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738·8, 1014·1, 911·7, 817·8, 442, 762·8, 764, and 314·4 links respectively; towards the west and south-west generally by a line 298 links, and by the Otara River; and towards the north-west by a line, 200 links, to the commencing-point: as the same is delineated on plan marked R. 568, deposited in the office of the Chief Engineer of Roads, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured pink.

WAIOEKA ROAD.

That road in the Auckland Land District, situate in the Parish of Waioeka, in the Survey Districts of Opotiki and Waioeka, and being a road-line 200 links wide and upwards, lying along the western boundaries of Sections Nos. 364, 372A, 373, and 1, in Block XI., Opotiki Survey District, and to the westward of Sections Nos. 1 and 3, Block, III., Waioeka Survey District, commencing at the western angle of Section No. 364. Bounded towards the north-east and east generally by lines, 580, 260, 320, 540, 300, 440, 310, 230, 180, 261·9, 677·4, 1481, 1709·3, 326, 215·6, 357, 461·4, 446·4, 196·3, 345, 477·8, 361·8, 252·2, 185·9, 656·9, 474·2, 633, 941·2, 361·9, 336, 180, 166·4, 484·8, 1111, 336·5, 568·5, 112, 345·5, 464·9, 288·6, 527·6, 390·5, and 1646·5 links respectively; towards the south-west by a line, 201 links; and towards the west generally by the Waioeka River and by a line, 226 links, to the commencing-point: as the same is delineated on plan marked R. 568A, and deposited in the office of the Chief Engineer of Roads, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured pink.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Savings-bank Deposits of Waihi Hospital Committee, to any Amount, to bear Interest.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twentieth day of January, 1902.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section seventy-six of “The Post Office Act, 1900” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is enacted that the therein-mentioned limitation of interest-bearing deposits shall not apply in the case of such non-mercantile societies as the Governor in Council specifies from time to time:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities for that purpose vested in him by the said Act, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in this behalf, doth hereby, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, order and declare that the Waihi Hospital Committee is a non-mercantile society to which the hereinbefore-mentioned limitation of interest-bearing deposits shall not apply: Provided always that a copy of the rules of the Committee, and of every amendment thereof made from time to time, be supplied to the Postmaster-General, with the names and addresses of the trustees or officers for the time being.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Appointing Members of the Surveyors’ Board under “The New Zealand Institute of Surveyors and Board of Examiners Act, 1900.”

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twentieth day of January, 1902.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers conferred by section eleven of “The New Zealand Institute of Surveyors and Board of Examiners Act, 1900,” His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice of the Executive Council thereof, doth hereby appoint, as from the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and two, the undermentioned persons to be members of the Surveyors’ Board constituted by the said Act, namely,—

JOHN STRAUCHON,
MORGAN CARKEEK,
HON. GEORGE FREDERICK RICHARDSON, and
ARTHUR O’NEIL O’DONAHOO,

the two first-named persons having been nominated by the Minister of Lands, and the two last-named persons having been nominated by the Council of the Institute of Surveyors, as required by the said Act.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Setting apart a Reserve under “The Kauri-gum Industry Act, 1898.”

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twentieth day of January, 1902.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by “The Kauri-gum Industry Act, 1898” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is enacted that the Governor in Council is authorised under the said Act to set apart any specified area of Crown lands within a kauri-gum district to be a kauri-gum reserve under the said Act:

And whereas it is expedient to create and set apart the kauri-gum reserve hereinafter mentioned:

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon me by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, do hereby set apart the area of Crown land described in the Schedule hereto as a kauri-gum reserve, with the name set over the description of such reserve in the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

HOBSON COUNTY.—PUKETAPU KAURI-GUM RESERVE.—FOR TIKINUI AND TE KURI SETTLEMENTS.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District, situate in Block II., Te Kuri Survey District, containing by admeasurement 437 acres 2 roods, more or less. Bounded towards the north generally by a public road; towards the north-east by Section No. 24 of Block II., Te Kuri Survey District; towards the south-east by part of the north-western boundary of the Parish of Te Kuri; and towards the south-west by Section No. 29 of Block II., Te Kuri Survey District, to the point of commencement.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Excepting Land from Operation of Section 117 of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894.”

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twentieth day of January, 1902.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section four of “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1895,” it is enacted that the Governor may, by Order in Council, except from the operation of section one hundred and seventeen of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894” (hereinafter called “the said Act”), for a limited period or otherwise, and either generally or for such purposes and subject to such restrictions as shall be in such Order specified, any land, wheresoever situate, which is for the time being subject to the operation of the said section, or any interest therein or right over the same, or may in like manner make such exception in favour exclusively of any lessee or other person who has been bonâ fide in occupation of and has made improvements on such land, or has paid money to Native owners for lease or purchase thereof, prior to the passing of the said Act: Provided that no Order in Council under the provisions of this section shall take effect until after the expiration of two months from the date of the publication thereof in the Gazette: Provided also that every alienation under the provisions of this section shall be confirmed by the Court in terms of section fifty-three of the said Act:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by section four of “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1895,” and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby except from the operation of section one hundred and seventeen of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” for the purpose of alienation by way of sale or mortgage, the block or parcel of land, situate in the Provincial District of Auckland, containing one hundred and forty acres, more or less, known as Taoroa No. 2B, being the land comprised in partition order of the Native Land Court, dated the seventeenth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and one, in favour of Tuta Niho-niho.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council,