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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 22

FOURTH SCHEDULE.

No. .
NEW ZEALAND.

No. . (Royal Arms.)
"The Inspection of Machinery Act, 1902."

LOCOMOTIVE- AND TRACTION-ENGINE DRIVER'S CERTIFICATE OF COMPETENCY.

Office of the Board of Examiners, Wellington, , 190 .

THIS is to certify that , of , who was born at , on the day of , 18 , has passed an examination, and satisfied the Board of Examiners that he is entitled to a Certificate of Competency as a Locomotive- and Traction-engine Driver, under subsection (2) of section 41 of "The Inspection of Machinery Act, 1902."

} The Board
of
Examiners.

, Secretary.

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 eighth day of March, 1904.

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:

And whereas the Maniapoto-Tuwharetoa District Maori Land Council has recommended that a portion of the Block or parcel of land known as Pirongia West No. 3B No. 2A, containing two hundred and forty-four acres, be excepted from the operation of section one hundred and seventeen of "The Native Land Court Act, 1894," for the purpose of lease:

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 Auckland, containing two hundred and forty-four acres, being part of the land known as Pirongia West No. 3B No. 2A, and being part of the land comprised in partition order of the Native Land Court dated the fifth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, in favour of Arapo Erueti and others.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Appointing Days for closing under "The Shops and Shop-assistants Act, 1894."

RANFURLY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this eighth day of March, 1904.

Present:
His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS the local authorities of the Town District of Lethbridge (Turakina) and the Borough of Palmerston South, being duly authorised by "The Shops and Shop-assistants Act, 1894," to appoint by special resolution, in the month of January, one thousand nine hundred and four, the days on which shops in the said town district and borough are to be closed in accordance with the said Act, have failed so to appoint a day:

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, and in exercise of the powers in this behalf conferred upon me by section ten of the said Act, do hereby appoint Wednesday to be the day on which shops shall be closed in the said town district and borough in accordance with the said Act.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Appointing Day for closing under "The Shops and Shop-assistants Act, 1894."

RANFURLY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this eighth day of March, 1904.

Present:
His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS the local authorities of the district constituted by the Borough of Ashburton and the Town Districts of Hampstead and Tinwald, being duly authorised by "The Shops and Shop-assistants Act, 1894," to decide, in the month of January, one thousand nine hundred and four, upon the day on which shops in the said district are to be closed in accordance with the said Act, have failed so to decide upon a day:

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting by and with the consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, and in exercise of the powers in this behalf conferred upon me by section ten of the said Act, do hereby appoint Thursday to be the day on which shops shall be closed in the said district in accordance with the said Act.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Land taken for a Native School at Kenana.

RANFURLY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this second day of March, 1904.

Present:
His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto is required for a certain public work, to wit, a Native school:

And whereas the Native owners have agreed to make a free gift of the said land to His Majesty the King, and it has been made to appear that such agreement is sufficient for the purposes intended to be effected thereby:

And whereas by an order of the Native Appellate Court, bearing date the twenty-fourth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and two, certain aboriginal natives, as in the said order mentioned, were declared to be the owners of the Kohumaru Number One Block, within which the said land is situated:

And whereas, as required by "The Public Works Act, 1894," a map has been prepared showing accurately the position and extent of the said land, and such map is hereto attached:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred by "The Public Works