Schedule hereto was permanently set apart as a site for a block-house: And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, it is expedient to exchange the said land for that described in the second column of the Schedule hereto:

Now, therefore, 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, and in exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the fourth section of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” and the third section of “The Public Reserves Act Amendment Act, 1889,” doth hereby declare that the said reserve described in the first column of the Schedule hereto may be exchanged for the land described in the second column of the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Licensing Messrs. G. and H. King to use and occupy a Part of the Foreshore of the Wairoa River as a Site for a Wharf and Stockade Booms.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-third day of September, 1901.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS, there being no Harbour Board empowered to grant the license hereinafter mentioned under “The Harbours Act Amendment Act, 1883” (hereinafter called “the said Act”), George Edward King, trading under the title or designation of “G. and H. King” (hereinafter called “the licensee”), has applied to the Governor in Council for a license under the said Act to occupy a part of the foreshore and land below low-water mark of the Wairoa River, Kaipara Harbour, at Tangowahine, in order to construct a wharf and stockade booms thereon, and, in accordance with the one-hundred-and-fifty-sixth section of “The Harbours Act, 1878,” has deposited a plan in the office of the Marine Department at Wellington (marked M.D. 2459) showing the area of foreshore and land below low-water mark intended to be occupied, and the manner in which it is proposed to construct the wharf and stockade booms: And whereas the Governor in Council has approved of the purpose for which the said foreshore and land below low-water mark are to be occupied: And whereas it is expedient that a license should be granted and issued to the licensee under the said Act for the purpose aforesaid, on the terms and conditions hereinafter expressed:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in him by the said Act, and