Dec. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2849

Changing the Purpose of a Portion of a Reserve in the Canterbury Land District.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-third day of November, 1904.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto forms part of a reserve heretofore set apart for police 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 the growth and preservation of timber, 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 the growth and preservation of timber under Class I. of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881.”

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 25 acres 3 roods 10 perches, more or less, being portion of Reserve No. 2014, Block XIII., Tekapo Survey District. Bounded towards the north generally by a road reserve along the shore of Lake Tekapo; towards the south-east by Section No. 33803, Block XIII., Tekapo Survey District; towards the south-west by a public road; and towards the north-west by Reserve No. 180: as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 51677, 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.

Notifying that the Oamaru Chamber of Commerce may be registered as a Limited Company without the Addition of the Word “Limited.”

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-third day of November, 1904.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by “The Companies Act, 1903,” His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting with the advice of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby direct that the association about to be formed under the said Act as a limited company under the name of “The Oamaru Chamber of Commerce” may, on application for that purpose, be registered with limited liability without the addition of the word “limited” to its name.

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

Notifying that the New Zealand Axemen's Association may be registered as a Limited Company without the Addition of the Word “Limited.”

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-third day of November, 1904.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by “The Companies Act, 1903,” His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting with the advice of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby direct that the association about to be formed under the said Act as a limited company under the name of “The New Zealand Axemen's Association” may, on application for that purpose, be registered with limited liability without the addition of the word “limited” to its name.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Acting 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 Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-third day of November, 1904.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON PRESIDING 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 bonâ 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 Maniapoto-Tuwharetoa District Maori Land Council, by a recommendation made on the fourth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and four, and received on the first day of June, 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, all that area, containing thirty acres, being a portion of the block or parcel of land known as Kinohaku West P No. 2B:

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,” for the purpose of alienation by way of lease, the block or parcel of land, situate in the Provincial District of Auckland, containing thirty acres, being part of the land known as Kinohaku West P No. 2B, and being part of the land comprised in partition order of the Native Land Court dated the twenty-seventh day of August, one thousand nine hundred and three, in favour of Ihaia Tanahira and others.

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

Licensing Messrs. Currie and MacIntosh to use and occupy a Part of the Foreshore at Waikawa as a Site for a Wharf.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-third day of November, 1904.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS there being no Harbour Board empowered to grant the license hereinafter mentioned under “The Harbours Act Amendment Act, 1883” (hereinafter called “the said Act”), Alexander Currie and Archibald Wilson MacIntosh, trading under the style or firm of “Currie and MacIntosh” (hereinafter called “the licensees”), have applied to the Governor in Council for a license under the said Act to occupy a part of the foreshore and land below low-water mark at Waikawa, in order to erect a wharf thereon; and, in accordance with the one-hundred-and-fifty-sixth section of “The Harbours Act, 1878,” have deposited plans in the office of the Marine Department at Wellington (marked M.D. 2758, two sheets) showing the area of foreshore and land below low-water mark intended to be occupied, and the manner in which it is proposed to erect the wharf: And whereas the Governor in Council has approved of the purpose for which the said foreshore is to be occupied: And whereas it is expedient that a license should be granted and issued to the licensees under the said Act, for the purpose aforesaid, on the terms and conditions hereinafter expressed:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and