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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 61

Lands temporarily reserved in the Wellington Land District.

PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS by the two-hundred-and-thirty-fifth section of “The Land Act, 1892,” it is enacted that the Governor may from time to time, either by general or particular description, and whether the same has been surveyed or not, reserve from sale temporarily, notwithstanding that the same may be then held under pastoral license, any Crown lands which in his opinion are required for any of the purposes in the said section mentioned:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in me by the said Act, do hereby temporarily reserve from sale the lands in the Wellington Land District described in the Schedule hereunder written, for the purposes in the said Schedule specified at the end of the respective descriptions of the lands so intended to be temporarily reserved.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 5 acres, more or less, being Section No. 11A, Block I, Mangaone Survey District. Bounded towards the north-west and north-east by Section No. 42 of the said Block I, towards the south-east by Section No. 10 of the said Block I, and towards the south-west by Quarry Road. For gravel purposes.

All that area in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 20 acres 1 rood 23 perches, more or less, being Section No. 63, Block VII, Tararua Survey District. Bounded towards the north-east by Section No. 76 of the said Block VII, towards the south-east by Nireaha Road, towards the south-west by Section No. 65 of the said Block VII, and towards the north-west by Section No. 62 of the said Block VII. For the preservation of scenery.

As the same are delineated on the plan marked S.G. 57283/1, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

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

ROBERT McNAB,
Minister of Lands.

Appointment of East Coast Native Trust Lands Commissioner.

PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS it is enacted by section twenty-two of “The Maori Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act, 1906,” that the Governor may appoint a Commissioner to exercise the powers of the Board appointed under “The East Coast Native Trust Lands Act, 1902,” and that, upon the gazetting of such appointment, all lands and property vested in the said Board shall become vested in the Commissioner, and all powers and authorities of the said Board shall be vested in and exercised by the Commissioner, and the said Board shall thereupon be dissolved and the members thereof discharged and relieved:

And whereas the Governor did, in pursuance of the premises, on the twenty-second day of January, one thousand nine hundred and seven, appoint John Alfred Harding, Esquire, of Gisborne, to be such Commissioner as aforesaid:

And whereas the said John Alfred Harding has since died, and it has become expedient to appoint a Commissioner in his place and stead:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the said section twenty-two of “The Maori Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act, 1906,” doth hereby appoint

THOMAS ALEXANDER COLEMAN, Esquire, of Gisborne,

the Commissioner to exercise as aforesaid the powers of the Board under “The East Coast Native Trust Lands Act, 1902,” as from the date hereof, in the place and stead of the said John Alfred Harding, deceased.

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

J. CARROLL,
Minister of Native Affairs.

Revoking Limits of Subdivision of Auckland Oyster-fishery, and prescribing Subdivisions within which it shall be lawful and unlawful to take Oysters.

PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS it is, amongst other things, enacted by the fifteenth section of “The Sea-fisheries Act, 1894,” that the Governor may from time to time declare any bay, estuary, or tidal waters in the colony to be an oyster-fishery, and prescribe the subdivisions thereof wherein it shall be lawful and unlawful to take oysters:

And whereas by Warrant under the hand of the Governor, dated the twenty-ninth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and seven, and published in a Supplement to the New Zealand Gazette of the same date, the Auckland Oyster-fishery was constituted and divided into subdivisions:

And whereas it is desirable to revoke the limits of the Rangitoto Subdivision which were defined by the said Warrant:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the hereinbefore-recited power and authority, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, doth hereby revoke the limits of the Rangitoto Subdivision of the Auckland Oyster-fishery which were defined by the said Warrant of the twenty-ninth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and seven, and doth hereby divide the area which was included in that subdivision into the following subdivisions, namely:—

1. The Rangitoto Subdivision, which shall include all bays, estuaries, and tidal waters situated between the north-easternmost point of Gull Point and the north-easternmost point of East Tamaki Head, and inside a line drawn from the last-mentioned point to a point two miles north-east of the David Rocks, and inside a line drawn from that point to the north-easternmost point of Gull Point, except the bays, estuaries, and tidal waters of Motutapu and Rakino Islands and of the rocks adjacent thereto.

2. Motutapu Subdivision, which shall include all bays, estuaries, and tidal waters of Motutapu and Rakino Islands and of the rocks adjacent thereto.

And His Excellency the Governor doth further declare and prescribe that it shall be lawful to take oysters within the period prescribed in that behalf in the Rangitoto Subdivision aforesaid, and that it shall be unlawful to take oysters in the Motutapu Subdivision aforesaid.

This Warrant shall have force and effect from the date of the publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

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

J. A. MILLAR.

Trustee for the Georgetown Public Cemetery appointed.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by the sixth section of “The Cemeteries Act, 1882,” I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby appoint

ROBERT POLSON, Sen.,

to be a Trustee, in the place of John Johnston, deceased, to provide for the maintenance and care of the Georgetown Public Cemetery, in conjunction with the other persons previously appointed by His Excellency the Governor.

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

ROBERT McNAB,
Minister of Lands.

Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office.
Wellington, 2nd July, 1907.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JAMES ARTHUR CRUICKSHANK

to be the Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Ross, vice Charles Walter Tonkinson.

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Colonial Secretary.