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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District,
and thereon coloured red. For a site for a post and tele-
graph office.

All that area in the Hawke’s Bay Land District, contain-
ing by admeasurement 1 rood 6 perches, more or less, being
Section No. 76, Te Araroa Native Township, East Cape
Survey District. Bounded towards the north by Paikea
Street, towards the east by Section No. 77 of the said Te
Araroa Native Township, towards the south by Tapuae-o-te-
ao Block B (N.R.), and towards the west by Section No. 75
of Te Araroa Native Township aforesaid; as the same is
delineated on the plan marked S.G. 48996, deposited in the
Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellin-
ton, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured
red. For a site for a police-station.

All that area in the Hawke’s Bay Land District, contain-
ing by admeasurement 1 rood 14 perches, more or less, being
Section No. 77, Te Araroa Native Township, East Cape
Survey District. Bounded towards the north by Paikea
Street, towards the north-east by Moana Parade, towards the
south-east by the Tapuae-o-te-ao Block A (N.R.), towards the
south by Tapuae-o-te-ao Block B (N.R.), and towards the
west by Section No. 76 of the Township of Te Araroa afore-
said; as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G.
48996, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands
and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District,
and thereon coloured red. For a Courthouse reserve.

All that area in the Hawke’s Bay Land District, contain-
ing by admeasurement 1 acre 3 roods 30 perches, being Sec-
tions Nos. 94, 95, 96, and 97, Te Araroa Native Township,
East Cape Survey District. Bounded towards the north by
Pohutu Road, towards the east by Moana Parade, towards
the south by Whetumatarau Block, and towards the west
by Section No. 93 (N.R.) of Te Araroa Native Township
aforesaid; as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G.
48996, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands
and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District,
and thereon coloured red. For a reserve for a police pad
dock.

C. H. MILLS,
For Minister of Lands.

Imperial Service Order instituted.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 6th January, 1903.

THE following London Gazette Extraordinary containing
the Statutes of the Imperial Service Order is published
for general information.

W. C. WALKER,
For Colonial Secretary.

STATUTES OF THE IMPERIAL SERVICE ORDER.

EDWARD, R. and I.

EDWARD THE SEVENTH, by the Grace of God, of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British
Dominions beyond the Seas King, Defender of the Faith,
Emperor of India. To all to whom these presents shall
come: Greeting.

Whereas We are desirous of recognising more fully than
has hitherto been possible the faithful and meritorious ser-
vices rendered to Us by members of the Civil Services of the
various parts of our Empire, We do by these presents, for
Us, our heirs and successors, institute and create a new Civil
Order of Distinction—to be designated as hereinafter de-
scribed—and We are graciously pleased to make, ordain, and
establish the following rules and ordinances for the govern-
ment of the same:—

Firstly, it is ordained that this Order shall henceforth be
styled and designated “The Imperial Service Order.”

Secondly, it is ordained that the Order shall consist of the
Sovereign, the Prince of Wales, and such Companions as
We, our heirs or successors, shall appoint.

Thirdly, it is ordained that We, our heirs and successors,
Kings and Queens Regnant of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the
Seas, Emperors and Empresses of India, are and for ever
shall be Sovereigns of this Order.

Fourthly, it is ordained that only the members of the
administrative or clerical branches of our Civil Services shall
be eligible for the distinction of Companions of this Order.

Fifthly, it is ordained that the number of Companions of
the Order shall not exceed 425, of whom 250 shall belong to
our Home Civil Service, and 175 to the Civil Services of our
colonies and protectorates.

Sixthly, it is ordained that no person shall be eligible to be
a Companion of the Order whose name has not been laid
before Us, our heirs and successors, by one of our or their
Principal Secretaries of State, and who has not at the time
of his nomination rendered at least twenty-five years’ meri-
torious service in the United Kingdom: Provided that in a
colony or protectorate which, under the Pension Acts or
Regulations applying to that colony or protectorate, is
recognised as unhealthy the minimum period of service
shall be sixteen years: Provided also that it shall at any
time be competent to Us, our heirs and successors, to ap-
point specially to the Order persons who, not having com-
pleted the aforesaid periods of service, have rendered such
eminently meritorious service as to qualify them in our
opinion to become recipients of this distinction.

