July 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1895

Land Officer at Poverty Bay appointed.

(L.S.) PLUNKET, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by the twenty-third section of “The Land Act, 1892,” it is enacted that the Governor, by Proclamation in the Gazette, may from time to time establish and define, abolish, alter, or reconstitute local districts for the sale or disposal of land, and in like manner from time to time may appoint Land Officers or other persons for conducting sales of land in such local districts, and for receiving applications for the sale, letting, disposal, or occupation of Crown lands, and for generally carrying into effect the provisions of the said Act:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint

THOMAS NOEL BRODRICK

to be the Land Officer in the place of Frank Stephenson Smith from the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and six, for conducting sales of land and for receiving applications for the sale, letting, and disposal or occupation of Crown lands, and for generally carrying into effect the provisions of the said Act within the Poverty Bay Local Land District.

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 seventh day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and six.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Making Regulations for controlling the Traffic on Lake Rotoiti and the Management of Wharves erected therein, and prescribing Dues for the Use thereof.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this ninth day of July, 1906.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS it is provided by “The Harbours Act, 1878” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), that in harbours where there is no Harbour Board the Governor in Council shall have all the powers, functions, duties, and authorities by the said Act conferred upon Harbour Boards, and may, in cases where such powers would be exercised under by-laws to be made by a Board, exercise the same under regulations to be made in the manner provided in section two hundred and twelve of the said Act: And whereas there is no Harbour Board having jurisdiction in Lake Rotoiti, which is a harbour within the meaning of that term as defined by the said Act:

And whereas it is desirable to make regulations for the control of the traffic on the said lake and for the management of the wharves erected therein, and to prescribe dues for the use thereof:

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, and in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by the twelfth section of the said Act, and of all the other powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, doth hereby order that the regulations dated the twelfth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and six, and gazetted on the eighteenth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and six, in respect of Lake Rotorua and the wharves thereon shall be held to apply also to Lake Rotoiti and the wharves thereon as fully and effectively as if Lake Rotoiti formed part of Lake Rotorua.

ALEX. WILLIS,
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 House, at Wellington, this ninth day of July, 1906.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor 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 Akuhata Eruini 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 several orders of the Court, dated the twenty-fifth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and five, appointing Henare te Mokopurangi and Kawhena Mokopurangi to succeed to the interest of Watene te Nehu, deceased, in Otaraoa No. 2 Block and Tikorangi Section 76.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Domain Board appointed to have Control of the Woodend Domain.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this ninth day of July, 1906.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by “The Public Domains Act, 1881,” and the amendments thereof (including “The Domain Boards Act, 1904”), 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 revoke a certain Order in Council, dated the thirtieth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, delegating powers to the Woodend Domain Board, and doth hereby appoint

FREDERICK HORRELL,
ALFRED CATCHPOLE,
JAMES JUDSON,
THOMAS AYRES, and
DANIEL COLIN SHILTON

to be the Woodend Domain Board, having, subject to the said Acts, control of the lands described in the Schedule hereto, which lands are a public domain, and shall be called the Woodend Domain; and also doth hereby appoint Tuesday, the seventh day of August, one thousand nine hundred and six, at half past seven o’clock p.m., as the time when, and the Mechanics’ Institute, Woodend, as the place where, the first meeting of the said Board shall be held.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 137 acres 3 roods 20 perches, more or less, being Reserve No. 2134, Block XII, Rangiora Survey District. Bounded towards the north by Section No. 807; towards the east by Section No. 10695; towards the south