2082
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 61

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 bond 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 Aotea District Maori Land Board, by a recommendation made on the twenty-second day of November, one thousand nine hundred and six, and received on the twenty-fifth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and seven, 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, the blocks or parcels of land particularised and set out 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 the said lands 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.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land, situate in the Maungakaretu Survey District, containing 1,161 acres, more or less, known as Raketapauma No. 1c, and being the whole of the land comprised in certificate of title, Vol. 89, folio 124, of the Register-book of the Wellington District.

Also all that piece or parcel of land, situate in the said survey district, containing 49 acres, more or less, known as Raketapauma No. 5c2b, being the whole of the land comprised in a partition order of the Native Land Court dated the 17th day of June, 1899.

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

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Precedence of Branches of New Zealand Defence Forces.

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PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on me by “The Defence Act, 1886,” and its amendments, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby revoke Regulation Four of the General Regulations of the Defence Forces of New Zealand, made on the eighth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and six, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the same date, and in lieu thereof do hereby make the Regulation set out in the Schedule hereto. And I do hereby declare that such revocation shall take effect, and the regulation hereby made shall come into force, on the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and seven.

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SCHEDULE.

PRECEDENCE.

REGULATION 4. The various branches of the New Zealand Defence Forces are classified as under, and shall rank in the order named below:—

(a.) Permanent Staff.

(b.) Coast Defence Force—
Royal New Zealand Artillery.
Royal New Zealand Engineers.
Volunteer Garrison Artillery.
Volunteer Submarine Mining.

(c.) Active Field Force—
Field Artillery.
Engineers (Field).
Mounted Rifles.
Infantry (including Cyclists and Signalling Corps).
Army Service Corps.
Medical Corps.
Field Hospital and Bearer Corps.
Veterinary Corps.

(d.) Reserves—
Reserve Corps.
Defence Cadets.
Defence Rifle Clubs.

Mounted units when mounted will take precedence and rank in order—viz., Mounted Rifles, Field Artillery. For manoeuvring, or when considered necessary, units will be distributed and drawn up in manner ordered by the O.C. District, irrespective of precedence. Militia when embodied to rank after Permanent Forces.

Bands will be distributed as ordered by senior officer on parade, but will rank as (a) Garrison Bands, (b) Battalion Bands.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and seven.

ROBERT McNAB,
Acting Minister of Defence.

[D. 07/1957.]

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Appointment of Trustees, Gisborne Volunteer Drill-shed Reserve.

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PLUNKET, Governor.

IN exercise and pursuance of the power and authority conferred by “The Volunteer Drill-sheds and Lands Act, 1888,” and “The Volunteer Drill-sheds and Lands Trustees Validation Act, 1890” (hereinafter termed “the said Acts”), His Excellency the Right Honourable William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, doth hereby constitute and appoint

Lieutenant-Colonel ARTHUR BAUCHOP, C.M.G., New Zealand Militia, Officer Commanding Wellington Military District;

Colonel THOMAS WILLIAM PORTER, C.B., New Zealand Militia;

Lieutenant-Colonel GEORGE JOHN WINTER, V.D., Retired List;

Major MATTHEW MCCREDIE, V.D., Retired List;

Captain ALEXANDER GERALD BEERE, Gisborne Rifle Volunteers; and

Captain JOHN TOMBLESON, Pay- and Quarter-master, No. 4 Regiment, Wellington (East Coast) Mounted Rifle Volunteers,

to be Trustees of all that parcel of land in the Hawke’s Bay Land District, being portion of Section No. 374, Town of Gisborne, containing by admeasurement 19 perches, more or less, commencing at a point on the south-east side of Customhouse Street, 282·2 links from the junction of that Street and Gladstone Road, and bounded towards the north-west by Customhouse Street, 61 links; towards the south-west by other part of Section No. 374, 205·6 links; towards the south-east by Read’s Quay, 63·1 links; and towards the north-east by other part of Section No. 374, 187·3 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less. Also of all that parcel of land in the Hawke’s Bay Land District, containing by admeasurement 3 roods 8 perches, more or less, being Lots Nos. 19, 20, 29, and 41, Block A, on a plan deposited in the Lands Registry Office at Gisborne, under No. 209, and being part of the Whataupoko No. 6 Block, delineated on the public map of the Borough of Gisborne, deposited in the Survey Office, at Gisborne; together with all buildings erected thereon; to hold the said several premises for the purpose of maintaining a drill-shed for Volunteer purposes, and generally for the purposes of and with the powers conferred by the said Acts. And it is hereby declared that the said Trustees shall be incorporated under the name of “The Trustees of the Gisborne Volunteer Drill-shed Reserve,” and that they shall take office as such Trustees on the fourth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and seven.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this fourth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and seven.

ROBERT McNAB,
Acting Minister of Defence.