MAY 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1457

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 sixth day of May, 1907.
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 bona 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:
And whereas the Waikato District Maori Land Board, by a recommendation made on the twenty-ninth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and six, and received on the fourteenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and six, has recommended the Governor to 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 sale, that part of the block or parcel of land known as Kawhia P No. 3 which is more particularly described in the Schedule hereto:
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 sale by public auction at an upset price of £200, the block or parcel of land particularised and set out in the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.
ALL that piece or parcel of land, containing 1 acre 2 roods 4 perches, more or less, bounded on the north by the Government Township of Kawhia, 926 links, on a line bearing 101° 07'; on the west by a road, 100 links, on a line bearing 29° 25'; on the south by the Kawhia P No. 2 Block, 489·2 links, on a line bearing 101° 07', and 482 links, on a line bearing 125° 49'; on the east and south-east by other portion of the said Kawhia P No. 3 Block, 56 links, on a line bearing 48° 10', and 34·1 links, on a line bearing 119° 31', and by a road, 253·9 links, on a line bearing 3° 06': being part of the land known as Kawhia P No. 3, and comprised in certificate of title, Vol. 126, folio 3, of the Register-book of the Auckland District.
ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations under "The Government Railways Department Classification Act, 1901."

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this sixth day of May, 1907.
Present:
His Excellency The Governor in Council.
WHEREAS, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by "The Government Railways Department Classification Act, 1901," and of all other powers and authorities him enabling in this behalf, 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, did, on the eighth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and six, for the purpose of the aforesaid Act, make certain regulations (hereinafter referred to as "the principal regulations"), that were gazetted on the fifteenth
day of February then instant: And whereas it is expedient to amend those regulations:
Now, therefore, in further exercise of the aforesaid powers, and of all other powers enabling him in this behalf, 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 amend the principal regulations in manner set forth in the Schedule hereto, and doth hereby declare that such amendment shall come into force from the thirteenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and seven.
SCHEDULE.
In the case of a civil or mechanical engineering cadet the educational qualification required shall be (a) a pass with credit in the Junior Civil Service Examination, or (b) a pass in the Matriculation Examination of the University of New Zealand, and clause 5 of the principal regulations is hereby modified accordingly.
The certificate required under clause 13 of the principal regulations shall not be given in the case of a civil engineering cadet unless he has passed the Senior Civil Service Examination, and in doing so has qualified in arithmetic and algebra, geometry and trigonometry, theoretical mechanics, magnetism and electricity, and applied mechanics; and in the case of a mechanical engineering cadet unless he has passed the Senior Civil Service Examination, and in doing so has qualified in arithmetic and algebra, theoretical mechanics, magnetism and electricity, applied mechanics, and machine construction and drawing, and subclause (2) of clause 14 of the principal regulations is hereby modified accordingly.
ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
Appointment of Two Members of the Board under "The Kaitangata Relief Fund Transfer Act, 1892."
PLUNKET, Governor.
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the second section of "The Kaitangata Relief Fund Transfer Act, 1892," I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby nominate and appoint
John Robert Sinclair, member of the Legislative Council, and
Mark Sinclair,
both of Dunedin, to be members of the said Board, vice the Honourable David Pinkerton, member of the Legislative Council, deceased, and the Honourable John Andrew Millar, member of the House of Representatives, resigned.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-ninth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and seven.
WM. HALL-JONES.
Landing-place appointed.
PLUNKET, Governor.
IN exercise of the powers in me for this purpose vested by "The Customs Laws Consolidation Act, 1882," I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint that, from and after the date hereof, the wharf known as
Holmes Wharf
shall be deemed and taken to be a legal landing-place at the Port of Oamaru for the lading and unlading of goods, under "The Customs Laws Consolidation Act, 1882."
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this sixth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and seven.
J. A. MILLAR,
Minister of Customs.
Governor's Order No. 180.]
Hydatids declared to be an Infectious Disease.
PLUNKET, Governor.
IN pursuance of section thirteen of "The Public Health Act, 1900," I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, do hereby declare that the disease called or known as hydatids is an infectious disease within the meaning of the said Act.
As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this fifth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and seven.
GEO. FOW LDS,
Minister of Public Health.