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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 87

meeting at which the special order was confirmed, as required by section eleven of “The Counties Act Amendment Act, 1903”: And whereas it appears that the ratepayers have not been misled by such irregularity, and it is expedient to validate the said notifications:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by section ten of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Amendment Act, 1902,” and acting by and with the consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby declare that the public notification of the special order shall be deemed and taken to be as valid as though the said notifications had been properly published, and that the proceedings relative to the said loan shall not be called in question by reason only of the irregularity aforesaid.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Posting in Receiving-boxes.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this thirtieth day of September, 1905.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and five, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the third day of July, one thousand nine hundred and five, rules and regulations were made under the authority of “The Post Office Act, 1900” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), for the posting of correspondence, and it is expedient to amend and add to such regulations in the manner hereinafter set forth:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby make and prescribe the regulation set forth in the Schedule hereto, governing the posting of correspondence in receiving-boxes; and doth declare that such regulation shall be read as part of the regulations made by the aforesaid Order in Council; and doth further order and declare that such regulation shall have effect on and after the publication of this Order in the New Zealand Gazette.

SCHEDULE.

RECEIVING-BOXES.

In addition to the facilities for posting afforded at every post-office, correspondence may also be posted in receiving-boxes approved of by the Postmaster-General. Receiving-boxes are primarily for letters. Newspapers and other articles not exceeding 13 in. in length and 2 in. in thickness may also be posted in receiving-boxes. Not more than six newspapers or other printed articles may be posted in any one receiving-box in one day by the same person or on behalf of any one person. Articles identified as posted in breach of this limitation will be detained.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Changing the Purpose of a Reserve in the Canterbury Land District.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this thirtieth day of September, 1905.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto was heretofore duly set apart for public purposes of the Provincial Government, being a reserve within Class I. of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881”:

And whereas it is expedient that such land shall be appropriated for a site for municipal and other buildings, being a reserve within the said Class I.:

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 the said land shall, from and after the date hereof, be appropriated for a site for municipal and other buildings under Class I. of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881.”

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 2 roods, more or less, being Reserve No. 147, Town of Timaru: as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 53727, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Excepting Land from the Operation of Section 117 of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894.”

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this thirtieth day of September, 1905.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by section four of “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1895,” it is enacted that the Governor may, by Order in Council, except from the operation of section one hundred and seventeen of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894” (hereinafter called “the said Act”), for a limited period or otherwise, and either generally or for such purposes and subject to such restrictions as shall be in such Order specified, any land, wheresoever situate, which is for the time being subject to the operation of the said section, or any interest therein or right over the same, or may in like manner make such exception in favour exclusively of any lessee or other person who has been bonâ fide in occupation of and has made improvements on such land, or has paid money to Native owners for lease or purchase thereof, prior to the passing of the said Act: Provided that no Order in Council under the provisions of this section shall take effect until after the expiration of two months from the date of the publication thereof in the Gazette: Provided also that every alienation under the provisions of this section shall be confirmed by the Court in terms of section fifty-three of the said Act:

And whereas the Waikato District Maori Land Council, by a recommendation made and passed by the said Council on the fifteenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and four, and received on the first day of September, one thousand nine hundred and five, has recommended the Governor to except from the operation of section one hundred and seventeen of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” the block or parcel of land particularised and set out in the Schedule hereto, to enable the said land to be leased:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by section four of “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1895,” and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby except from the operation of section one hundred and seventeen of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” for the purpose of alienation by way of lease for any period not exceeding twenty-one years, the block or parcel of land particularised and set out in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

1. ALL that block or parcel of land situated in the Auckland Land District, containing 1 rood 16 perches, more or less, known as Kawhia H, and being the land comprised in partition order of the Native Land Court dated the 5th April, 1892, in favour of Hone te One and others.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Defining Limits of Puponga Harbour.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance of the power and authority in me vested by the ninth section of “The Harbours Act, 1878,” I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby define the limits of the Harbour of Puponga in the said colony to be,—