July 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1681

Cancelling a Proclamation taking Lands for Drainage and Sewage Works in the Borough of Palmerston North.

(l.s.) PLUNKET, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers conferred by section twenty-two of “The Public Works Act, 1894,” 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 by this notice cancel and annul the Proclamation dated the twelfth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and four, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 93, pages 2749 and 2750, of the seventeenth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and four, taking lands in Sections 292, 291, 290, 316, and 317, Block X., Kairanga Survey District, for the purpose of drainage and sewage works in the Borough of Palmerston North, and such Proclamation above mentioned shall be absolutely void and of none effect from the date of the same.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable William Lee, Baron Plunket, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over His Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this eight day of July, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and five.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Additional Regulations under Section 50 of “The Native Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act, 1901,” to have Operation in the Cook and other Islands.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this eighth day of July, 1905.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by section three of “The Cook and other Islands Government Act Amendment Act, 1902,” it is enacted that the Governor may from time to time, by Order in Council, direct that any of the laws in force in New Zealand proper (other than the laws relating to the sale of intoxicating liquors) shall have operation and be observed in the said Islands, either in whole or with such modifications as may be necessary to adapt them to the conditions and circumstances of the said Islands and the inhabitants thereof:

And whereas by Order in Council thereunder dated the twenty-eighth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and four, and gazetted on the third day of November, one thousand nine hundred and four, His Excellency the Governor did order that section fifty of “The Native Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act, 1901,” and the regulations in force under such section made on the fourth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and one, should have operation and be observed in the said Islands with the modifications shown in the Appendix thereto:

And whereas it is expedient to amend regulation three of the said regulations as modified, and also to direct that certain additional regulations made under the said section fifty shall have operation and be observed in the said Islands with such modifications as hereinafter appear:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred by “The Cook and other Islands Government Act Amendment Act, 1902,” and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby amend the proviso to regulation three of the said regulations as modified and set out in the Appendix to the said Order in Council of the twenty-eighth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and four, by substituting the words “Cook and other Islands Land Titles Court” for the words “High Court”; and doth also hereby order that the additional regulations made under the said section fifty on the eleventh and gazetted on the twenty-sixth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and four, shall have operation and be observed in the said Islands with the modifications shown in the Appendix hereto.

APPENDIX.

ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS under Section 50 of “The Native Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act, 1901,” as modified to adapt them to the Conditions and Circumstances of the said Islands and the Inhabitants thereof.

7. BEFORE registering any adoption the Registrar shall require in respect thereof a certificate by the Chief or a European Judge of the Cook and other Islands Land Titles Court, or by the Resident European Magistrate or Agent at the Island where such adoption takes place, that he has inquired into the circumstances of the said adoption, and that he is satisfied that the same is a bonâ fide adoption according to Native custom and ought to be given effect to.

8. Such inquiry shall be made in open Court after receipt of the application by the Registrar or by the Resident European Magistrate or Agent. Every application shall, at least three days before the hearing thereof, be duly notified by notice in writing posted at the Courthouse. Registration of every adoption shall be duly notified by the Registrar in the Cook Islands Gazette.

9. The fee payable in respect of each application under Regulation 6 shall include the certificate and registration fee, but shall not include fees incidental to hearing unless so ordered.

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

Junior National Scholarships.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this eighth day of July, 1905.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by “The Education Act, 1904,” His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby, in respect of subsection (i) of section seventy-four of the said Act, make the regulations hereto annexed, and with the like advice and consent doth prescribe that this Order shall come into force on the date of the first publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

REGULATIONS.

1. THE prescribed examination to be passed by any junior scholar at the end of the second year of his scholarship shall be the Civil Service Junior Examination.

2. The application of each candidate to be examined must be made on one of the forms provided, and must be forwarded by the principal of the secondary school (or its equivalent) attended by the candidate to the Secretary of the Education Board so as to reach his office not later than the 30th September in each year. The principal of each school shall at the same time forward a list of the names of all candidates from his school on forms provided for this purpose, and the Secretary of the Education Board shall, not later than the 10th day of October, forward these lists to the Inspector-General of Schools, Wellington.

3. No fee for this examination shall be payable by the holders of Junior National Scholarships.

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

Fencourt Drainage District extended.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this eighth day of July, 1905.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS, in accordance with the provisions of section three of “The Land Drainage Act, 1904,” a majority of the ratepayers in the area described in the First Schedule hereto, situated in the County of Waikato, have presented a petition to His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand praying that the land comprised in the said area be included in the Fencourt Drainage District as constituted under the provisions of the said Act: And whereas it is expedient to alter the boundaries of such drainage district in manner hereinafter appearing:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority contained in section three of “The Land