July 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1685

Extension of Time for Preparation of County Rolls, Selwyn County.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this fourth day of July, 1904.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS it has been made to appear that, owing to unavoidable circumstances, the preparation of the rolls for the County of Selwyn, and the taking of certain steps consequent on such preparation, cannot be made and taken within the times limited by “The Counties Act, 1886,” and it is expedient to extend the said times respectively:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers conferred upon him by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby order and declare that the several dates mentioned in the Schedule hereto shall be the respective dates for taking the several steps set out in the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

1. For preparing the rolls for ridings within the County of Selwyn: Until the 30th June, 1904.

2. Time for which such rolls shall be open for inspection: From the 1st July, 1904, to the 23rd July, 1904.

3. Time for appeals against the said rolls: Until the 30th July, 1904.

4. Revision Courts may sit for hearing applications with reference to the said rolls, and adjourn: Until the 31st August, 1904.

5. Time when the said rolls, having been duly corrected and signed, shall come into force: On the 1st September, 1904.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Withdrawing Lands from the Operation of “The Kauri-gum Industry Act, 1898.”

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this fourth day of July, 1904.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by “The Kauri-gum Industry Amendment Act, 1902” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is enacted that the Governor may by Order in Council declare that land set apart under “The Kauri-gum Industry Act, 1898” (hereinafter termed “the principal Act”), as a kauri-gum reserve, and which is no longer required for the purpose of gum-digging, shall be no longer subject to the principal Act, and shall thereafter be dealt with by the Land Board as ordinary Crown land; provided that such Order in Council shall only be issued in pursuance of a resolution of the Land Board, supported by such independent evidence as the Governor in Council deems necessary:

And whereas the Land Board of the Auckland Land District has duly passed a resolution recommending that the portions of the Hukerenui Kauri-gum Reserve Extension and Ngapipito Kauri-gum Reserve described in the Schedule hereto be excepted from the operation of the principal Act, and it is expedient to give effect to such recommendation:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon me by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, do hereby order and declare that the portions of the Hukerenui Kauri-gum Reserve Extension and Ngapipito Kauri-gum Reserve described in the Schedule hereto shall be no longer subject to the provisions of the principal Act, and shall hereafter be dealt with by the Land Board as ordinary Crown lands.

SCHEDULE.

All that area in the Auckland Land District, situate in Block VIII., Motatau Survey District, Bay of Islands County, containing by admeasurement 520 acres, more or less, being portion of Hukerenui Kauri-gum Reserve Extension, set apart by Order in Council dated 12th July, 1899, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 32, of 13th April, 1899, page 756. Bounded towards the north by Section No. 26 of Block VIII., Motatau Survey District; towards the east by a right line running due south in continuation of the eastern boundary-line of said Section No. 26 to a point due east of the southern boundary-line of Section No. 19 of said block; towards the south by a right line running due west from said point to the road forming the eastern boundary of said Section No. 19; and towards the west by said public road to Section No. 26 aforesaid: as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 37704A, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured red.

All that area in the Auckland Land District, situate in Block IV., Punakitere, and Block I., Motatau Survey Districts, Bay of Islands County, containing by admeasurement 3,425 acres, more or less, being portion of Ngapipito Kauri-gum Reserve, set apart by Order in Council dated 14th March, 1900, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 23, of 22nd March, 1900, page 592. Bounded towards the north by the Uruora or Tukuwhenua Stream, by Section No. 1 of Block IV., Punakitere Survey District; again by the said stream, by Parahirahi Block of said Block IV., Punakitere, and of Block I., Motatau Survey Districts; by unadjudicated Native land, and by Section No. 3 of said Block I.: towards the east by the Otaupea Stream and by unadjudicated Native land: towards the south by part of the southern boundary of Block I., Motatau Survey District, and by unadjudicated Native land: and towards the west by unadjudicated Native land and by the Wairoro Stream to the place of commencement: as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 37704B, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured red.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Making General Harbour Regulation.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this fourth day of July, 1904.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS it is enacted by section two hundred and twelve of “The Harbours Act, 1878,” that the Governor in Council may, for the purposes specified in the said section, from time to time make regulations to be called “General Harbour Regulations,” and which shall have force in all the ports of the colony:

And whereas by Order in Council dated the fifth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 49, of the seventh day of the same month, the Governor in Council made General Harbour Regulations:

And whereas by Order in Council dated the first day of June, one thousand nine hundred and one, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 55, of the sixth day of the same month, the Governor in Council revoked Regulation No. 9 of the said General Harbour Regulations, and made another regulation, bearing the same number, in lieu thereof:

And whereas it is desirable to revoke the last-mentioned Regulation No. 9, and to make another regulation in lieu thereof:

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 pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the hereinbefore-in-part-recited Act, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, doth hereby revoke the said Regulation No. 9 of the General Harbour Regulations made on the first day of June, one thousand nine hundred and one, as aforesaid, and doth hereby order and declare that the following General Harbour Regulation shall be in force in all ports of the colony in lieu thereof.

GENERAL HARBOUR REGULATION.

9. A vessel under 150 ft. in length when at anchor shall exhibit, from sunset to sunrise, from the forward part of the vessel where it can best be seen, but at a height not exceeding 20 ft. above the hull, a white light in a globular lantern of not less than 8 in. in diameter, and so constructed as to show a clear, uniform, and unbroken light visible all round the horizon at a distance of at least one mile.

A vessel of 150 ft. or upwards in length when at anchor shall exhibit, from sunset to sunrise, from the forward part of the vessel, at a height of not less than 20 ft. and not ex-