Aug. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2225

respectively the sixth day of July, the thirtieth day of
September, and the twenty-third day of November, one
thousand nine hundred and three, and the fifteenth day of
March, one thousand nine hundred and four, certain rules
were made, and are now in force, for the classification of
ships and as to life-saving appliances for ships:

And whereas it is desirable to amend the said rules in
manner hereinafter provided:

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 Shipping and Sea-
men Act, 1903,” and acting by and with the advice and
consent of the Executive Council of the said colony,
doth hereby order that it shall not be necessary to carry
a lifeboat in the case of sailing-ships up to one hundred
tons gross tonnage coming under Division B, Class 4,
and steamships up to two hundred tons gross tonnage,
coming under Division C, Class 1, and Division D, Classes 1
and 3, employed in landing and shipping cargo on and
from the beaches on the coast, and carrying a surfboat
properly constructed and equipped as provided by the said
rules.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Validating the Voting-papers used at the Poll in connection
with a Loan of £1,500 applied for by the Raglan County
Council.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this eighteenth
day of August, 1906.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Raglan County Council has applied to
the Colonial Treasurer, under the provisions of
“The Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1901” (hereinafter called
“the said Act”), and its amendments, for a loan of one
thousand five hundred pounds, for the purpose of forming
and metalling portions of the Ohiro Road, one thousand
three hundred pounds, and Murray’s Road, two hundred
pounds: And whereas by section eleven of the said Act it
is provided that the form of voting-paper set forth in the
Schedule to “The Local Bodies’ Loans Amendment Act,
1903,” shall be used at any poll of ratepayers taken upon a
proposal for a loan under the said Act: And whereas the
said form of voting-paper requires that there should be
inserted therein the date of taking such poll and the pro-
visions for repayment of the loan: And whereas the voting-
papers used at the poll of ratepayers taken, under the
provisions of the said Act, upon the proposal to raise the said
loan on the twenty-eighth day of October, one thousand
nine hundred and five, did not contain the date of such poll
or the provisions for repayment of the said loan: And
whereas the Governor is satisfied that the ratepayers have
not been misled by either of such irregularities or defects,
and it appears expedient to validate the said poll of rate-
payers:

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 powers and authorities con-
tained in the tenth section of “The Local Bodies’ Loans
Amendment Act, 1902,” doth hereby validate the said
recited poll of ratepayers, and doth hereby declare that all
proceedings thereunder shall be and be deemed to have
been as good, valid, and effectual as if the said recited poll
of ratepayers had been duly and regularly taken.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Rural Land in Westland Land District open for Selection
on Lease in Perpetuity.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
conferred upon me by section one hundred and thirty-
six of “The Land Act, 1892,” and section two of “The Bush
and Swamp Crown Lands Settlement Act, 1903,” I, William
Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New
Zealand, do hereby declare and provide as follows, that is to
say:—

1. The rural land enumerated in the Schedule hereto
   is hereby set apart for disposal by way of selection on and
   after the twenty-third day of October, one thousand nine
   hundred and six, at the rental specified in the said Schedule.

2. The said land may be selected on lease in perpetuity
   only, as provided by section one hundred and twenty-one of
   “The Land Act 1892,” as it contains, or is supposed to
   contain, metal, mineral, or valuable stone, and shall not be
   purchased for cash.

3. For the purposes of “The Bush and Swamp Crown
   Lands Settlement Act, 1903,” the land enumerated in the
   said Schedule hereto shall be deemed to be “heavy-bush
   land.”

4. No general rate shall be levied or collected by any local
   authority from the said lands for the period of four years
   from the date from which in each case respectively such land
   is disposed of, and no local authority shall have power to
   levy or collect any such rate from such land during such
   period.

5. After the first half-year’s rent has been paid by the
   selector the further instalments of rent payable by him
   for a period of four years shall not be demanded: provided
   that if at any time during the first five years of his occu-
   pancy the selector disposes of his interest in the land the
   rent so conceded shall be paid by him in full, and thereupon
   the Land Board may remit such instalments of rent payable
   by the incoming tenant, not exceeding in the aggregate the
   amount of rent previously conceded to the selector, as the
   Board shall think fit.

SCHEDULE.

WESTLAND LAND DISTRICT. — WESTLAND COUNTY. — OKURU
SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Heavy-bush Land.

Weighted with £12 10s., valuation for improvements.

All heavy mixed bush, with some red-, silver-, and white-
pine. About 5 acres has been felled, burned, and sown in
grass; level land; 60 acres good soil, fairly dry; balance wet,
peaty, inferior soil. The whole area is well watered. Alti-
tude, 100 ft. above sea-level. Access by good road and river-
bed from Okuru Township and boat-landing; distance, four
miles.

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

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Lands.

Rural Lands in Westland Land District open for Selection
on Lease in Perpetuity.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
conferred upon me by section one hundred and thirty-
six of “The Land Act, 1892,” and section two of “The
Bush and Swamp Crown Lands Settlement Act, 1903,” I,
William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of
New Zealand, do hereby declare and provide as follows, that
is to say:—

1. The rural lands enumerated in the Schedules hereto are
   hereby set apart for disposal by way of selection on and
   after the twenty-third day of October, one thousand nine
   hundred and six, at the rentals specified in the said Schedules.

2. The said lands may be selected on lease in perpetuity
   only, as provided by section one hundred and twenty-one of
   “The Land Act, 1892,” as they contain, or are supposed to
   contain, metal, mineral, or valuable stone, and shall not be
   purchased for cash.

3. For the purposes of “The Bush and Swamp Crown
   Lands Settlement Act, 1903,” the lands enumerated in the
   First Schedule hereto shall be deemed to be “heavy-bush
   land,” and the land in the Second Schedule shall be deemed
   to be “light-bush land.”

4. No general rate shall be levied or collected by any local
   authority from the said lands for the period of four years
   in the case of heavy-bush land, and three years in the case
   of light-bush land, from the date from which in each case
   respectively such lands are disposed of, and no local autho-
   rity shall have power to levy or collect any such rate from
   such lands during such period.