Mar. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 669

Passengers’ luggage under ½ ton, provided such luggage is removed from wharf within one hour of being landed, free from landing dues.

The space to be occupied in the goods-shed by any one owner of goods shall not exceed 10 tons.

Goods may not be stored in the goods-shed for a longer period than three weeks.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Fixing Sittings of Court of Appeal.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-seventh day of February, 1906.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by “The Court of Appeal Act, 1882,” it is enacted that the Court shall hold its sittings at such times and places as shall from time to time be fixed by the Governor in Council, and proclaimed in the Government Gazette twenty-one days at least before the times so fixed respectively:

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, doth hereby fix that sittings of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand shall be held within the Supreme Court House, in the City of Wellington, upon the following days, at eleven o’clock in the forenoon:—

Wednesday, the twenty-eighth March, one thousand nine hundred and six.

Wednesday, the twenty-seventh June, one thousand nine hundred and six.

Monday, the eighth October, one thousand nine hundred and six.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Land brought within the Jurisdiction of the Native Land Court.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-seventh day of February, 1906.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS the ownership of the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto requires to be ascertained, and it is also necessary to determine the relative shares or interests of the Native owners of the said land:

And whereas it is expedient that the several matters should be brought within the jurisdiction of the Native Land Court in order that the same may be effectively dealt with:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by the fifteenth section of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby order and declare that the investigation and determination of the ownership of the land described in the Schedule hereto, and of the relative shares or interests of any Natives therein, and also the determination of any matter or question which may arise in relation to the premises, or which it shall be necessary to determine for the purpose aforesaid, shall be and the same are hereby brought within the jurisdiction of the Native Land Court established under the said Act.

And it is hereby further declared that this Order shall take effect on and after the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and six.

SCHEDULE.

WAIWHETU PA.

All that piece or parcel of land, containing by admeasurement 12 acres 1 rood 32 perches, more or less. Bounded towards the north and north-east by Section 12, Block XIV, Belmont Survey District (Hutt Racecourse Reserve); towards the south-east by Section 15, Block XIV, Belmont Survey District; and towards the south-west by the mouth of the Hutt and Waiwetu Rivers.

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 twenty-seventh day of February, 1906.

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 Aotea District Maori Land Council, by a recommendation made on the twelfth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and five, and received on the seventeenth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and six, has recommended the Governor to 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 mortgage, all that parcel of land, containing two hundred and nineteen acres, more or less, being part of the land known as Pakaraka No. 1E:

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 mortgage to the Government Advances to Settlers Office Superintendent, the block or parcel of land, situate in the Wellington Land District, containing two hundred and nineteen acres, more or less, being part of the land known as Pakaraka No. 1E, and part of the land comprised in partition order of the Native Land Court dated the fourteenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred, in favour of Rihari Uru te Angina and another.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Polling-places abolished and appointed.

PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS by “The Electoral Act, 1905,” it is among other things enacted that the Governor may from time to time appoint, alter, and abolish polling-places for each electoral district within the limits thereof:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby abolish the places mentioned in the First Schedule hereto as polling-places for the electoral districts the names of which are therein specified, and do hereby appoint the places mentioned in the Second Schedule hereto to be polling-places for the electoral districts the names of which are therein specified.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

POLLING-PLACES ABOLISHED.

Marsden Electoral District—
The Schoolhouse, Ruakaka.
The Schoolhouse, Huanui.
The Post-office, Whananaki.
The Schoolhouse, Otaika.
The Schoolhouse, Maungatapere.
The Public Hall, Onerahi.
The Schoolhouse, Kaitara.
The Schoolhouse, Mata Mangapai.
The Cove Schoolhouse, Waipu.
The North River Schoolhouse, Waipu.
The Schoolhouse, Mataporie.