JUNE 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1631

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 mentioned in the Schedule hereto shall become vested in the Longbeach Road Board, in trust, as a reserve for cemetery purposes.

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SCHEDULE.

WATERTON CEMETERY.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 3 acres, more or less, being Reserve No. 2477, situated in Block XVI, Hinds Survey District. Bounded towards the north-west by Reserve No. 1442 and the abutment of a road, 500 links; towards the north-east and south-east by Section No. 22120, 600 and 500 links respectively; and towards the south-west by Section No. 20077, 600 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 56197/3, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon coloured pink.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Withdrawing Land from the Operation of “The Kauri-gum Industry Act, 1898.”

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PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this thirtieth day of May, 1908.

Present :

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

WHEREAS by “The Kauri-gum Industry Amendment Act, 1902” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is enacted that the Governor may by Order in Council declare that land set apart under “The Kauri-gum Industry Act, 1898” (hereinafter termed “the principal Act”), as a kauri-gum reserve, and which is no longer required for the purpose of gum-digging, shall be no longer subject to the principal Act, and shall thereafter be dealt with by the Land Board as ordinary Crown land; provided that such Order in Council shall only be issued in pursuance of a resolution of the Land Board, supported by such independent evidence as the Governor in Council deems necessary:

And whereas the Land Board of the Auckland Land District has duly passed a resolution recommending that the Pungaere Kauri-gum Reserve described in the Schedule hereto be excepted from the operation of the principal Act, and it is expedient to give effect to such recommendation:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon me by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, do hereby order and declare that the Pungaere Kauri-gum Reserve described in the Schedule hereto shall be no longer subject to the provisions of the principal Act, and shall hereafter be dealt with by the Land Board as ordinary Crown land.

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SCHEDULE.

PUNGAERE KAURI-GUM RESERVE.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 698 acres, more or less, being Section No. 12, Block XII, Kaeo Survey District, Bay of Islands County, set apart as a kauri-gum reserve by Order in Council dated 20th December, 1898, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 93, of 21st December, 1898; as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 58470/1, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Appointment of Trustees, Paeroa Rifle Range 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,” “The Volunteer Drill-sheds and Lands Trustees Validation Act, 1890,” and the Defence Act Amendment Act, 1907 (hereinafter termed “the said Acts”), His Excel-
lency the Right Honourable William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, doth hereby constitute and appoint

Lieutenant-Colonel EDMUND WILLIAM PORRITT, 2nd Battalion, Auckland (Hauraki) Infantry Volunteers;
Captain ARTHUR CHARLES HUBBARD, Adjutant, 2nd Battalion, Auckland (Hauraki) Infantry Volunteers;
Captain JOSEPH NATHAN, No. 1 Company, Ohinemuri Rifle Volunteers; and
Lieutenant GEORGE DEAN, No. 1 Company, Ohinemuri Rifle Volunteers,

to be Trustees of all that parcel of land in the Auckland Land District, being portion of Te Puru-o-te-Rangi, Block XIII, Ohinemuri Survey District, containing 2 acres 3 roods 32 perches; portion of Old Goldfields Boundary Road, Block XIII, Ohinemuri Survey District, containing 1 rood 21 perches; portion of Section No. 8, Block XIII, Ohinemuri Survey District, containing 2 acres and 11 perches; Section No. 3, Suburbs of Paeroa, containing 4 acres 2 roods 10 perches; and Section No. 24, Block XIII, Ohinemuri Survey District, containing 8 acres 2 roods 28 perches: together with all buildings erected thereon: to hold the said several premises for the purpose of maintaining a rifle range 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 Paeroa Rifle Range Reserve,” and that they shall take office as such Trustees on the twenty-third day of May, one thousand nine hundred and eight.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this thirtieth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and eight.

ROBERT MCNAB,
For Minister of Defence.

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Additional Rules and Regulations of the Native Land Court.

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PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS by “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” it is enacted that the Chief Judge of the Court may from time to time, with the approval of the Governor in Council, make and prescribe rules of practice and procedure and forms of proceedings in the several matters in which jurisdiction is or may be conferred on the Court, and for fixing the fees to be paid under the said Act: And whereas the Chief Judge of the said Court, in exercise of the power and authority aforesaid, with the approval of the Governor in Council, has from time to time heretofore made and prescribed rules and regulations, and prescribed the forms and fees set forth in such Orders in Council: And whereas it is expedient to further exercise the power and authority aforesaid:

Now, therefore, I, Jackson Palmer, Chief Judge of the said Court, in exercise of the power and authority given to me by the hereinbefore-recited Act, do hereby make the further rules and regulations and prescribe the fees and forms of procedure following, that is to say:—

CONFIRMATIONS AND CERTIFICATES UNDER SECTION 55 OF “THE NATIVE LAND COURT ACT, 1894.”

1. Before any confirmation under section 53 of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” can be granted for any alienation other than a mortgage, the applicant shall lodge with the Registrar of the Native Land Court (in addition to all other papers now required to be lodged) a declaration in the Form No. 31B in the Schedule hereto.

2. Before any certificate under section 55 of the said Act can be granted to an alienation other than a mortgage, the applicant shall lodge with the said Registrar (in addition to all other papers now required to be lodged) declarations in the Forms Nos. 31B and 31C in the Schedule hereto.

3. Before any Judge’s certificate under section 55 aforesaid can be granted to an alienation by way of mortgage, the applicant shall lodge with the said Registrar a declaration in the Form No. 31C in the Schedule hereto.

4. A Judge attesting the execution of an alienation under the said section 55 refusing to issue a certificate under that section may indorse on such document of alienation the words “Certificate refused,” and shall sign and date such indorsement, and thereupon such decision shall be final: Provided, however, that such refusal shall be deemed to be a decision under section 82 of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” and subject to all the provisions of the said Act and its amendments relating to appeal: Provided further that, in lieu of such indorsement as last aforesaid, the Judge may indorse on such deed the words “To be heard in open Court,” and thereupon the Registrar shall treat the same as