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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 50

Regulations for the Service of Notices by Telegraph.

RANFURLY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this thirteenth day of June, 1904.

Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the twenty-fifth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the fourth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, regulations were made under “The Electric Lines Act, 1884” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), inter alia, for the service of notices by telegraph, and for certifying by telegraph officers that such service has been effected:

And whereas it is desirable to amend such regulations in the manner hereinafter set forth:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in him by the said Act, and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby revoke the regulation numbered one in the Schedule to the aforementioned Order in Council, and in lieu thereof doth hereby make the regulation set forth in the Schedule hereto for the purposes aforesaid, and doth order that this regulation shall be read as part of the regulations in such first-mentioned Schedule set forth, and shall come into force from the date of its publication in the New Zealand Gazette.

SCHEDULE.
REGULATIONS.

1. In these regulations the following words shall have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them, unless the context requires a different construction:—

“The said Act” means “The Electric Lines Act, 1884”:

“Notice” includes all notices or documents or processes issued out of the Supreme Court or District Court which are ordered by any such Court, or a Judge thereof, to be served by telegraph, or which any such Court, or Judge, or any Registrar of the Supreme Court, or Clerk of a District Court, authorises to be so served, and any summons issued under the provisions of the Bankruptcy Acts for the time being in force by an Official Assignee or Deputy Assignee, and by him ordered or authorised to be so served:

“Transmitting Officer” means the officer of the Telegraph Department who receives any notice for transmission by telegraph, and whose name and address have been gazetted in terms of section 36 of the said Act:

“Receiving Officer” means the officer of the Telegraph Department to whom any notice is transmitted for service, and whose name and address have been gazetted in terms of section 36 of the said Act.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Appointing Trustee for Native Land and removing Restrictions from such Land.

RANFURLY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this thirteenth day of June, 1904.

Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section three of “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1897,” it is enacted that “any Native or Natives, whether incorporated or otherwise, owning land under title of any description may convey the same or any defined part thereof by way of trust to the Surveyor-General or the Commissioner of Crown Lands for the district in which such land is situate, or to some other fit person appointed by the Governor in Council, upon such terms as to sale, leasing, managing, improving, and raising money upon the same as may be agreed upon between the parties, or as may be declared by the Governor in Council; and the Surveyor-General or Commissioner of Crown Lands, or other person as aforesaid (hereinafter called ‘the trustee’) is hereby authorised and empowered to accept such trust”:

And whereas Herewaka Poata, an aboriginal native, wife of Thomas William Porter, C.B., Colonel commanding the Canterbury Volunteer District in New Zealand, owner of portion of a block of land known as Kaiti, near Gisborne, in the County of Cook, which portion contains twenty-seven acres, more or less, being Kaiti Number 261, and being all the land comprised in Crown Grant Volume 23, folio 5, in the Land Registration District of Poverty Bay, being desirous of conveying the said land by way of trust to John Coleman, of Gisborne, accountant, applied to His Excellency the Governor in Council to appoint the said John Coleman to undertake such trust:

And whereas the terms of such trust as to sale, leasing, managing, improving, and raising money upon the said land have been set forth in a deed bearing date the twenty-first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and four, and made between the said Herewaka Poata of the one part, Colonel Thomas William Porter aforesaid of the second part, and John Coleman aforesaid of the third part:

And whereas by section five of the said “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1897,” it is enacted that “for the purpose of giving full effect to the provisions of this and the two last preceding sections hereof, the Governor in Council may from time to time make such regulations as he deems necessary, and may also exempt any land from all or any of the restrictions, limitations, or provisions of ‘The Native Land Court Act, 1894,’ or any other Act affecting Native lands or lands owned or held by Natives”:

And whereas it is expedient for the purposes aforesaid that the said land be exempted from all the restrictions, limitations, or provisions of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” and any other Act affecting Native lands or lands owned or held by Natives:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1897,” and of every other power or authority in anywise enabling him in this behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby appoint the said John Coleman, of Gisborne, accountant, and his successors and assigns as such trustee, to be the trustee, under the said “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1897,” for the said Kaiti numbered 261, upon the terms as to sale, leasing, managing, improving, and raising money upon the said land which have been agreed upon between the said Herewaka Poata, Thomas William Porter, and the said John Coleman, and have been embodied inter alia in the said deed of trust; and His Excellency the Governor, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by section five of “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1897,” and of every other power and authority in anywise enabling him in this behalf, and by and with the advice and consent of the said Executive Council, doth hereby exempt the said land from all the restrictions, limitations; and provisions of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1895,” “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1896,” “The Maori Lands Administration Act, 1900,” “The Maori Lands Administration Amendment Act, 1901,” “The Native Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act, 1901,” “The Native and Maori Land Laws Amendment Act, 1902,” “The Maori Land Laws Amendment Act, 1903,” and any other Act affecting Native lands or lands owned or held by Natives, to the intent that the said land when vested in the said John Coleman by way of trust shall and may be dealt with by him and his successors and assigns as such trustee in accordance with the deed of trust aforesaid, in the same manner and to the same extent as if the same were land owned by a European.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Warrant authorising the Mataongaonga Road Board to construct Shakespeare Cliff Road, and apportioning the Cost of Construction.

RANFURLY, Governor.

WHEREAS by section eight of “The Public Works Acts Amendment Act, 1900,” it is enacted that in any case where a road in one district is largely used by or for the purpose of traffic to or from any other district or districts, and the Governor is of opinion that it is equitable that the latter district should contribute towards the cost of constructing or maintaining the whole or any portion of such road in the former district, the Governor may from time to time apportion the cost of constructing or maintaining the whole or any part of such road among the local authorities of the respective districts as he thinks fit; and for that purpose, and to enable effect to be given thereto,