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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 32

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by section ten of “The Local Bodies’ Loans Amendment Act, 1902,” and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby declare that such voting-paper shall be deemed and taken to be as valid as though it contained provision for the repayment of the loan, and was made in the form prescribed by the Schedule to “The Local Bodies’ Loans Amendment Act, 1903,” and that the proceedings relative to the said loan shall not be called in question by reason only of the irregularities aforesaid.

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

Time for Preparation of Roll under Gold Duty Abolition and Mining Property Rating Act extended, Buller County.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-eighth day of March, 1907.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE W. HALL-JONES PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS, the Council of the County of Buller having failed, through misadventure, to prepare the valuation roll of mining property in the Buller County in the month of January, one thousand nine hundred and seven, as required by section seven of “The Gold Duty Abolition and Mining Property Rating Act, 1890,” it is expedient to extend the time for preparing the said roll and for doing the other things set forth in the said section, as hereinafter mentioned:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in order that the purpose and intent of “The Gold Duty Abolition and Mining Property Rating Act, 1890,” may have effect, and in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in him by “The Rating Act, 1894,” which said Act is incorporated with the first above-mentioned Act, and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby extend the time for the preparation of the valuation roll for the Buller County, under “The Gold Duty Abolition and Mining Property Rating Act, 1890,” until the twenty-seventh day of March, one thousand nine hundred and seven, and doth also hereby extend the time within which the valuers shall give notice of the rateable value determined by them to each occupier, so that such notices may be given on or before the twentieth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and seven, and that objections to such valuations may be made on or before the thirteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and seven.

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

Boundaries of City of Christchurch altered.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-eighth day of March, 1907.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE W. HALL-JONES PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS a petition has been presented to the Governor, under section one hundred and seventy-six of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900,” praying the Governor to alter the boundaries of the City of Christchurch by including therein the area described in the Schedule hereto, and to include the said area in the Sydenham Ward of the said city: And whereas a notice showing the proposed alteration in boundaries has been gazetted and publicly notified: And whereas it is expedient to include the said area in the said City of Christchurch, and to add the said area to the said Sydenham Ward:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900,” 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 declare that, as from the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and seven, the area described in the Schedule hereto shall be included in the said City of Christchurch and added to the Sydenham Ward of the said city.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District, situated in Christchurch Survey District, bounded towards the north by the northern side of Tennyson Street from Colombo Street to the Heathcote River; thence towards the east, south, and west generally by the said Heathcote River to the eastern side of Colombo Street; and thence by the said eastern side of Colombo Street to the northern side of Tennyson Street, the place of commencement.

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

Parcel-post: Demurrage on Valuables.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-eighth day of March, 1907.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE W. HALL-JONES PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the nineteenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and six, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the twentieth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and six, certain general regulations and charges were made under the authority of “The Post Office Act, 1900” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), for the conveyance of parcels by means of the Post Office, such regulations providing, inter alia, for a charge for demurrage on parcels addressed to a post-office: And whereas it is desirable to alter and amend such regulations and charges in the manner hereinafter set forth:

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 of all other powers in that behalf enabling him, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby revoke and cancel regulation numbered 22 of the above-recited regulations, and also the charges for demurrage therein prescribed, and in lieu thereof doth hereby make and prescribe the regulation and charges set forth in the Schedule hereto, and doth order that these presents and such substitute regulation and charges shall have effect on and after the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and seven.

SCHEDULE.

22. A PARCEL (other than one containing jewellery, or any article of gold or silver, or any precious stone) received from a place beyond New Zealand, addressed to a post-office “to be called for,” or for other reason required to lie at a post-office, will, after it has remained in the office seven clear days (excluding Sundays and holidays), be charged demurrage at the rate of 1d. a day. A parcel containing jewellery, or any article of gold or silver, or any precious stone, received from a place beyond New Zealand, after it has remained in the office fourteen days (excluding Sundays and holidays), will be charged demurrage at the rate of one per centum per diem on the declared value thereof. No demurrage, however, will be charged on a parcel addressed to a place at which there is no house-to-house delivery, or for a person on board ship.

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

Regulations for Deer-shooting, North Canterbury.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-eighth day of March, 1907.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE W. HALL-JONES PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN exercise of the powers vested in him by “The Animals Protection Act, 1880,” and the Acts amending the same (hereinafter called “the said Acts”), 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 make the following regulations respecting the deer-shooting season within the Canterbury Acclimatisation District.