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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

No. 15

in exercise of the powers conferred by the said Acts, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby proclaim and declare that the watercourses as hereinafter described in the Land District of Nelson shall be watercourses into which tailings, mining débris, and waste water of every kind used in, upon, or discharged from any claim or licensed holding adjacent to such watercourses shall be suffered to flow or be discharged; and with the like advice and consent, His Excellency doth hereby prescribe that this Proclamation shall take effect on and after the first day of June, one thousand nine hundred and three.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.

That river known as the Main Totara River, which flows westerly for a distance of about seven miles from its source in the Paparoa Range to the ocean; and also the several tributaries thereof.

That river known as the Branch Totara River, which flows westerly for a distance of about eleven miles from its source in the Paparoa Range to its junction with the Main Totara River; and also the several tributaries thereof.

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 thirteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and three.

JAS. McGOWAN,

Minister of Mines.

Approved in Council.

ALEX. WILLIS,

Clerk of the Executive Council.

GOD SAVE THE KING !

Order in Council making Regulation under “The Civil Service Insurance Act, 1893.”

RANFURLY, Governor.

By his Deputy,

JAMES PRENDERGAST.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this second day of May, 1898.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by “The Civil Service Insurance Act, 1893” (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), it is provided that the Governor, by Order in Council, from time to time may, inter alia, make any regulations required for the due administration of the said Act, and for all matters in relation thereto: And whereas by the sixteenth section of the said Act it is provided that if any officer appointed under “The Civil Service Reform Act, 1886,” shall through no fault of his own become permanently incapacitated from further work, there shall be granted a sum equal to one month’s salary for each year of service, the conditions of such permanent incapacity to be determined in accordance with the regulations made under the said Act: Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by the said sixteenth section, and of all other powers and authorities conferred upon him in this behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby make and prescribe the regulation set forth hereunder:—

REGULATION.

Every claim made under section sixteen of “The Civil Service Insurance Act, 1893,” on the ground of permanent incapacity by or on behalf of an officer appointed under “The Civil Service Reform Act, 1886,” shall be substantiated as follows:—

(a.) It shall be shown by medical evidence satisfactory to the Governor in Council that the officer is incapable, from infirmity of mind or body, of efficiently discharging the duties of his office, and that such infirmity is likely to be permanent.

(b.) It shall be shown by evidence satisfactory to the Governor in Council that the infirmity of mind or body has arisen through no fault of the officer himself.

ALEX. WILLIS,

Clerk of the Executive Council.

The Auckland Provincial Agricultural Association incorporated.—Notice No. 756.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this sixth day of February, 1903.

Present:

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

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by “The Agricultural and Pastoral Societies Act, 1877,” His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby incorporate the members of the Auckland Provincial Agricultural Association, and such persons as shall hereafter be admitted members of the said association, agreeably to the rules of the said association and the provisions of the said Act, into a body corporate under the said Act, under the style and title of “The Auckland Provincial Agricultural Association.”

J. F. ANDREWS,

Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Licensing T. P. Burdett to use and occupy Part of the Foreshore of the Wairoa River, Kaipara Harbour, as a Site for Booms.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this thirteenth day of February, 1903.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE SIR J. G. WARD PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS, there being no Harbour Board empowered to grant the license hereinafter mentioned, Theodore Peace Burdett, of Tokatoka, Kaipara (hereinafter called “the licensee), has applied to the Governor in Council for a license under “The Harbours Act Amendment Act, 1883” (hereinafter called “the said Act”), to occupy a part of the foreshore and land below low-water mark in order to erect and maintain thereon booms at Tokatoka, on the east side of the Wairoa River, Kaipara Harbour, in the Provincial District of Auckland ; and, in accordance with the one-hundred-and-fifty-sixth section of “The Harbours Act, 1878,” has deposited plans in the office of the Marine Department at Wellington (marked M.D. 2594; four sheets) showing the place in the said river where it is intended to construct such booms, and the area of foreshore and land below low-water mark intended to be occupied for such purpose: And whereas it has been made to appear to the Governor in Council that the proposed work will not be or tend to the injury of navigation ; and the said plans have, prior to the making of this Order in Council, been approved by the Governor in Council: And whereas it is expedient that a license under the said Act for the purpose aforesaid should be granted and issued to the licensee 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 with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby approve of the purpose or 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 and land below low-water mark which is particularly shown and delineated on the plans so deposited as aforesaid, for the purpose of constructing or erecting thereon booms; such license to be held and enjoyed by the licensee upon and subject to the following terms and conditions, that is to say,-

1. In these conditions the term “Minister” means the Minister having charge of the Marine Department, as defined by “The Shipping and Seamen’s Act, 1877,” and includes any officer, person, or authority acting by or under the direction of such Minister.

2. The concessions and privileges conferred by this Order in Council shall extend and apply only to the part of the foreshore and land below low-water mark on the Wairoa River, in Kaipara Harbour, on the said plans marked M.D. 2594 (sheets 1 and 2).

3. In consideration of the concessions and privileges granted by this Order in Council, the licensee shall, on being supplied with a copy thereof, pay to the Minister the sum of three pounds, and thereafter an annual sum of one pound, such annual payments to date from the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and three, and the