1602
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 58

7. If, by resignation, death, incapacity, or otherwise, the office of Chairman shall be or become vacant, the members may at any monthly or special meeting appoint a Chairman.

8. All questions shall be determined by the majority of votes of the members of the Board present at a meeting.

And with the like advice and consent as aforesaid doth hereby also order that this delegation shall take effect in respect of the parcel of Crown land described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 8 acres 1 rood 18 perches, more or less, being part of Reserve No. 102, situate in the suburbs of Timaru. Bounded towards the north by a public road; towards the east by a road along the beach; towards the south by Abattoir Reserve; and towards the west by Suburban Section No. 1702: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Extension of Time for Preparation of County Rolls, Selwyn County.

RANFURLY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this thirteenth day of July, 1903.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS it has been made to appear that, owing to unavoidable circumstances, the preparation of the rolls for the County of Selwyn, and the taking of certain steps consequent on such preparation, cannot be made and taken within the times limited by “The Counties Act, 1886,” and it is expedient to extend the said times respectively:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers conferred upon him by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby order and declare that the several dates mentioned in the Schedule hereto shall be the respective dates for taking the several steps set out in the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

1. For preparing the rolls for ridings within the County of Selwyn: Until the 10th July, 1903.

2. Time for which such rolls shall be open for inspection: From the 13th July, 1903, to the 30th July, 1903.

3. Time for appeals against the said rolls: Until the 31st July, 1903.

4. Revision Courts may sit for hearing applications with reference to the said rolls, and adjourn: Until the 31st August, 1903.

5. Time when the said rolls, having been duly corrected and signed, shall come into force: On the 1st September, 1903.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Approving of Deviation from Approved Plan of Retaining-wall, Nelson Harbour.

RANFURLY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this thirteenth day of July, 1903.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the twenty-eighth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and one, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the same date, His Excellency the Governor in Council approved of plan (three sheets) marked M.D. 2484 of harbour-works at Nelson:

And whereas it is desirable that the Nelson Harbour Board should be authorised to alter the line of retaining-wall between Haulashore Island and the South Mole, shown in yellow on sheet 1 of such plan, and that the Harbour Board should be empowered to deposit spoil from dredging at a place in the harbour:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by section one hundred and fifty-six of “The Harbours Act, 1878,” and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby approve of the line of the said training-wall being altered from that shown in yellow on sheet 1 of plan M.D. 2484 to that shown in red on plan marked M.D. 2640, and doth authorise the Board to alter such line accordingly, and to deposit spoil from dredging at the place in the harbour marked B on plan M.D. 2640.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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

RANFURLY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this thirteenth day of July, 1903.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor 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 lease, all that block or parcel of land, situate in the Provincial District of Wellington, containing two hundred and nineteen acres, more or less, being part of the land known as Pakaraka No. 1E, and being part of the land comprised in partition order of the Native Land Court, dated the fourteenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred, in favour of Rihari Uru te Angina and another.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Empowering Native Appellate Court to hear Appeal under Section 62 of “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1895.”

RANFURLY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this thirteenth day of July, 1903.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by section sixty-two of “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1895,” it is provided that in any case in which application has been or shall be made to the Chief Judge of the Native Land Court, under section thirty-nine of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” in respect of any order of the Court determining the succession to the estate of any Native deceased, the Governor, on being certified by the Chief Judge as in the said section is provided, may, by Order in Council, empower the Native Appellate Court to deal with such application as a valid appeal under “The Native Land Court Act, 1894”: And whereas the Chief Judge has, in respect of the application of Edward Ellison under section thirty-nine aforesaid, certified as by the said section sixty-two is required: And whereas the said application in all other respects complies with the requirements of the last-mentioned section: