APRIL 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1165

SECOND SCHEDULE.

(1.) Form of Application.

Pursuant to the regulations made under “The Land Act, 1892,” I hereby apply for a license to depasture [Here insert number] head of cattle in the Waikaka Commonage, Southland County, such cattle being or to be forthwith branded as follows—viz. [Here insert description of stock, colour, sex, and brand of each]; and I agree to pay the prescribed fee for such license in respect of each head of such cattle in accordance therewith.

Dated this day of , 190 .
Name in full: .
Address: .
Occupation: .

Received, £ .
, Postmaster.

(2.) Form of License.

Pursuant to the regulations made under “The Land Act, 1892,” [Name, address, and occupation of licensee] is hereby licensed to depasture on the Waikaka Commonage, in the County of Southland, the following [Insert description of cattle as to number, brands, &c., in respect of great cattle]; and has paid the sum of £ for issue of this license, being at the rate of for each head of stock. This license is to be in force until the 31st December, 190 , and is issued subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the said regulations.

Dated at , this day of , 190 .
, Chairman of Committee, Waikaka Commonage.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-fifth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and four.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Declaring Road-lines through Land in the Rosewill Settlement to be closed.

RANFURLY, Governor.

WHEREAS a report has been received from the Surveyor-General from which it appears that the roads described in the Schedule hereto are unformed and unused, and that they intersect land acquired under “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” and are not suitable for the subdivision of such land:

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and in exercise of section sixty-nine of the said Act, and of all other powers and authorities in anywise enabling me in this behalf, do by this notice hereby close the roads herein-after described, and I do hereby declare that they shall thereupon become subject to the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

As the same are delineated upon the plans marked as above mentioned, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured as above noted.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twentieth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and four.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Trustees for the Whakahara Public Cemetery appointed.

RANFURLY, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the forty-fifth section of “The Cemeteries Act, 1882,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint the local authority specified in the first column of the Schedule hereto to have the control and management of the public cemetery specified in the second column of the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twentieth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and four.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Regulations under “The Maori Antiquities Act, 1901.”

RANFURLY, Governor.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred by “The Maori Antiquities Act, 1901” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby make the following regulations for the purposes of the said Act.

REGULATIONS.

In these regulations—

“Maori antiquity” means and includes Maori relics, articles manufactured with ancient Maori tools and according to Maori methods, and all other articles or things of historical or scientific value or interest and relating to New Zealand, but does not include any private collection not intended for sale, nor botanical or mineral collections or specimens.

“The said Act” means “The Maori Antiquities Act, 1901.”

“Government Purchase Officer” means an officer duly authorised under the said Act to receive offers for sale of any Maori antiquity, and to receive applications for permission to export any Maori antiquity.

1. Every person desirous of removing any Maori antiquity from the colony shall apply to the local Government Purchase Officer for permission to do so, and every such application shall be in the form No. 1 in the Schedule hereto.

2. Upon obtaining the consent of the Colonial Secretary to such removal the Government Purchase Officer may grant a permit in the form No. 2 in the Schedule hereto.

3. If any officer of police, Customs officer, or Government Purchase Officer has reason to believe that any person is about to remove any Maori antiquity from the colony contrary to the provisions of the said Act, any such officer may seize and take possession of such Maori antiquity, and may hold the same until the decision of the Colonial Secretary be obtained.

4. If the rights to seize or detain any such Maori antiquity be disputed by the person from whom the same shall have been taken, or by the owner or claimant, such person, owner, or claimant shall at once serve written notice upon the officer making such seizure that it is desired to have the dispute settled by the Colonial Secretary.