stock up to seven feet nine inches in width on the Dunedin-Roslyn Tramway :

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and in exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the said Act, do hereby allow carriages and rolling-stock up to seven feet nine inches in width to be used, on and after the date hereof, on the said tramway constructed under and by virtue of the provisions of Orders in Council dated the nineteenth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three, and the second and ninth days of May, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.

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

C. H. MILLS,
For Minister for Public Works.

Lands temporarily reserved in the Nelson Land District.

PLUNKET, Governor.
WHEREAS by the two-hundred-and-thirty-fifth section of “The Land Act, 1892,” it is enacted that the Governor may from time to time, either by general or particular description, and whether the same has been surveyed or not, reserve from sale temporarily, notwithstanding that the same may be then held under pastoral license, any Crown lands which in his opinion are required for any of the purposes in the said section mentioned:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in me by the said Act, do hereby temporarily reserve from sale the lands in the Nelson Land District described in the Schedule hereunder written, for the purposes in the said Schedule specified at the end of the respective descriptions of the lands so intended to be temporarily reserved.

SCHEDULE.
All that area in the Nelson Land District, containing by admeasurement 1 acre 2 roods, more or less, being Section No. 5, Village of Murchison. Bounded towards the north by Essex Street; towards the east by Section No. 4, Village of Murchison; towards the south by Section No. 29, Square 170, of the said village; and towards the west by Section No. 6 of the village aforesaid. For a municipal reserve.

All that area in the Nelson Land District, containing by admeasurement 1 acre 2 roods, more or less, being Section No. 21, Village of Murchison. Bounded towards the north by Essex Street; towards the east by Section No. 20 of the Village of Murchison; towards the south by Section No. 33A, Square 170, and Section No. 20, Square 170, of the said village; and towards the west by Section No. 22 of the village aforesaid. For a municipal reserve.

All that area in the Nelson Land District, containing by admeasurement 1 acre 2 roods, more or less, being Section No. 25, Village of Murchison. Bounded towards the north by Essex Street; towards the east by Section No. 24, Village of Murchison; towards the south by Section No. 20, Square 170, of the said village; and towards the west by Section No. 26 of the village aforesaid. For a municipal reserve.

As the same are delineated on the plan marked S.G. 53713/4, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured red.

All that area in the Nelson Land District, containing by admeasurement 7 acres 2 roods, more or less, being Section No. 31A of Square 170, Village of Murchison. Bounded towards the north by Sections Nos. 11, 10, and 9 of the Village of Murchison; towards the east by Section No. 30A of Square 170 of the said village; towards the south by Waller Street; and towards the west by Sections Nos. 14 and 32A of Square 170 of the village aforesaid. For a site for a public school.

All that area in the Nelson Land District, containing by admeasurement 3 acres, more or less, being Section No. 51, Village of Murchison. Bounded towards the north by Section No. 52 of the Village of Murchison; towards the east by Fairfax Street; towards the south by Hotham Street; and towards the west by Section No. 26, Square 170. For a site for a public school.

As the same are delineated on the plan marked S.G. 53713/4, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured purple.

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Removing Restrictions against Alienation of Native Land.
PLUNKET, Governor.
WHEREAS by section fourteen of “The Maori Land Laws Amendment Act, 1903,” it is enacted that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Act, or in any Crown grant or other instrument of title, the Governor may, on the recommendation of the Council, remove any restriction on the alienation of land owned by Maoris: Provided that the decision of the Governor on any recommendation of the Council shall be given within six months from the date of the receipt of such recommendation:

And whereas the Aotea District Maori Land Council, by a recommendation made and passed by the said Council on the twelfth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and four, and received on the eighth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and four, recommended the Governor to vary or remove and revoke the restrictions against alienation contained in the instrument of title of the block of land known as Sections 8 and 9, Harbour District, and described in the Schedule hereunder written, so far as to permit a portion of the said land, containing two acres one rood twenty perches, to be sold:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon and vested in me by the said Act, and of all other powers and authorities me thereunto enabling, and in accordance with the recommendation of the Aotea District Maori Land Council aforesaid, do hereby remove the restrictions now existing against the alienation of the land particularised and set out in the Schedule hereto, to enable the said land to be sold.

SCHEDULE.
ALL that piece or parcel of land, situate in the Wellington Land District, containing 2 acres 1 rood 20 perches, being part of the land known as Sections 8 and 9, Harbour District, and part of the land comprised in certificate of title, Volume 130, folio 92, on the Register-book of the Wellington District, and containing the following restrictions: “Inalienable by sale or mortgage, or by lease for more than twenty-one years.”

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

C. H. MILLS,
For Native Minister.

Trustee for the Lyttelton Public Cemetery appointed.
PLUNKET, Governor.
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the sixth section of “The Cemeteries Act, 1882,” I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint The Reverend ALEXANDER CARRICK WEDDERSPoon to be a Trustee, in the place of John George Fyfe, deceased, to provide for the maintenance and care of the Lyttelton Public Cemetery, in conjunction with the other persons previously appointed by His Excellency the Governor.

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

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Post-office where Miners’ Rights may be issued.
IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon me by “The Mining Act, 1898,” and of all other powers and authorities enabling me in this behalf, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint the post-office at the undermentioned place to be a post-office at which miners’ rights may be issued by the Postmaster in charge of such post-office, viz.:—

CROMARTY, Invercargill.

As witness my hand, this seventh day of June, one thousand nine hundred and five.

PLUNKET, Governor.