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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 35

and 600 acres, known as Motukawa No. 2B, Section No. 23, Motukawa No. 2B, Section No. 24, and Motukawa No. 2B, Section No. 25, being the lands comprised in orders of the Native Land Court dated respectively the 19th day of June, 1899, and the 7th day of November, 1900, in favour of Toia Ngarangi, and containing the following restriction: “Inalienable.”

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

J. CARROLL.

Notice of Intention to define the Purpose of a Portion of a Reserve in the Nelson Land District.

PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS by the fifth section of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” it is amongst other things enacted that if there shall, in the opinion of the Governor, be any doubt or uncertainty as to the purpose for which a reserve was set apart, he may by notice gazetted define such purpose or purposes as to either the whole or any part of such reserve, subject to the action of the General Assembly, as provided in the seventh section of the said Act:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in me by “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” aforesaid, declare my intention to define the specific purpose of the portion of the reserve described in the second column of the Schedule hereto from that named in the first column of the said Schedule to that named in the third column of the said Schedule respectively.

SCHEDULE.

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Prescribing Form of License for selling Native Game.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and its amendments, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby notify that the form of license for selling native game shall be as follows:—

LICENSE FOR SELLING NATIVE GAME.

No. .
[Name in full], of [Address], [Occupation], having this day paid the sum of [or being the holder of a license to sell game, as the case may be], is hereby licensed to sell during the continuance of the game season —namely, from the day of to the day of , 1905—the several kinds of native game specified in the Schedule hereto, subject to the provisions of “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and its amendments.

Dated at , this day of , 1905.

Schedule.

Wild duck of any species, except blue or mountain duck and paradise duck.
Teal.
Wild geese.
Swans.
Native pigeon.

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

ALBERT PITT.

Rules and Regulations for the Management of the Tuapeka Commonage.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by section four of “The Land Act, 1892,” I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby revoke a Warrant, dated the twenty-third day of September, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the thirtieth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, making regulations as therein appears for the management of Tuapeka Commonage, and in lieu thereof do hereby make the following rules, regulations, and orders for the management of the Tuapeka Commonage, described in the First Schedule to such regulations.

REGULATIONS.

1. For the purpose of carrying out these regulations the following persons are appointed a Committee for the care, management, and protection of the said commonage,—

MOSES GIRVAN, of Clark Flat;
MATHEW COXON, of Wetherstone;
WILLIAM TUBMAN, of Wetherstone;
WILLIAM ANDERSON, of Wetherstone;
JAMES RUSSELL, of Wetherstone;
CHRISTOPHER WATSON, of Wetherstone; and
JAMES KERR SIMPSON, of Wetherstone,

who shall be known as the “Tuapeka Commonage Committee” (hereinafter referred to as “the Committee”). Three of such Committee shall retire annually by ballot in December in each year, but they shall be eligible for reappointment as hereinafter provided.

2. On the first Wednesday in January in each year an election shall take place from among the holders of licenses to depasture cattle or stock upon the said commonage (hereinafter termed “license-holders”) for the purpose of electing three members of the Committee instead of the three retiring members; and the names of such persons, when so elected, shall be submitted to the Governor for approval, and if so approved they shall take the place of the three retiring members.

3. The Committee shall meet for the transaction of business on the first Wednesday in each month, at seven o’clock p.m., at the Lands and Survey Office, Lawrence, or at such other time or place as may from time to time be fixed by the Committee. The first meeting shall be held on Wednesday, the third day of May, one thousand nine hundred and five.

4. Special meetings may be convened by the Chairman or by any two members of the Committee, provided that two days’ notice of such meeting be given to each member, specifying the business to be transacted at such special meeting; and no other business than that so specified shall be transacted at such meeting.

5. Any three of the said Committee shall form a quorum. Any meeting may be adjourned from time to time.

6. The members of the Committee shall, at their first meeting, and thereafter at an annual meeting to be held on the first Wednesday in January in every succeeding year thereafter, elect one of themselves to be Chairman, who may join in the discussion, and shall have an original as well a casting vote. The Chairman shall hold office until the election of his successor. At such meeting a Secretary shall also be appointed by the Committee.

7. If at any meeting the Chairman is not present at the time appointed for holding the same, the members present shall choose some one of their number to be chairman of such meeting.