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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
No. 27

tive Council of the said colony, doth hereby revoke the regulations relating to the adoption of children by Natives according to Maori custom so made and published as aforesaid, and in lieu thereof doth hereby make the following regulations, which shall come into force on the publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

REGULATIONS.

1. Any person desiring to register an adoption under the provisions of the said section shall lodge with the Registrar of the Native Land Court for the district in which the adopting party is resident a notice in the Form A in the Schedule hereto. Such notice shall be signed by the adopting party in the presence of, and be attested by, two witnesses, one of whom shall be a Stipendiary Magistrate, Judge, Registrar or Clerk of the Native Land Court, Justice of the Peace, Solicitor of the Supreme Court, licensed interpreter, or Postmaster.

2. Any person desiring to register the revocation of an adoption shall lodge with the said Registrar a notice in Form B in the Schedule hereto. Such notice shall be signed and attested in the same manner as is hereinbefore provided with regard to a notice in Form A.

3. On receipt of any notice as aforesaid, and of a certificate by a Judge of the Native Land Court as hereinafter provided, and on payment of the fee hereinafter prescribed, the Registrar shall indorse on such notice the date of reception of such certificate; and such notice, when so indorsed, and verified by the signature of the Registrar and the seal of the Native Land Court, shall be deemed to be duly filed and registered: Provided that, except by leave of the Chief Judge of the aforesaid Native Land Court, no notice of adoption, or revocation of adoption, shall be registered unless lodged within two months from the date thereof.

4. Every such notice, unless in the Maori language, shall have indorsed thereon a certificate by a licensed interpreter of the first grade that the contents thereof have been explained by him to the party signing the same, and that he appeared to fully understand the meaning thereof.

5. It shall be the duty of the Registrar to notify in the Gazette and Kahiti, as soon as may be after the registration thereof, particulars of every adoption or revocation registered under the said Act, and to post a notice thereof by registered letter to the person by whom the notice of adoption or revocation purports to have been given.

6. Before registering any adoption the Registrar shall require in respect thereof a certificate by a Judge of the Native Land Court that he has inquired into the circumstances of the said adoption, and that he is satisfied that the same is a bona fide adoption according to Native custom, and ought to be given effect to.

7. Before registering any revocation of an adoption the Registrar shall require in respect thereof a certificate by a Judge of the Native Land Court that he has inquired into the circumstances of the said revocation, and that he is satisfied that the same ought to be given effect to.

8. Every such inquiry shall be made in open Court on the application in writing of the person desiring the same. Every such application shall before hearing be duly notified in the Gazette and Kahiti.

9. The fee payable on each application for registration of adoption or revocation shall be £1, which shall include certificate and registration fees, but shall not include fees incidental to hearing unless the Judge otherwise orders.

SCHEDULE.

FORM A.—FORM OF NOTICE OF ADOPTION.

To the Registrar of the Native Land Court, District.
I, , of , hereby give notice that I have taken , a child of , to be my adopted child according to Maori custom, and I request that such adoption be registered under the provisions of section 50 of “The Native Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act, 1901.”

As witness my hand, this day of , 190 .

Signed by the said , in the presence of— .

AHUA A.—HEI WHAKAATU I TE TANGOHANGA O TE TAMAITI HEI TAMAITI WHANGAI.

Ki te Kai-Rehita o te Kooti Whenua Maori o te Takiwa o .

TENEI au a , o , te whakaatu nei kua tangohia e au a , te tamaiti a , hei tamaiti whangai maku i runga i te tikanga Maori, a e tono ana ahau kia rehitatia taua tangohanga aku i raro i nga tikanga o tekiona 50 o “Te Ture Whakariterite i nga Kereeme Whenua Maori Whakatikatika hoki i nga Ture Maori, 1901.”

Inahoki toku ringa he mea tuhi i tenei te o nga ra o , 190 .

He mea haina e taua . I te aroaro o .

FORM B.—FORM OF NOTICE OF REVOCATION OF ADOPTION.

To the Registrar of the Native Land Court, District.
WHEREAS is registered as my adopted child under the provisions of section 50 of “The Native Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act, 1901”: And whereas I am desirous of putting an end to the said adoption: Now, therefore, I hereby revoke the authority heretofore given for registration thereof, and request that this notice may be registered under the provisions of the said Act.

As witness my hand, this day of , 190 .

Signed by the said , in the presence of— .

AHUA B.—HEI WHAKAATU I TE WHAKAKORENGA O TE TANGOHANGA I TE TAMAITI HEI TAMAITI WHANGAI.

Ki te Kai-Rehita o te Kooti Whenua Maori o te Takiwa o .

NOTEMEA kua rehitatia a hei tamaiti whangai maku i raro i nga tikanga o tekiona 50 o “Te Ture Whakariterite i nga Kereeme Whenua Maori Whakatikatika hoki i nga Ture Maori, 1901.” A notemea e hiahia ana ahau kia whakamutua taua tangohanga aku, na, tenei au te whakakore nei i te mana i hainatia e au i mua i rehitatia ai taua tangohanga, a e tono ana ahau kia rehitatia tenei pukapuka whakaatu i raro i nga tikanga o taua Ture.

Inahoki toku ringa he mea tuhi i tenei te o nga ra o , 190 .

He mea haina e taua . I te aroaro o .

AMELIUS M. SMITH,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Vesting a Reserve in the Manaiā Town Board.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this fifteenth day of March, 1905.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE SIR J. G. WARD, K.C.M.G., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto has been permanently reserved for a site for public buildings:

And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, it is expedient that the said land should be vested in the Manaiā Town Board:

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, from and after the day of the date hereof, the reserve described in the Schedule hereto shall become vested in the Manaiā Town Board, in trust, as a site for public buildings: Provided that any hall or other building erected on the land shall be available for drill and Volunteer purposes whenever so required.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Taranaki Land District, containing by admeasurement 2 roods, more or less, being Sections Nos. 3 and 14, Block XIV., Town of Manaiā: as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 53464, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

AMELIUS M. SMITH,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Revoking the Delegation of Powers under “The Cemeteries Act 1882 Amendment Act, 1885,” to the Hawera County Council, in respect of the Okaiawa Public Cemetery.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this fifteenth day of March, 1905.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE SIR J. G. WARD, K.C.M.G., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by an Order in Council issued on the twentieth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, the powers conferred upon the