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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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an application for confirmation to be dealt with in open Court in the same manner and in accordance with the practice relating to applications for confirmation by the Court.

5. In addition to all other fees of the Court there shall be payable the following fee:—
   On lodging declaration in Form No. 31b, 10s.

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SCHEDULE.
[Form K.

Form No. 31b.

Form of Declaration to be made Prior to Confirmation of Alienation other than a Mortgage.

In the matter of a proposed sale [or lease] of [part of] land known as [Erase any words which are inapplicable], containing acres, more or less, by the Maori owners thereof, to , of .

I, [Each proposed purchaser or lessee must make this declaration], of , do solemnly and sincerely declare,—

1. That I am of the age of seventeen years and upwards.
2. That I am the person [or one of the persons jointly] applying for the purchase [or lease] of the above-mentioned land.
3. That I am acquiring the land solely for my own use and benefit [or for the exclusive use and benefit of myself and co-partner or co-lessee—namely, —] and for the purposes of cultivation, and not directly or indirectly for the use or benefit of any other person or persons whomsoever.
4. That I do not hold, own, or occupy under any tenure, either in severalty or jointly or in common with any other person or persons, at the date of making this declaration, any land within the Dominion, except the land set forth in the Schedule hereto.
5. That I am not precluded or barred by the provisions of section 17 of the Maori Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act, 1907, or by any other law now in force, from so acquiring the said land.
6. That I am legally qualified to become the purchaser [or co-purchaser, or lessee, or co-lessee] of the said land.

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.”

Signature :

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

*Substitute “a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of” or “A Postmaster so authorised by the Governor” when necessary.

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Form No. 31c.

Form of Declaration to be made Prior to the Confirmation by a Solicitor of the Supreme Court or a Broker licensed under “The Land Transfer Act, 1885.”

In the matter of a proposed sale [mortgage, or lease] of [part of] the land known as [Erase any words which are inapplicable], containing acres, more or less, by the Maori owners thereof, to , of (hereinafter referred to as “the said alienee”).

I, , of , solicitor [or licensed broker under “The Land Transfer Act, 1885”], do solemnly and sincerely declare,—
That, acting for and on behalf of the said alienee, I searched, or caused to be searched, the title to the above-named land, and am satisfied that the alienation, or intended alienation, is not prohibited by any law in force now or at the date of the execution of the instrument of alienation.

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.”

Signature :

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

*Substitute “a Solicitor of the Supreme Court” or “A Postmaster so authorised by the Governor” when necessary.

In witness my hand, at Wellington, this eleventh day of May, one thousand nine hundred and eight.

JACKSON PAIMER,
Chief Judge.

Approved in Council on 18th May, 1908.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Appointing Commissioners to classify Pastoral Runs in Otago Land District.

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PLUNKET, Governor.

IN exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in me by the one-hundred-and-eighty-ninth section of “The Land Act, 1892,” I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint

DAVID BARRON,
GEORGE LIVINGSTONE, and
JOHN MUNRO MCKENZIE

Commissioners to classify and report to me upon the rural lands in Otago Land District known as Runs Nos. 353a, 308b, 308c, 261a, 261b, 261c, 261d, 261e, and Sections 8 and 9, Block IV, Tiger Hill Survey District; 223, 223a, 223b, 223d, 238r, 204e, 204b, 204d, 204f, 204h, 171d, 171c, 171g, 306, 129, 121a, 121k, 96, 98, 221d, 238c, 238d, 238e, 95, and 430a, Section 37, Block VI, Table Hill Survey District; Section 16, Block VII, Table Hill Survey District; 248, and 5 of C, Kurow Survey District, as provided by section one hundred and eighty-nine of “The Land Act, 1892.”

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

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Lands.

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Appointing Commissioners to classify Pastoral Runs in Otago Land District.

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PLUNKET, Governor.

IN exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in me by the one-hundred-and-eighty-ninth section of “The Land Act, 1892,” I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby appoint

DAVID BARRON,
WILLIAM DALLAS, and
JOHN TOUGH

Commissioners to classify and report to me upon the rural lands in Otago Land District known as Runs Nos. 8, 12, 26, 28 to 31, 35, 33, 36, 27, 325a, 330, 330a, 330b, 339, 339a, 345, 345a, 226e, 233a, 235, 235a, 236, 236a, 236b, 236e, 236f, 236g, 236h, 237, 237a, 237b, 237c, 238, 238a, 238b, 238f, 238g, 335d, Sections 10, Block VII, 1, 2, and 3, Block X, and 1, 2, and 3, Block XII, Tarras Survey District; Sections 1 and 2, Block IX, Lower Hawea Survey District; 335a, 331, 331a, 354, 433, and 18, as provided by section one hundred and eighty-nine of “The Land Act, 1892.”

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

ROBERT MCNAB,
Minister of Lands.

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Rate of Duty to be levied on Rail-fastenings—viz., Creep-clips, Tie-irons, Bearing-brackets, and Bed-plates.

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PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS creep-clips, tie-irons, bearing-brackets, and bed-plates are imported into New Zealand and are articles which, in the opinion of the Minister of Customs, possess such properties that they can be used for a purpose similar to that for which fish-plates are used, fish-plates being free of duty if the produce or manufacture of some part of the British dominions, and dutiable at twenty per centum ad valorem if not the produce of such dominions:

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authority conferred upon me by section seventeen of the Tariff Act, 1907, do hereby direct that creep-clips, tie-irons, bearing-brackets, and bed-plates, being rail-fastenings, shall be admitted into New Zealand free of duties of Customs if the produce or manufacture of some part of the British dominions, and at a duty of twenty per centum ad valorem if not the produce of such dominions.

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

J. A. MILLAR,
Minister of Customs.

Governor’s Order No. 186.]