Aug. 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2621

Exempting Bolton Street, in the City of Wellington, from the Provisions of Section 117 of “The Public Works Act, 1905.”

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PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this sixteenth day of August, 1907.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by subsection one of section one hundred and seventeen of “The Public Works Act, 1905,” it is, inter alia, provided that the said section shall not apply in any case where the local authority having control of a road or street by resolution declares that the provisions thereof shall not apply to any specified road or street, or any specified part thereof, and such resolution is approved by the Governor in Council:

And whereas by section three of “The Public Works Act Amendment Act, 1906,” it is provided that such approval may be either absolute or subject to such conditions as the Governor in Council thinks fit to impose:

And whereas on the twelfth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and seven, the Council of the City of Wellington, the local authority having control of the street known as Bolton Street, being the street described in the Schedule hereto, did by resolution declare that the provisions of the said section one hundred and seventeen should not apply to the said street:

And whereas it is deemed expedient that such resolution should be approved:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and in exercise of the powers conferred by the above-in-part-recited Acts, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby approve of the said resolution.

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SCHEDULE.

That street known as Bolton Street, in the City of Wellington, situated between Wellington Terrace and Wesley Road, in the said city, a distance of about 18½ chains; as the said street is more particularly delineated on the plan marked R. 8641, deposited in the office of the Chief Engineer of Roads, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured pink.

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

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Excepting Land from the Operation of Section 117 of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894.”

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PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this sixteenth day of August, 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 bonâ 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:

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 lease, all that block or parcel of land particularised and set out in the Schedule hereto.

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SCHEDULE.

All that piece or parcel of land, containing 279 acres, more or less, situate at the Chatham Islands, and known as Mangere Island, being the land comprised in an order of the Native Land Court, on investigation of title, bearing date the 2nd March, 1900.

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

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Revising Press Telegram Regulations.

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PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this sixteenth day of August, 1907.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the fourth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and seven, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the fifth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and seven, regulations were made under the authority of “The Electric Lines Act, 1884” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), inter alia, for fixing and determining the fees and rates to be demanded and received for the transmission of Press telegrams, and it is expedient to amend the regulations and fees for the transmission of such telegrams 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 acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby revoke the regulations, fees, and rates specified as class (1A) under the heading “Press Telegrams” in the above-recited Order in Council, and in lieu thereof doth make the regulations and fix the fees and rates set forth in the Schedule hereto for the same purposes: And doth hereby order that such regulations and such fees and rates shall have effect on and from the date of the publication of this Order in Council in the New Zealand Gazette.

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SCHEDULE.

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