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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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(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 fifty-second section of the said Act the election of one of the members of the Waikokopu Harbour Board as Chairman of the Board should have been held on Tuesday, the 1st day of March, 1904:

And whereas on Thursday, the 31st day of March, 1904, the said Waikokopu Harbour Board at its meeting held on that date elected George Canning Ormond to be Chairman of the Board for the ensuing year:

And whereas it is expedient to validate the said election:

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, and in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the said Act, doth hereby validate the said election, and doth declare that George Canning Ormond shall continue to hold office as Chairman of the Waikokopu Harbour Board in the same manner as if the irregularity hereinbefore mentioned in connection with such election had not taken place.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Appointing Members of Assessment Courts under “The Government Valuation of Land Act Amendment Act, 1900.”

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this fifteenth day of April, 1904.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in him by “The Government Valuation of Land Act Amendment Act, 1900,” 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 appoint the persons named in the Schedule hereto to be members of the Assessment Court for the special districts set opposite the name of each respectively.

SCHEDULE.

Names. Special Districts.
Robert B. Willis .. .. County of Bay of Islands.
Richard A. Hall .. .. County of Bay of Islands.
Frederick F. Day .. County of Hobson.
Franklin Bradley .. County of Hobson.
Gerald Loftus Peacocke .. Borough of Grey Lynn.
George Simpkins.. .. Counties of Whakatane and Opotiki.
Alexander Reid .. .. Counties of Whakatane and Opotiki.
John David McKenzie .. .. County of Whangarei.
Thomas Wakelin.. .. County of Whangarei.
George Wright .. .. Borough of Dannevirke, and Counties of Waipawa and Hawke's Bay.
Stephen Franklin .. Borough of Dannevirke.
Richard Price .. .. Borough of Inglewood.
Ewen Alexander Campbell .. Counties of Egmont and Kairanga, and Borough of Inglewood.
Alfred Bayly .. .. County of Egmont.
Edward Exton Fletcher .. .. County of Waimarino.
Gregor McGregor .. County of Waimarino.
Vincent Christopher Ransom .. County of Kairanga.
Donald John Cameron .. .. County of Pahiatua, and Borough of Masterton.
Frederick Brady .. .. Melrose Ward of the City of Wellington.
David Thomson Stuart .. Melrose Ward of the City of Wellington.
Philip Best .. .. County of Waimea, and Boroughs of Richmond and Motueka.
Thomas Pattie .. .. County of Waimea, and Boroughs of Richmond and Motueka.

Names. Special Districts.
William C. Baigent .. Counties of Collingwood and Takaka.
Frederick West .. .. Counties of Collingwood and Takaka.
Ralph A. Chaffey.. .. County of Kaikoura.
John Rennie .. .. County of Kaikoura.
Samuel A. Leech .. County of Buller.
Samuel James Riley .. County of Buller.
Walter Irving .. .. County of Inangahua.
Joseph Steele .. .. County of Inangahua.
George Simpson Smith .. County of Grey, and Boroughs of Greymouth and Kumara.
Thomas Jones .. .. County of Grey, and Boroughs of Greymouth and Kumara.
William Duncan .. .. County of Westland.
Henry Leslie Michel .. County of Westland.
Frederick Pratt .. .. Sydenham and Linwood Wards of the City of Christchurch, and Borough of Woolston.
William Rollitt .. .. Sydenham and Linwood Wards of the City of Christchurch, and Borough of Woolston.
Peter Pender .. .. Borough of Sumner.
Hugh Cassidy .. .. County of Selwyn.
John Mee .. .. Borough of Temuka.
George Lyall .. .. Borough of Temuka.
John Munro McKenzie .. County of Waihemo.
David Mainland Philip .. County of Waihemo.
Robert Crawford.. .. Boroughs of Port Chalmers, West Harbour, North-east Valley, Mornington, and Caversham.
George France .. .. Boroughs of Port Chalmers, West Harbour, North-east Valley, Mornington, and Caversham.
Samuel Hinkley .. .. County of Peninsula.
Alexander Smaill .. County of Peninsula.
William Hay .. .. County of Clutha.
George Froggatt .. .. Borough of North Invercargill.
Nicholas Johnson .. Borough of North Invercargill.
John Henderson Reed .. Borough of Campbelltown.
George R. Waddel .. Borough of Campbelltown.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Acting 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 fifteenth day of April, 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 bona 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 Ikaroa District Maori Land Council has recommended that the blocks of land known as Pohue A No. 2 and Pohue A No. 4 be excepted from the operation of section one hundred and seventeen of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” for the purpose of mortgage:

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