Seventhly, it is ordained that when We, our heirs and
successors, shall be pleased to appoint any person to be a
Companion of the Order, such appointment shall be made by
warrant under our sign-manual and countersigned by one of
our Principal Secretaries of State.

Eighthly, it is ordained that the decoration to be worn by
Companions of the Order shall be a badge or medallion of gold
and enamel, bearing on one side our Imperial and Royal
Cypher, and on the reverse “For Faithful Service,” both to
be executed in dark-blue enamel on a plaque or shield of gold,
surrounded by a wreath of laurel, surmounted by the Im-
perial Crown.

Ninthly, it is ordained that the decoration shall be worn
on the left breast suspended by a ribbon of 1 in. in width.

Tenthly, it is ordained that the names of those upon whom
we are pleased to confer the decoration shall be published in
the London Gazette.

Eleventhly, it is ordained that Companions of the Order
shall have the privilege of adding the letters “I.S.O.” after
their names.

Twelfthly, it is ordained that members of any Order of
Knighthood shall, if otherwise qualified, be eligible to be-
come Companions of this Order, and that Companions of
this Order shall in no way be debarred from becoming there-
after members of any Order of Knighthood for which their
services may qualify them.

Thirteenthly, it is ordained that an officer shall be appointed
to the Order who shall be styled “Secretary and Registrar,”
and who shall be ex officio a Companion of the Order.

Fourteenthly, it is ordained that the Secretary and Regis-
trar of this Order shall be appointed by Us, our heirs and
successors, and shall have the custody of the archives of the
Order, which shall be kept in the office of our Secretary of
State for the Home Department. He shall attend to the
service of the Order, and shall execute such directions as he
may receive from our Principal Secretaries of State.

Fifteenthly, it is ordained that those members of our Civil
Services who are not eligible for appointment as Companions
of this Order may, on retirement from our said services after
not less than twenty-five years of meritorious service in the
United Kingdom, or not less than sixteen years of such ser-
vice in a colony or protectorate which, under the Pension
Acts or Regulations applying to that colony or protectorate,
is recognised as unhealthy, be awarded a medal to be de-
signated “The Imperial Service Medal,” provided that no
such medal shall be granted except on the recommendation
of one of our Principal Secretaries of State: Provided also
that it shall be competent to Us, our heirs and successors, to
confer the medal upon not more than five Civil servants in
each year who have retired after less than twenty-five years’
services should special circumstances in our or their opinion
justify the grant.

Sixteenthly, it is ordained that the Imperial Service Medal
shall be of silver, and of a design similar to that of the badge
of the Companions of the aforesaid Imperial Service Order,
and shall be similarly worn.

Seventeenthly, it is ordained that the names of those
persons to whom the Imperial Service Medal shall be granted
shall be duly published in the London Gazette.

Lastly, We reserve to ourselves, our heirs and successors,
full power of annulling, altering, abrogating, augmenting,
interpreting, or dispensing with these Regulations, or any
part thereof, by a notification under the sign-manual of the
Sovereign of the Order.

Given at our Court at Buckingham Palace, this eighth day
of August, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and two,
and the second year of our Reign.

By His Majesty’s command.

CHARLES T. RITCHIE.

The Permanent Secretary of the Treasury and the Per-
manent Under-Secretaries of State for the Home Department
and for Foreign Affairs have been appointed a committee to
communicate with Heads of Departments and to select from
lists recommended by them the names of persons to be sub-
mitted to His Majesty for appointment to the Order.

Authorising the Laying-off of the Main Street in Waipara
Township Extension of a Width of 66 ft.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 22nd December, 1902.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon
me by section 2 of “The Towns Main Streets Act,
1902,” I do hereby authorise the laying-off of the main street
in Waipara Township Extension, Canterbury Land District,
of a width of 66 ft. instead of 99 ft., as prescribed by sec-
tion 17 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

C. H. MILLS,
For Minister of Lands.