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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 21

SCHEDULE.

THE parcels of land mentioned hereunder :—

All in the Land District of Wellington ; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 21651, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and thereon coloured as above.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

"The Education Act, 1904."—Class-books for Public Schools.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this seventeenth day of February, 1906.

Present:

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

IN exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by "The Education Act, 1904," the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the colony, doth hereby make the regulations hereto annexed respecting class-books for public schools; 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 regulations made by Order in Council on the 22nd day of May, 1905, approving class-books for public schools, are hereby amended by striking out the words "Arnold's Britannia Readers" occurring in the clause headed "READING—(b.) Geographical Readers."

2. Any books described in the following list may be used in any public school as if they had been described and included in the list of works set forth in the above-mentioned Order in Council of the 22nd day of May, 1905 :—

READING. — (b.) Geographical Readers.—Arnold's Home and Abroad Readers; Lyde's Man and His Markets (Macmillan); Lyde's Man on Earth (Macmillan); Southern Cross Geographical Readers (Whitcombe and Tombs).

(c.) Historical Readers. — Arnold's Britannia Readers; Blackwood's Short Stories.

(d.) Other Supplementary Readers. — Nelson's Picture-Readers for Infant Classes; Nelson's Supplementary Readers; Collins's Supplementary Readers; Quinn's Art Reader (Forbes).

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

Introduction of Fruit infected with Apple-scab or Black-spot, and Potatoes or Tomatoes infected with Irish Blight, prohibited.—Notice No. 1020.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twelfth day of March, 1906.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE W. HALL-JONES PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section four of "The Orchard and Garden Pests Act, 1903" (hereinafter termed "the said Act"), it is provided that the Governor may from time to time, by Order in Council gazetted, prohibit absolutely the introduction into New Zealand of any plant (as defined in the said Act), fruit, fungus, parasite, insect, or other thing which in his opinion is likely to introduce disease:

And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, it is expedient that the introduction into New Zealand of any plant or fruit as hereafter mentioned should be prohibited :

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 absolutely prohibit the introduction into New Zealand of any fruit infected with the apple-scab or black-spot (Fusicladium dendriticum), or any potatoes or tomatoes affected by the Irish potato-disease or late blight (Phytophthora infestans), or in or on which any such disease is or has been present in any form or stage of development; and if any fruit or plant hereby prohibited is introduced into New Zealand it shall be dealt with, together with any package containing the same, in the manner provided by section nine of the said Act with respect to plants and other things unlawfully introduced into New Zealand.

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:

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, situate in the Chatham Islands, containing nine thousand seven hundred and fifty acres, more or less, known as Otonga No. 1e, Subdivision No. 13, and being the land comprised in partition order of the Native Land Court dated the twenty-eighth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, in favour of Tipunauia Toenga.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Withdrawing Land from the Operation of "The Kauri-gum Industry Act, 1898."

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twelfth day of March, 1906.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE W. HALL-JONES 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