Jan. 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 5

tions shall be made to the Commissioner of Crown Lands,
Invercargill ; and leases will be issued in accordance with
the provisions of Part I. aforesaid.
5. Each applicant shall state his or her residence, occu-
pation, and condition in life (namely, whether married or
single), and will be required to make the declaration pre-
scribed in Schedule C of the said Act.
6. Each applicant shall pay the first half-year’s rent,
together with the lease and registration fee, and the
valuation for improvements (if any), immediately the appli-
cation has been approved or declared successful at the ballot.
7. All rents must be paid half-yearly, in advance, on the
1st days of January and July in each year, as provided in
section 157 of the said Act ; and the first half-year’s rent is
payable as before provided.
8. Improvements and residence on the land comprised in
each lease shall be as provided in Part III. of the said Act.
The provisions of section 144, and all other provisions of
the said Act with respect to substantial improvements, shall
apply accordingly to lessees under these regulations. The
provisions of section 141, and all other provisions of the said
Act in respect of compulsory residence, shall apply accord-
ingly to lessees under these regulations.
9. No lessee shall subdivide, sublet, or transfer the land
held by him under these regulations, except under and sub-
ject to the provisions of Part I. of the said Act.
10. No lessee shall hold more than the limit stated in the
First Schedule, including that already held, and all allot-
ments shall be held for his or her sole use and benefit, and
not for the use or benefit of any other person whomsoever.
No married woman shall be eligible as a selector ; but this
provision shall not apply to any married woman who may
become a transferee under a will or by virtue of an intes-
tacy.
11. All the provisions of the said Act, so far as applicable,
shall extend and apply to the land affected by these regula-
tions, and to the applications and leases to be made and
issued thereunder, and generally to the interests created,
and the persons whose rights, liabilities, or interests are
thereby affected ; and the mention of any particular pro-
vision of the said Act shall not be deemed to exclude any
other provision of the said Act applicable to the particular
case.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this nineteenth day of December, 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 Mareretu No. 1 Kauri-gum Reserve and the Mareretu No. 3 Kauri-gum Reserve 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 Mareretu No. 1 Kauri-gum Reserve and the Mareretu No. 3 Kauri-gum Reserve 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 lands.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 58 acres 2 roods 10 perches, more or less, situate in the Mareretu Parish, Otamatea County, being the Mareretu No. 1 Kauri-gum Reserve (the northern portion of Section No. 42, Mareretu Parish), set apart by Order in Council dated 4th December, 1899, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 102, of the 7th December, 1899, page 2218. Bounded towards the east by a public road ; towards the south-east by the southern portion of Section No. 42 of the Parish of Mareretu ; towards the west by a public road ; and towards the north-west by Section No. 43 of the Parish of Mareretu aforesaid.

All that area in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 104 acres 1 rood 38 perches, more or less, situate in the Mareretu Parish, Otamatea County, being the Mareretu No. 3 Kauri-gum Reserve (the south-western portion of Section No. 45 and the north-eastern portion of Section No. 46, Parish of Mareretu), set apart by Order in Council dated the 4th December, 1899, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 102, of the 7th December, 1899, page 2218. Bounded towards the north-east by Section No. 47 of the Parish of Mareretu, the crossing of a public road, by the said road, and by the north-eastern portion of Section No. 45 of the Parish of Mareretu aforesaid ; towards the south-east by Section No. 43 of the said parish ; towards the south-west by Section No. 45A of the said parish, by a public road to a point in line with the north-east boundary-line of the south-western portion of Section No. 46 of the said parish, across the said public road, and by the said boundary-line ; and towards the north-west by Section No. 61 of the Parish of Waikiekie to Section No. 47 aforesaid: exclusive of a road 100 links wide which intersects the above-described area.

As the same are delineated on the plan marked S.G. 37704/268, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured red.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulation under “The Teachers’ Superannuation Act, 1905.”

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this nineteenth day of December, 1905.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN exercise of the powers conferred upon him by “The Teachers’ Superannuation Act, 1905,” His Excellency the Governor of New Zealand, acting under the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby make the regulation set forth in the Schedule hereto for the purpose of giving effect to the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

EVERY qualified person who, under section 4 of “The Teachers’ Superannuation Act, 1905,” elects to become a contributor to the Teachers’ Superannuation Fund shall, within six months after the 1st day of January, 1906, being the date of the commencement of the above-mentioned Act, make application to the Secretary for Education in the following form :—

FORM OF ELECTION TO BECOME A CONTRIBUTOR TO THE TEACHERS’ SUPERANNUATION FUND.

To the Secretary for Education, Wellington.

Pursuant to section 4 of “The Teachers’ Superannuation Act, 1905,” I state that I was on 1st January, 1906, permanently employed for not less than twenty hours a week in the Education service, and am still so employed. I hereby elect to become a contributor to the fund under the above-mentioned Act, and authorise the necessary contribution to be deducted from my pay in accordance with section 7 thereof.

Further, I hereby declare that the following particulars are correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.

STATEMENT OF PARTICULARS.

Name in full (surname first) : .
Sex : . Age last birthday : .
Present appointment : [Inspector, teacher, clerk, &c.] under the [Give the name of the Education Board or governing body of secondary school or managers of associated classes or, if under Education Department, say “Department”].
Present salary : .

Dated at , the day of , 1906.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.