APRIL 26.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1105

Hides, 1d. each, or per ton of 40 to ton .. .. 2 0
Sheep-skins, per bale .. .. .. .. 0 3
All other goods, either weight or measurement at
option of wharfinger, per ton .. .. .. 1 0
Half-dues to be charged on all goods transhipped into
lighters.
All vessels lying alongside the wharf without receiv-
ing or landing cargo, first day .. .. Free
Ditto, after the first day (except Sundays and holi-
days), per ton net register per day .. .. 0 0½
Passengers' luggage or ships' stores, carried in hand,
not exceeding ¼ of a ton, shall be exempt from
wharfage charges.

STORAGE.
Per ton (any quantity over ½ ton and under 1 ton
will be charged as 1 ton), per week or part of a
week.. .. .. .. .. .. 1 0
½ ton or under, per week or part of a week .. 0 6
If services of wharfinger required before 8 a.m. or
after 5 p.m., per hour or part of an hour .. 1 0

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

Empowering Native Appellate Court to hear Appeal under Section 62 of “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1895.”

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this eighteenth day of April, 1906.

Present:

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

WHEREAS by section sixty-two of “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1895,” it is provided that in any case in which application has been or shall be made to the Chief Judge of the Native Land Court, under section thirty-nine of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” in respect of any order of the Court determining the succession to the estate of any Native deceased, the Governor, on being certified by the Chief Judge as in the said section is provided, may, by Order in Council, empower the Native Appellate Court to deal with such application as a valid appeal under “The Native Land Court Act, 1894”: And whereas the Chief Judge has, in respect of the application of Rina Maikia under section thirty-nine aforesaid, certified as by the said section sixty-two is required: And whereas the said application in all other respects complies with the requirements of the last-mentioned section:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority enabling him in that behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby empower the Native Appellate Court to deal with the said application as an appeal, under the provisions of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” from the orders of Court hereinafter specified, that is to say,—

The two orders of the Court, dated the eleventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred and five, appointing Ngarui Ngahuia to succeed to the interests of Raira te Hau and Akinihi te Hau, deceased, in the Porotu Block.

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

Australian Quail not to be taken or killed in the Auckland Acclimatisation District.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and its amendments, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby notify that there shall be a close season for Australian quail in the Auckland District, and that Australian quail shall not be taken or killed during the present year in the said Auckland District, consisting of the Counties of Rodney, Waitemata, Manukau, Coromandel, Thames, Ohinemuri, Raglan, Waikato, Waipa, Piako, Rotorua, Kawhia, Awakino, Waitomo, and Taupo West.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twentieth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and six.

JAMES McGOWAN,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

B

Notice of Intention to change the Purpose of a Reserve in the Westland Land District.

PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS by “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” it is, amongst other things, enacted that the Governor may declare his intention to change or alter the dedication of any public reserve now or hereafter vested in His Majesty or the Governor for any of the purposes named in Class II of the Schedule to the said Act, whether the same be granted or not; and if it shall, in the opinion of the Governor, be expedient to change the purpose of such reserve or any part thereof from the purpose or presumed purpose for which it was set apart to any other purpose, the Governor may, by notice gazetted, declare his intention to make such change, and in such notice declare the manner and terms in which the same is intended to be so made:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in me by “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” aforesaid, declare my intention to change the specific purpose of the reserve described in the first column of the Schedule hereto from that named therein to that named in the second column thereof.

SCHEDULE.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this third day of April, one thousand nine hundred and six.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Notice of Intention to change the Purpose of a Portion of a Reserve in the Marlborough Land District.

PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS by “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” it is, amongst other things, enacted that the Governor may declare his intention to change or alter the dedication of any public reserve now or hereafter vested in His Majesty or the Governor for any of the purposes named in Class II of the Schedule to the said Act, whether the same be granted or not; and if it shall, in the opinion of the Governor, be expedient to change the purpose of such reserve or any part thereof from the purpose or presumed purpose for which it was set apart to any other purpose, the Governor may, by notice gazetted, declare his intention to make such change, and in such notice declare the manner and terms in which the same is intended to be so made:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in me by “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” aforesaid, declare my intention to change the specific purpose of the portion of the reserve described in the second column of the