1788
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 64

commencing and carrying on the work of destroying injurious birds in such district: And whereas it is expedient that such day and methods shall be adopted by all the local authorities in the districts set forth in the Schedule hereto:

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 direct as follows:—

1. All the local authorities mentioned in the Schedule hereto shall adopt the first day of the months of July, August, September, October, and November in each year respectively as the day on which the work of destroying injurious birds shall commence, and such work shall continue up to and including the eighth day of each of the said months respectively.

2. The laying of poisoned grain shall be the method to be employed in carrying out such work.

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SCHEDULE.

Marlborough District.—The Kaikoura County Council; the Blenheim and Picton Borough Councils; the Havelock Town Board; and the Awatere, Wairau, Spring Creek, Omaka, Picton, and Pelorus Road Boards.

North Canterbury District.—The Amuri, Cheviot, Mount Herbert, Akaroa, Selwyn, and Ashburton County Councils; the Christchurch City Council; the Akaroa, Ashburton, Kaiapoi, Rangiora, Lyttelton, New Brighton, Sumner, and Woolston Borough Councils; the Amberley, Hampstead, Tinwald, and Southbridge Town Boards; and the Waipara, Ashley, Kowai, Mandeville and Rangiora, Eyreton, Cust, West Eyreton, and Oxford Road Boards.

South Canterbury District.—The Geraldine, Levels, Mackenzie, Waimate, and Waitaki County Councils; the Hampden, Oamaru, Temuka, Timaru, and Waimate Borough Councils; and the Geraldine Town Board.

North Otago District.—The Maniototo, Waihemo, Waikouaiti, and Taieri County Councils; the Dunedin City Council; the Mosgiel, Caversham, Green Island, Maori Hill, Mornington, Roslyn, St. Kilda, South Dunedin, Hawkesbury, North-east Valley, Port Chalmers, West Harbour, Naseby, and Palmerston Borough Councils; the Grey and Outram Town Boards; and the Portobello, Otago Heads, Peninsula, and Tomahawk Road Boards.

Middle Otago District.—The Vincent, Tuapeka, Bruce, and Clutha County Councils; the Alexandra, Cromwell, Balclutha, Kaitangata, Milton, Lawrence, Roxburgh, and Tapanui Borough Councils; and the Clinton Town Board.

Southland District.—The Southland, Wallace, and Lake County Councils; the Arrowtown, Queenstown, Avenal, Campbelltown, East Invercargill, Gladstone, Gore, Invercargill, Mataura, North Invercargill, South Invercargill, Winton, and Riverton Borough Councils; and the Otatau and Wyndham Town Boards.

Westland District.—The Westland, Grey, Inangahua, and Buller County Councils; the Brunner, Greymouth, Hokitika, Kumara, Ross, and Westport Borough Councils.

Nelson District.—The Collingwood and Waimea County Councils; the Nelson City Council; and the Motueka and Richmond Borough Councils.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Section 39 of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” to apply to certain Succession Order.

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RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this seventh day of August, 1903.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by an order of the Native Land Court dated the second day of October, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, Maata Hoewaka was appointed sole successor to the interest of Haira Tamanoho, deceased, in the Mangatoro Block: And whereas it is alleged that certain other persons, being the descendants of Rapana, a brother of the deceased, ought to have been included in the said succession, and would have been so included had the Court been aware of their existence at the time of making the said order: And whereas Hare Pini, one of the persons claiming to be entitled as aforesaid, has made application for an Order in Council, under section two, subsection one, of “The Land Titles Protection Act, 1902,” to enable him to apply to the Chief Judge of the Native Land Court, under section thirty-nine of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” to have the said order amended by the inclusion therein, according to their respective interests, of himself and the other representatives of the said Rapana: And whereas it is expedient that an inquiry into the matters aforesaid should be held under the provisions of the said last-mentioned section:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, for the purpose of enabling such inquiry, and in pursuance and exercise of all powers and authorities in that behalf vested in him by “The Land Titles Protection Act, 1902,” or otherwise howsoever, and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby order that the provisions of section thirty-nine aforesaid shall apply in respect of the said order of the Native Land Court declaring the successor to the said Haira Tamanoho, notwithstanding that more than ten years have elapsed since the making thereof; and the Chief Judge of the Native Land Court is hereby authorised, on receipt of an application in due form under the said section, to proceed accordingly.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Varying Restrictions on Alienation of Native Land.

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RANFURLY, Governor.

WHEREAS application has been made to the Governor by the owner of the land described in the Schedule hereto, praying that the restrictions on the alienation of such land, as set forth in the Native Land Court certificate of title bearing date the twenty-second day of September, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, now contained in partition order of the Native Land Court bearing date the fifteenth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, may be varied: And whereas inquiry has been duly made by the Native Land Court, and the said Court has recommended that such restrictions be varied so as to permit the owner to lease the said land in areas not exceeding six hundred and forty acres:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the fifty-second section of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” and in accordance with the recommendation of the Native Land Court, doth hereby order and declare that all restrictions imposed by the said Native Land Court certificate of title and the said partition order on the alienation of the said land are hereby varied to the extent that the owner of the said land may lease the same in areas not exceeding six hundred and forty acres for any period not exceeding twenty-one years.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land, containing 892 acres, more or less, situate in the Provincial District of Wellington, being the land known as Awarua No. 2c No. 20, held under partition order of the Native Land Court dated the 15th day of August, 1896, in favour of Erueti Arani and another, and containing the following restriction: “Absolutely inalienable.”

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this fifth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and three.

J. CARROLL.

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Land temporarily reserved in the Otago Land District.

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RANFURLY, Governor.

WHEREAS by the two-hundred-and-thirty-fifth section of “The Land Act, 1892,” it is enacted that the Governor may from time to time, either by general or particular description, and whether the same has been surveyed or not, reserve from sale temporarily, notwithstanding that the same may be then held under pastoral license, any Crown lands which in his opinion are required for any of the purposes in the said section mentioned:

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in me by the said Act, do hereby temporarily reserve from sale the land in the Otago Land District described in the Schedule hereunder written, for the purpose in the said Schedule specified at the end of the description of the land so intended to be temporarily reserved.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Otago Land District, containing by admeasurement 97 acres, more or less, being Section No. 1, Block XXXVII., Town of Alexandra. Bounded towards the north-west by the Town Belt, 3795 links; thence towards