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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 17

recommendation of a Commission to be appointed under "The Commissioners Act, 1903":
And whereas the Maungatua Drainage Board bas, by resolution passed at a meeting held on the sixteenth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and five, refused to agree to the constitution of a united district:
And whereas it is advisable that inquiry should be made into the desirableness or otherwise of constituting one united district in lieu of the three existing districts, and that such inquiry be made in manner hereinafter provided:
Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers conferred by "The Commissioners Act, 1903," and of all other powers and authorities enabling me in that behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, do hereby constitute and appoint you, the said David Barron, George Cruickshank, and William Stonham Short, to be a Commission for the purpose of making inquiry into the matter mentioned in these presents - that is to say, as to the desirableness or otherwise of constituting one united drainage district in lieu of the three existing districts.
And with the like advice and consent I do further appoint you, the said
DAVID BARRON,
to be Chairman of the said Commission.
And for the better enabling you, the said Commission, to carry these presents into effect you are hereby authorised and empowered to make and conduct any inquiry under these presents at such times and places in the said colony as you deem expedient, with power to adjourn from time to time and from place to place as you think fit, and to call before you and examine on oath or otherwise, as may be allowed by law, such person or persons as you think capable of affording you information in the premises; and you are also hereby empowered to call for and examine all such books, documents, plans, maps, or records as you deem likely to afford you the fullest information on the subject-matter of the inquiry hereby directed to be made, and to inquire of and concerning the premises by all lawful means whatsoever.
And, using all diligence, you are required to transmit to me, under your hands and seals, your report and recommendations in respect to the matter inquired into by you not later than the thirtieth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and six.
And it is hereby declared that these presents shall continue in full force and virtue although the inquiry be not regularly continued from time to time or from place to place by adjournment.
And, lastly, it is hereby further declared that these presents are issued under and subject to the provisions of "The Commissioners Act, 1903."
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 twenty-seventh day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and six.
JAMES McGOWAN,
For Minister of Lands.
Approved in Council.
ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
Notifying Land in the Wellington Land District subject to "The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900."
Office of Board of Land Purchase Commissioners, Wellington, 27th February, 1906.
PURSUANT to the provisions of "The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900," and its amendments, I hereby notify that the undermentioned Crown land, being the land known as the Pitt Settlement, which has been acquired under the said Acts, is subject to the said Acts.
SCHEDULE.
PITT SETTLEMENT.
All that parcel of land in the Land District of Wellington, containing by admeasurement 10 acres 2 roods 29 perches, more or less, and being Allotments 15 and 16 of Section 11, Hutt District, Block XIV, Belmont Survey District.
Bounded toward the north by Allotment 14, 1795 links; and toward the east by a public road 30 links wide, 630 links; toward the south by Allotment 17, 1585 links; and toward the west by a towing-path, 12 links wide, running parallel to the Hutt River to the point of commencement : as the same is delineated on a plan numbered 1937, deposited in the Head Office of the Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon edged with red.
R. J. SEDDON,
For Minister of Lands.
Notifying Land in the Canterbury Land District subject to "The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900."
Office of Board of Land Purchase Commissioners. Wellington, 27th February, 1906.
PURSUANT to the provisions of "The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900," I hereby notify that the undermentioned Crown land (being the land known as the Morice Settlement), which has been acquired under the said Act, is subject to the said Act.
SCHEDULE.
MORICE SETTLEMENT.
ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 2,220 acres 1 rood 21 perches, more or less, situated in Blocks IX and XIII, Pigeon Bay Survey District, being Rural Sections 3895x, 5133, 5688, 6432, 6433, 6434, 6479, 6571, 15965, 25253, 25254, 25448, 25733, 31211, 31212, 31743, 31744, and 35289, and parts of Rural Sections 3273, 3895, 3969, 4294, 5689, 6420, 24880, 24999, 25027, 25155, 25243, 25244, and 31213 ; Reserves 222x and 1230, and parts of Reserves 220, 221, and 222 ; Lots 16, 17, and 18, Deposited Plan No. 297 ; Lots 2 and 3, Deposited Plan No. 2091 ; Lot 6, and parts of Lots 9 and 10, Deposited Plan No. 1533 ; and part of Lot 3, Deposited Plan No. 2141 : as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked S.G. 19322, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and bordered pink thereon.
R. J. SEDDON,
For Minister of Lands.
Notice to Mariners No. 15 of 1906.
DREDGING IN THE GREY RIVER, WEST COAST.
Marine Department,
Wellington, N.Z., 24th February, 1906.
NOTICE is hereby given that it is the intention of the Greymouth Harbour Board to begin dredging operations in the Grey River at an early date. During the time that these operations are in progress vessels will be required to pass to the north (or outside) of the dredge and to slow their engines when passing. From sunset to sunrise a white light will be exhibited on the north side of the dredge, and all vessels working the port at night-time will pass to the north of the light or outside the dredge.
Charts. &c., affected.-Admiralty Chart No. 2591. "New Zealand Pilot," seventh edition, 1901, Chap. x, page 371.
WM. HALL-JONES.
Notice to Mariners No. 18 of 1906.
Marine Department,
Wellington, 27th February, 1906.
REFERRING to Notice to Mariners No. 24 of 1904, the following notice, received from the Port Officer, Melbourne, Victoria, is published for general information.
WM. HALL-JONES.
VICTORIA.
Point Gellibrand Light.-Port Phillip.
REFERRING to General Notice to Mariners, dated 24th September, 1901, page 81, mariners and others are hereby notified that the Point Gellibrand floating light-vessel will be removed on or about the 12th February, 1906, to allow of the work of erection of a pile lighthouse in the position of the present vessel. It is also hereby intimated that, simultaneously with the removal of the light-vessel, a gas buoy showing a fixed red light will be temporarily moored about 400ft. eastward of the present light-vessel, and a vessel will also be moored about 400 ft. southward of such gas buoy for the purpose of maintaining the system of signalling the position thereof by means of firing rockets in foggy weather. Vessels must pass at least half a cable eastward of the