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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 19

motion, discipline, training, exercise, arms, accoutrements,
clothing, equipment, conveyance, pay, rations, and lodging
of the Forces, or any portion thereof, and respecting the
several other matters in the said Act mentioned: And
whereas on the twentieth day of March, one thousand eight
hundred and ninety-nine, certain regulations were made
under the said Act, which were published in the New
Zealand Gazette of the thirtieth day of March, one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-nine: And whereas on the
fifteenth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and
three, certain amendments to the above-quoted regulations
were made, which were published in the New Zealand
Gazette of the twenty-second day of October, one thousand
nine hundred and three: And whereas it is now expedient
to cancel the “establishment” laid down for companies of
naval and garrison artillery, and to substitute in lieu
thereof the “establishment” laid down in the Schedule
hereto:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and
exercise of the above-recited power and authority, do hereby
cancel the “establishment” laid down for companies of
naval and garrison artillery, and in lieu thereof do hereby
make and prescribe for such companies the “establish-
ment” set forth in the Schedule hereto.

And I do further declare that the “establishment” hereby
made shall come into force on and from the first day of
March, one thousand nine hundred and five.

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SCHEDULE.

NAVAL AND GARRISON ARTILLERY.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this twenty-fifth day of February, one thousand
nine hundred and five.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

C.O.F./A/05/W/12

Additions to Volunteer Regulations for Defence Force
Cadet Volunteers.

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PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS by “The Defence Act, 1886,” and the
amending Act, 1900, it is among other things en-
acted that the Governor may from time to time make, alter,
or revoke regulations respecting the enrolment, promotion,
discipline, training, exercise, arms, accoutrements, clothing,
equipment, conveyance, pay, rations, and lodging of the
Forces, or any portion thereof, and respecting the several
other matters in the said Act mentioned: And whereas on
the eighth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and
two, certain amendments to the above-quoted regulations
were made, which were published in the New Zealand
Gazette of the twenty-eighth day of August, one thousand
nine hundred and two: And whereas on the twenty-fifth
day of January, one thousand nine hundred and three, certain
additional amendments to the said regulations were made,
which were published in the New Zealand Gazette of the
fifth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and three:
And whereas it is now expedient to add to the regulations
laid down for Defence cadet Volunteers in the manner fol-
lowing:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and
exercise of the above-recited power and authority, do hereby
make the additions to the above-quoted regulations set
forth as under, and which shall come into force on the
first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and five.

REGULATIONS FOR DEFENCE FORCE CADET VOLUNTEERS.

After word “Corps,” at end of paragraph 13, add—

Paragraph 14. “Members of cadet corps may, and are to
be encouraged to, transfer to adult corps on attaining the age
of seventeen years, the parades attended by them as cadets
between the date of the commencement of the Volunteer
year, or enrolment in that Volunteer year, and the date of
their transfer to an adult corps, to count towards capitation
as a Volunteer.”

Paragraph 15. “Efficient cadet service will be allowed to
count as one-half service towards New Zealand Long-service
Medal, but not towards the New Zealand Volunteer Service
Medal.”

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this twenty-fifth day of February, one thousand
nine hundred and five.

ALBERT PITT,
For Minister of Defence.

C.O.F./A05/718, 737]

Rural Lands in Nelson Land District open for Selection on
Lease in Perpetuity.

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PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
conferred upon me by the one-hundred-and-thirty-sixth
section of “The Land Act, 1892,” I, William Lee, Baron
Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand,
having received the report of the Surveyor-General in this
behalf, as in the said section is provided, do hereby de-
clare that the rural lands described in the Schedule hereto
shall be open for selection on and after the twelfth day
of April, one thousand nine hundred and five; and also
that the lands mentioned in the said Schedule may be
selected on lease in perpetuity only, in accordance with the
provisions of section one hundred and twenty-one of the
said Act, as they contain, or are supposed to contain, metals,
minerals, or valuable stone; and I do hereby also fix the
prices at which the said lands shall be leased, as mentioned
in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said
lands shall be leased under and subject to the provisions of
“The Land Act, 1892.”

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SCHEDULE.

NELSON LAND DISTRICT.—INANGAHUA COUNTY.

Second-class Land.

BURNETT SURVEY DISTRICT.

| 2 | XII. | 158 0 0 | 0 3·6 | 1 3 8 |
| 1 | XVI. | 403 0 0 | 0 6·24 | 5 4 9 |
| 2 | " | 516 0 0 | 0 7·44 | 8 0 0 |
| 3 | " | 147 0 0 | 0 3·6 | 1 2 1 |
| 4 | " | 257 0 0 | 0 3·6 | 1 18 7 |
| 5 | " | 836 0 0 | 0 6·24 | 10 17 4 |

RAHU SURVEY DISTRICT.

| 1 | III. | 344 0 0 | 0 7·44 | 5 6 8 |
| 2 | " | 321 0 0 | 0 7·44 | 4 19 6 |
| 2 | IV. | 784 0 0 | 0 3·12 | 5 1 11 |
| 2 | VII. | 262 0 0 | 0 5·04 | 2 15 0 |
| 4 | " | 268 0 0 | 1 0 | 6 14 0 |
| 1 | XV. | 733 0 0 | 0 3·6 | 5 9 11 |

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this twentieth day of February, one thousand
nine hundred and five.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Notifying Lands in Canterbury Land District for Sale by
Public Auction.

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PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities conferred
upon me by the one-hundred-and-thirteenth section of
“The Land Act, 1892,” I, William Lee, Baron Plunket,
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby
appoint Wednesday, the twelfth day of April, one thousand
nine hundred and five, as the time at which the lands
enumerated in the Schedule hereto shall be sold by public
auction at the Local Land Office, Timaru; and I do hereby
fix the prices at which the said lands shall be sold as
those mentioned in the said Schedule hereto opposite the
description of such lands respectively.