2764
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 78

Removing Restrictions against Alienation of Native Land.

PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS by section fourteen of “The Maori Land Laws Amendment Act, 1903,” it is enacted that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Act, or in any Crown grant or other instrument of title, the Governor may, on the recommendation of the Board, remove any restriction on the alienation of land owned by Maoris: Provided that the decision of the Governor on any recommendation of the Board shall be given within six months from the date of the receipt of such recommendation:

And whereas the Tairawhiti District Maori Land Board, by a recommendation made and passed by the said Board on the twelfth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and seven, and received on the fourteenth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and seven, recommended the Governor to remove and revoke the restrictions against alienation contained in the instrument of title of the block of land known as Papakorokoro No. 2B, so far as to permit the said land to be sold:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon and vested in me by the said Act, and of all other powers and authorities me thereunto enabling, and in accordance with the recommendation of the Tairawhiti District Maori Land Board aforesaid, do hereby remove and revoke the restrictions now existing against the alienation of the land particularised and set out in the Schedule hereto, so far as to permit the same to be sold.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land in the Cook County, containing 201 acres 2 roods 16 perches, more or less, being the land known as Papakorokoro No. 2B, and comprised in a partition order of the Native Land Court dated the 11th day of September, 1900, subject to the restriction that the said land shall be “inalienable, except by lease for a period not exceeding twenty-one years.”

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

J. CARROLL,
Native Minister.

Trustee for the Pareora 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

The Hon. JOHN ANSTEY, M.L.C.,

to be a Trustee, in the place of James John Rapsey, deceased, to provide for the maintenance and care of the Pareora 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 thirty-first day of August, one thousand nine hundred and seven.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Lands.

Trustee for the Hukerenui 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

JOHN PATRICK KEOGH

to be a Trustee, in the place of Michael O’Donoghue, resigned, to provide for the maintenance and care of the Hukerenui 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 thirty-first day of August, one thousand nine hundred and seven.

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Lands.

Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 3rd September, 1907.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM JOHN SMITH

to be the Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Mount Cook.

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Colonial Secretary.

Deputy Registrars of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 3rd September, 1907.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the undermentioned gentlemen to be the Deputies of the Registrars of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the districts set respectively opposite their names, viz. :

Name. District.
RICHARD WILLIAM PERCY .. .. Patea.
JOHN ALEXANDER ALGIE .. .. Waipu.

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
Colonial Secretary.

Members of State Fire Insurance Board appointed.

Wellington, 22nd July, 1907.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

WILLIAM CHARLES CHATFIELD, Esq., of Wellington, and EDWIN ARNOLD, Esq., J.P., of Wellington,

to be members of the State Fire Insurance Board, under “The State Fire Insurance Act, 1903,” as from the date hereof.

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
For Colonial Treasurer.

Appointment in the Department of Roads.

Department of Roads,
Wellington, N.Z., 26th July, 1907.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

TOM LESTER COOPER

to be a clerical cadet in the Department of Roads, as from 12th August, 1905.

JAMES MCGOWAN,
Acting Minister for Public Works.

Cadet appointed.

Head Office, Stamp Department,
Wellington, 3rd September, 1907.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOHN HENRY MCKAY

to be a cadet in the Stamp Office, at Wellington, as from the 29th day of August, 1907.

J. CARROLL,
Minister of Stamp Duties.

Typiste appointed.

Head Office, Stamp Department,
Wellington, 3rd September, 1907.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve the appointment, under transfer from the Lands and Survey Department, of

MARNIE SPICER

as Typiste in the Deeds Registry Office, at Auckland, as from the 11th day of August, 1907.

J. CARROLL,
Minister of Stamp Duties.