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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 1

Town Board, being a reserve within Class I of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881”:

And whereas it is expedient that such land shall be appropriated for police purposes, being a reserve within the said Class I:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, and in exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the fourth section of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” doth hereby declare that the said land shall, from and after the date hereof, be appropriated for police purposes under Class I of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881.”

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 1 rood 22·4 perches, more or less, being parts of Sections Nos. 198 and 200 of the Township of Featherston. Bounded towards the north-east by Fox Street, 105 links; towards the south-east by other part of Section No. 200, 267 links; towards the south-west by other parts of Sections Nos. 200 and 198, 184 links; and towards the north-west by Daniell Street, 275 links, to the point of commencement: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 57934/6, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon coloured blue with a red border.

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

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Vesting a Reserve in the Green Island Borough Council.

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PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this sixteenth day of December, 1907.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR J. G. WARD, K.C.M.G.,
PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto has been duly set apart for cemetery purposes:

And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, it is expedient to vest the said reserve in the Green Island Borough Council:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, and in exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the fourth section of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” doth hereby declare that, from and after the day of the date hereof, the reserve described in the Schedule hereto shall become vested in the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the Green Island Borough, in trust, for cemetery purposes.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Otago Land District, containing by admeasurement 10 acres 2 roods, more or less, being Section No. 14, Green Island Bush Survey District; as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 54250/20, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Vesting a Reserve in the Waimate Borough Council.

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PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Auckland, this twenty-sixth day of December, 1907.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto has been duly set apart for water-supply purposes:

And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, it is expedient to vest the said reserve in the Waimate Borough Council:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, and in exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the fourth section of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” doth hereby declare that, from and after the day of the date hereof, the reserve described in the Schedule hereto shall become vested in the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses of the Waimate Borough, in trust, for water-supply purposes.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 1 rood 9 perches, more or less, being a portion of the bed of the Waimate Stream, situated between Rural Sections Nos. 15659 and 32424, Block IX, Waimate Survey District; as the same is delineated in certificate of title, Vol. 236, folio 86, and shown on the plan marked S.G. 57237/6, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

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

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Regulations under “The Land Laws Amendment Act, 1907.”

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PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this nineteenth day of December, 1907.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR J. G. WARD, K.C.M.G.,
PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section twenty-eight of “The Land Laws Amendment Act, 1907” (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), it is enacted that the Governor may from time to time, by Order in Council gazetted, prescribe by regulations the forms of declaration to be made under “The Land Act, 1892,” to the effect that the applicant is legally qualified to acquire the land applied for by him:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby make the following regulations for the purposes of the said Act, and doth hereby declare that such regulations shall come into force on the day of the publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette:—

REGULATIONS.

1. The declaration to be made by an applicant for land under Parts III, IV, V, or VI of “The Land Act, 1892,” or under Part I of “The Land Laws Amendment Act, 1907,” shall be made in such one of the forms set forth in Schedules A, B, C, D, and E hereto, or to the effect thereof, as may be most applicable to the tenure under which the applicant is applying for land.

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SCHEDULE A.

DECLARATION TO BE MADE ON APPLYING FOR CASH LAND UNDER PART III OF “THE LAND ACT, 1892.”

I, A. B., of __, do solemnly and sincerely declare,—

1. That I am of the age of seventeen years and upwards.

2. That I am, subject to the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” and “The Land Laws Amendment Act, 1907,” applying for the purchase [or desirous of becoming the transferee of a certificate of occupation] of the above-mentioned land solely for my own use and benefit, and not directly or indirectly for the use or benefit of any other person or persons whomsoever.

3. That, including the land now applied for, I am not the owner, holder, or occupier under any tenure of more than one year's duration, either severally or jointly or in common with any other person, of any land anywhere in New Zealand exceeding in the whole 5,000 acres of land, computed as follows:—

(a.) Every acre of first-class land is reckoned as 7½ acres;

(b.) Every acre of second-class land is reckoned as 2½ acres; and

(c.) Every acre of third-class land is reckoned as 1 acre.

And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

A. B.

Declared at __, this __ day of __, 19, before me— ____, a Justice of the Peace in and for the Dominion of New Zealand.