Num. 44. 1253

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1902.

"The New Zealand Ensign Act, 1901," assented to by His Majesty in Council.

(L.S.) RANFURLY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by an Act passed in the session of Parliament held in the fifteenth and sixteenth years of the reign of Her late Majesty Queen Victoria, entitled "An Act to grant a Representative Constitution to the Colony of New Zealand," it is, amongst other things, enacted that no Bill which shall be reserved for the signification of the Sovereign's pleasure thereon shall have any force or authority within the Colony of New Zealand until the Governor of the said colony shall signify, by speech or message to the Legislative Council and House of Representatives of the said colony, or by Proclamation, that such Bill has been laid before the Sovereign in Council, and that the Sovereign has been pleased to assent to the same:

And whereas a certain Bill passed by the Legislative Council and House of Representatives of the said colony, entitled "An Act to establish and define an Ensign for New Zealand" (the Short Title whereof is "The New Zealand Ensign Act, 1901"), was presented to the Governor of the said colony for His Majesty's assent, and the said Bill was reserved for the signification of His Majesty's pleasure thereon:

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance of the provisions of the said in-part-recited Act, do by this Proclamation signify and proclaim to all whom it may concern that the said Bill has been laid before His Majesty in Council, and that His Majesty has been pleased to assent to the same.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly; Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George; Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over His Majesty's Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this ninth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and two.

WM. HALL-JONES.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Licensing Mr. Cornelius Gothard to use and occupy a Part of the Foreshore of Whangaroa Harbour as a Site for a Boat-shed.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-seventh day of May, 1902.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE SIR J. G. WARD PRESIDING 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"), Cornelius Gothard, of Whangaroa (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 at the mouth of Waipae-pae Creek, Whangaroa Harbour, in the Provincial District of Auckland, in order to construct a boat-shed 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. 2526, showing the area of foreshore intended to be occupied: And whereas the Governor in Council has approved of the purpose for which the said foreshore is 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 of all other powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby approve of the object for which the said license is required by the licensee as aforesaid; and, in further pursuance and exercise of the said power and authority, and with the like advice and consent as aforesaid, doth hereby license and permit the licensee to use and occupy that part of the foreshore on which the boat-shed is to be constructed, as shown on the plan so deposited as aforesaid, for the purpose of constructing and maintaining the said boat-shed thereon; such license to be held and enjoyed by the licensee upon and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Schedule hereto.