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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 19

mencement thereof lies within the boundary of the land in Section No. 15, in the Parish of Taupiri and the Survey District of Rangiriri, owned and occupied for railway purposes by the New Zealand Government: as the said line of railway is delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 19840, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Time for Preparation of Roll under Gold Duty Abolition and Mining Property Rating Act extended, Westland County.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this ninth day of March, 1903.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS, the County Council of the Westland County having failed, through misadventure, to prepare the valuation roll of mining property in the Westland County in the month of January, one thousand nine hundred and three, as required by section seven of “The Gold Duty Abolition and Mining Property Rating Act, 1890,” it is expedient to extend the time for preparing the said roll, and for doing the other things set forth in the said section, as hereinafter mentioned:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in order that the purpose and intent of “The Gold Duty Abolition and Mining Property Rating Act, 1890,” may have effect, and in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him by “The Rating Act, 1882,” which said Act is incorporated with the first above-mentioned Act, and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby extend the time for the preparation of the valuation roll for the Westland County, under “The Gold Duty Abolition and Mining Property Rating Act, 1890,” until the fourteenth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and three, and doth also hereby extend the time within which the valuers shall give notice of the rateable value determined by them to each occupier, so that such notices may be given on or before the eighteenth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and three, and that objections to such valuations may be made on or before the thirty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and three, and that the Assessment Court may sit for the purpose of hearing such objections on or after the twentieth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and three.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Revoking Order in Council under “The Customs Duties Consolidation Act, 1882,” and fixing Drawback Rates for Sugar contained in New-Zealand-made Jams and Preserved and Candied Fruit.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this ninth day of March, 1903.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS an Order in Council authorising payment of drawback of duty on sugar contained in New-Zealand-made jam and preserved fruit was made, under the powers conferred by “The Customs Duties Consolidation Act, 1882,” on the thirteenth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 38, of the fifteenth July, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six: And whereas it is desirable to revoke the said Order in Council, and to make other provision in lieu thereof:

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers enabling me in that behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, do hereby revoke the said Order in Council of the thirteenth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, and in lieu thereof do hereby order and declare that on and after the date hereof there shall be allowed upon the article specified hereunder a drawback of duty on importation or on being cleared from the warehouse according to the rates specified against such article, as follows:—

On sugar contained in jam manufactured in New Zealand: For every ton, net weight, of such jam exported .. .. .. .. .. 2 6 8

On sugar contained in preserved fruit manufactured in New Zealand: For every ton, net weight, of such preserved fruit .. .. 0 19 5

On sugar contained in candied peel manufactured in New Zealand: For every ton, net weight .. 2 6 8

No drawback shall be paid in respect of any entry made for the exportation of New-Zealand-manufactured jam, or preserved fruit, or candied peel, unless the quantity exported amounts to or exceeds five hundredweight net weight.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Woodville County Council subject to the provisions of “The Public Bodies’ Powers Act, 1887.”

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this ninth day of March, 1903.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Woodville County Council, being a leasing authority within the meaning of “The Public Bodies’ Powers Act, 1887” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), has requested that these presents should issue, and it appears expedient to make the order hereinafter contained:

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, doth hereby order and declare that the Woodville County Council shall, as from the date of the publication hereof in the New Zealand Gazette, be subject to the provisions of the said Act.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Validating Election of Members of Mokau Harbour Board.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this ninth day of March, 1903.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS it is provided by the two-hundred-and-thirty-third section of “The Harbours Act, 1878” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), that in any case in which, by any misadventure or accident, anything is at any time done after the time required by the said Act, or is otherwise irregularly done in matter of form, the Governor may, by Order in Council duly gazetted, from time to time make provision for any such case, or may extend the time within which anything is required to be done, or may validate anything so done after the time required or so irregularly done in matter of form, so that the true intent and purpose of the said Act may have effect: And whereas under the provisions of “The Mokau Harbour Board Act, 1900,” the ordinary biennial election of the members of the Mokau Harbour Board should have been held on Monday, the ninth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and three: And whereas Monday, the sixteenth day of February, was fixed by the Returning Officer as the day on which the nomination of candidates for seats on the said Board should close: And whereas on the said sixteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and three, the Returning Officer received the following nominations by electors of the ridings of the Mokau Harbour District, viz.,—

Awakino Riding—
Maurice Carr Robison and
John Burton Elliot;

Mokau Riding—
Samuel Williard Nicholls,
Robert Alfred Paterson, and
John Old;

Tongaporutu Riding—
James Rattenbury and
Arthur Gibbs—

and, the number of nominations not exceeding the number of vacancies to be filled, the Returning Officer declared the said candidates to be duly elected to be members of the Mokau Harbour Board: And whereas it is expedient to validate the said election: