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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 78

easterly direction along said line bearing N. 10°40′ E.,
1030·1 links, to peg No. 4; thence in a south-easterly direc-
tion along a line bearing S. 56°2′ E., 765·5 links, to peg No. 3;
thence in a south-westerly direction along a line bearing
S. 15°2′ W., 464 links, to peg No. 2 on public road afore-
said; and thence again in a south-westerly direction along
aforesaid public road bearing S. 79°2′ W., 718·2 links, to
peg No. 5 aforesaid: be all the aforesaid linkages more or
less: as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G.
49070, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands
and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District,
and thereon edged red.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Excepting Land from the Operation of Section 117 of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894.”

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-first day of September, 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 Aotea District Maori Land Council, by a recommendation made on the second day of August, one thousand nine hundred and four, and received on the tenth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and four, has recommended His Excellency the Governor to except from the operation of section one hundred and seventeen of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” for the purpose of alienation by way of lease, the block or parcel of land known as Ngaurukehu B No. 2c:

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 one hundred and seventeen of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” for the purpose of alienation by way of lease, the block or parcel of land, situate in the Provincial District of Wellington, known as Ngaurukehu B No. 2c, containing two hundred and one acres, more or less, and being the land comprised in partition order of the Native Land Court dated the twenty-ninth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-six, in favour of Raita Tukia.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations under “The Education Act, 1877.”—Examination and Classification of Teachers.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twelfth day of September, 1904.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

IN exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by “The Education Act, 1877,” the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the colony, doth hereby, in respect of the regulations made by Order in Council under the said Act on the twenty-eighth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and three, make the alterations set forth in the Schedule hereto; and with the like advice and consent doth provide that this Order shall come into force on the date of the first publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

SCHEDULE.

Clause 11, Age of candidates, is amended by striking out the words “and no candidate that has not attained the age of sixteen years shall be admitted to examination for a certificate.”

Clause 20, Evidence of age and identity, is repealed.

Clause 21, Examination for Class D, is amended by striking out the words “being not less than sixteen years of age on the first day of the month of January next following the time of the examination.”

Clause 33, Examination for Class C, is repealed.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Fixing the Date for the Collection of the Returns under “The Agricultural and Pastoral Statistics Act, 1895.”—Notice No. 901.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-first day of September, 1904.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by “The Agricultural and Pastoral Statistics Act, 1895” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting with the consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby order and direct that the account described in section two of the said Act shall be taken on the fourteenth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and four, and continue to be taken from day to day until the tenth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and four; and doth hereby declare that this Order in Council shall take effect on and after the fourteenth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and four.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Revoking Order in Council fixing Dues for Wharves, Opotiki Harbour, and fixing other Dues in lieu thereof.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-first day of September, 1904.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS it is provided by “The Harbours Act, 1878” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), that in harbours where there is no Harbour Board the Governor in Council shall have all the powers, functions, duties, and authorities by the said Act conferred upon Harbour Boards, and may, in cases where such powers would be exercised under by-laws to be made by a Board, exercise the same under regulations to be made in manner provided in section two hundred and twelve of the said Act: And whereas there is no Harbour Board having jurisdiction in the Harbour of Opotiki:

And whereas by Order in Council dated the first day of September, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, the dues and rates specified in the Schedule thereto were prescribed for the use of the wharves in Opotiki Harbour:

And whereas it is desirable that the said Order in Council of the first day of September, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, should be revoked, and that other dues and rates should be prescribed for the use of the said wharves:

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 power and authority conferred upon him by “The Harbours Act, 1878,” “The Harbours Act Amendment Act, 1879,” and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, doth hereby revoke the said Order in Council of the first day of September, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, and doth hereby prescribe that the dues and rates set forth in the Schedule hereto shall, on and after the date of this Order in Council, be charged and taken by the Opotiki Town Board for the use of the said wharves.