970
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 37

Warden appointed.

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this tenth day of April, 1905.

Present:
The Right Honourable R. J. Seddon presiding in Council.

WHEREAS by section eleven of “The Mining Act, 1898,” it is enacted that the Governor may from time to time appoint fit persons to be Wardens, who shall hold office during the Governor’s pleasure:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by the said section eleven of “The Mining Act, 1898,” and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby appoint

Robert William Dyer, Esq.,

to be a Warden, to hold and exercise the duties of such office under and subject to the provisions of the said Act during pleasure, on and from the twenty-seventh day of March, one thousand nine hundred and five.

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

Authorising Tai-Rawhiti Maori Land Council to borrow Money on Kumukumu Block.

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this tenth day of April, 1905.

Present:
The Right Honourable R. J. Seddon presiding in Council.

WHEREAS the Tai-Rawhiti Maori Land Council is seized of an estate in fee-simple in all that block of land called or known as Kumukumu, near Te Karaka, Poverty Bay, containing fifty-three acres, a little more or less, in trust for “the proprietors of the Kumukumu Block,” incorporated under section one hundred and twenty-two of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894”:

And whereas it is provided by the sixth subsection of section twenty-nine of “The Maori Lands Administration Act, 1900,” that, for the purposes of the said section twenty-nine, the said Council shall have no power or authority to borrow any money from any bank, private institution, or person or persons, without the consent of the Governor:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers conferred by the aforesaid section twenty-nine, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby consent to the said Tai-Rawhiti Maori Land Council borrowing from any bank, private institution, or person or persons whatever, such sum or sums of money not exceeding three hundred and fifty pounds, upon the said Kumukumu Block, as may be agreed upon between the said Council and “the proprietors of the Kumukumu Block,” the rate of interest not to exceed six per centum per annum.

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

County of Collingwood constituted a Special District under “The Auctioneers Act, 1891.”

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this seventeenth day of April, 1905.

Present:
The Right Honourable R. J. Seddon presiding in Council.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority contained in the eighth section of “The Auctioneers Act, 1891,” His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby declare that the County of Collingwood (being a part of the colony which is sparsely populated) shall be a special district for the purposes of the said Act, and shall be known by the name of the Collingwood District; and it is hereby declared that the amount of the auctioneer’s license fee for the said district shall be five pounds, and that the Clerk of the Collingwood County Council shall be the licensing officer for the said Collingwood District.

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

County of Takaka constituted a Special District under “The Auctioneers Act, 1891.”

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this seventeenth day of April, 1905.

Present:
The Right Honourable R. J. Seddon presiding in Council.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority contained in the eighth section of “The Auctioneers Act, 1891,” His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby declare that the County of Takaka (being a part of the colony which is sparsely populated) shall be a special district for the purposes of the said Act, and shall be known by the name of the Takaka District; and it is hereby declared that the amount of the auctioneer’s license fee for the said district shall be five pounds, and that the Clerk of the Takaka County Council shall be the licensing officer for the said Takaka District.

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

Withdrawing Land from the Operation of “The Kauri-gum Industry Act, 1898.”

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this tenth day of April, 1905.

Present:
The Right Honourable R. J. Seddon presiding in Council.

WHEREAS by “The Kauri-gum Industry Amendment Act, 1902” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is enacted that the Governor may by Order in Council declare that land set apart under “The Kauri-gum Industry Act, 1898” (hereinafter termed “the principal Act”), as a kauri-gum reserve, and which is no longer required for the purpose of gum-digging, shall be no longer subject to the principal Act, and shall thereafter be dealt with by the Land Board as ordinary Crown land; provided that such Order in Council shall only be issued in pursuance of a resolution of the Land Board, supported by such independent evidence as the Governor in Council deems necessary:

And whereas the Land Board of the Auckland Land District has duly passed a resolution recommending that the portion of Otaika Kauri-gum Reserve Extension No. 1 described in the Schedule hereto be excepted from the operation of the principal Act, and it is expedient to give effect to such recommendation:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon me by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, do hereby order and declare that the portion of Otaika Kauri-gum Reserve Extension No. 1 described in the Schedule hereto shall be no longer subject to the provisions of the principal Act, and shall hereafter be dealt with by the Land Board as ordinary Crown land.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 33 acres 3 roods 33 perches, more or less, situated in the Parish of Maungatapere, and being portion of the Otaika Kauri-gum Reserve Extension No. 1, set apart by Order in Council dated the 25th September, 1899, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 28th September, 1899, page 1836. Commencing at a point on the north-eastern boundary of Section No. 101 of the Parish of Maungatapere distant 1414 links from its easternmost angle; and bounded thence towards the north-west by a line bearing 57° 58′, 2167 links; thence towards the north-east by a line bearing 148° 2′, 1530 links; towards the south-east by a public road, 833 and 323 links; towards the south-west and again towards the south-east by Section No. 100 of the Parish of Maungatapere, 437 links and 1060 links respectively: and again towards the south-west by Section No. 101 of the same parish, 1414 links, to the point of commencement: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 37704/241, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon edged with red.

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