Nov. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2695

SCHEDULE.
HOBSON COUNTY.

KAI-IWI KAURI-GUM RESERVE EXTENSION NO. 3: 700 ACRES.
For Opanake Settlement.

All that area in the Auckland Land District, situate in Block I., Kai-Iwi Survey District, and Block I., Kaihu Survey District, containing by admeasurement 700 acres, more or less. Bounded towards the north-east generally by the Kai-Iwi Kauri-gum Reserve, proclaimed in New Zealand Gazette No. 93, of the 21st December, 1898, page 2073, and by Section No. 17 of Block I., Kaihu Survey District; towards the south generally by the Kai-Iwi Kauri-gum Reserve Extension No. 2, proclaimed in the New Zealand Gazette No. 72, of the 31st August, 1899, page 1592, by the Taharoa Block, and by Section No. 4 of Block I., Kai-Iwi Survey District; and towards the west generally by the Kai-Iwi Kauri-gum Reserve Extension No. 1, proclaimed in New Zealand Gazette No. 72, of the 31st August, 1899, page 1592, to the place of commencement: as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 50628, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon bordered red.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulation under “The Preferential and Reciprocal Trade Act, 1903.”

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this seventh day of November, 1904.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on him by “The Preferential and Reciprocal Trade Act, 1903” (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), 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, doth hereby make the following regulation for carrying into effect the purposes of the said Act:—

REGULATION.

In every case where, pursuant to section eight of the said Act, the full duty under the said Act is payable on any goods owing to the non-production to the Collector of an invoice with the prescribed certificate written or printed thereon, and at the time of importation the importer alleges in writing, and the Collector has reason to believe, that such goods are bona fide the produce or manufacture of some part of the British dominions, and that such non-production is due to accident, the following provisions shall apply:—

(a.) The amount so paid may be held by the Collector at the port of importation on deposit pending the production of an invoice with the prescribed certificate written or printed thereon.

(b.) Such deposit shall be returned to the importer if the invoice, with certificate as aforesaid, is produced within six months from the date of payment of the deposit, but otherwise the same shall be applied as duty payable under the said Act.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Changing the Purpose of a Reserve in the Otago Land District.

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this seventh day of November, 1904.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto was heretofore duly set apart for town-hall purposes, being a reserve within Class I. of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881”:

And whereas it is expedient that such land shall be appropriated for police purposes, being a reserve within the said Class I.:

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 exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the fourth section of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” doth hereby declare that the said land shall, from and after the date hereof, be appropriated for police purposes under Class I. of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881.”

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Otago Land District, containing by admeasurement 1 rood 1 perch, more or less, being Section No. 15, Block VI., Town of Balclutha.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Changing the Purpose of a Reserve in the Otago Land District.

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this seventh day of November, 1904.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto was heretofore duly set apart for a site for an athenæum, being a reserve within Class I. of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881”:

And whereas it is expedient that such land shall be appropriated for police purposes, being a reserve within the said Class I.:

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 exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the fourth section of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” doth hereby declare that the said land shall, from and after the date hereof, be appropriated for police purposes under Class I. of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881.”

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Otago Land District, containing by admeasurement 1 rood 1 perch, more or less, being Section No. 16, Block VI., Town of Balclutha.

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 seventh day of November, 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 nineteenth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and four, and received on the fifth 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 Pakaraka No. 1f No. 1:

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 acting 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,”