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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 75

or the Governor for any of the purposes named in Class II.
of the Schedule to the said Act, whether the same be granted
or not; and if it shall, in the opinion of the Governor, be
expedient to change the purpose of such reserve or any part
thereof from the purpose or presumed purpose for which it
was set apart to any other purpose, the Governor may, by
notice gazetted, declare his intention to make such change,
and in such notice declare the manner and terms in which
the same is intended to be so made:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby, in
exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested
in me by “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” aforesaid,
declare my intention to change the specific purpose of the
portion of the reserve described in the second column of the
Schedule hereto from that named in the first column of
the said Schedule to that named in the third column of the
said Schedule respectively.

SCHEDULE.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this thirty-first day of August, one thousand nine
hundred and four.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Notice of Intention to define the Purpose of a Reserve in the Otago Land District.

PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS by the fifth section of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” it is, amongst other things, enacted that, if there shall, in the opinion of the Governor, be any doubt or uncertainty as to the purpose for which a reserve was set apart, he may by notice gazetted define such purpose or purposes as to either the whole or any part of such reserve, subject to the action of the General Assembly, as provided in the seventh section of the said Act:

And whereas the land described in the Schedule hereto was reserved for sites for public buildings or other purposes of the General Government:

And whereas it is expedient to define the specific purpose for which such land shall hereafter be set apart:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in me by “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” aforesaid, declare my intention to define the specific purpose of the reserve described in the Schedule hereto to be a reserve for Telegraph Department purposes,

SCHEDULE.

All that area in the Otago Land District, containing by admeasurement 3 roods, more or less, being Sections Nos. 3, 4, and 13 in Block XXIV., Township of Palmerston. Bounded towards the north by Auskerry Street, Township of Palmerston; towards the east by Sections Nos. 5 and 12 of Block XXIV. of said township; towards the south by Stronsa Street of said township; towards the west and again towards the south by Section No. 14 of the said Block XXIV.; and again towards the west by Sections Nos. 1 and 2 of Block XXIV. aforesaid: as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 51553. deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured red.

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Duty to be levied on “Brunak.”

PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS a certain article of merchandise known as “brunak” is imported into New Zealand, which is apparently a substitute for roasted coffee, the latter being a dutiable article under “The Customs Duties Amendment Act, 1900”: And whereas brunak has properties which enable it to be used for a similar purpose as coffee:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon me by the seventeenth section of “The Customs and Excise Duties Act, 1888,” do hereby direct that on and after the date hereof there shall be levied on brunak a duty of threepence the pound, such duty being equal to the duty on coffee roasted.

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

C. H. MILLS,
Commissioner of Trade and Customs.

Governor’s Order No. 166.]

Regulations for the Occupation of Pastoral Lands within the Karamea Mining District, and the Portion of Westland Mining District situated within the Nelson Land District.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by section four of “The Land Act, 1892,” and by section thirty-eight of “The Mining Act, 1898,” I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the following shall be the regulations under which pastoral licenses may be granted within the Karamea Mining District, and the portion of Westland Mining District situated within the Nelson Land District:—

REGULATIONS.

Interpretation: In these regulations, unless inconsistent with the context, the word “licensee” includes “his heirs and assigns”; and the word “Warden” means any Warden exercising jurisdiction within the Karamea Mining District, and the portion of Westland Mining District situated within the Nelson Land District.

1. Application may be made for any of the Crown lands within the Mining District of Karamea, and the portion of Westland Mining District situated within the Nelson Land District, excepting timber and other public or mining reserves.

2. The area which may be applied for under these regulations shall not be less than 100 acres nor exceed 1,000 acres, and shall entitle the holder thereof to the exclusive right of pasturage over the lands specified therein, but shall give no right to the soil, timber, or minerals.

3. The Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Land District of Nelson may, with the approval of the Warden and the Land Board of the Nelson Land District (hereinafter referred to as “the Land Board”), grant not more than one pastoral license under these regulations to any person of the age of seventeen years and upwards who may apply for the same, but the Land Board may refuse any application, and their decision shall be final and without appeal.

4. Annual rent payable under the license shall be a sum to be fixed by the Land Board, but shall be not less than 2·4d. per acre, payable half-yearly in advance to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Nelson, together with the lease fee of £1.

5. Term of license to be twenty-one years, and upon the expiration of the term it shall be competent for the Land Board to grant a renewal for twenty-one years over the whole or part of the area comprised in the license, upon such terms