Aug. 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2161

The Public Service Classification Act, 1907.—Extension of Time for the Employment of certain Temporary Officers of the Electoral Department.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this fourth day of August, 1908.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by subsection two of section sixteen of the Public Service Classification Act, 1907 (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is provided that the Governor may, by Order in Council, in any case in which he considers that the public interest so requires, authorise the temporary employment of any person or any class of persons for a longer period than is permitted by subsection one of the said section sixteen:

And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, it is expedient that, in respect of the hereinafter-mentioned persons employed in the Electoral Department, the period of temporary employment should be extended from six months to twelve months:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion 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 Dominion, doth hereby authorise the temporary employment of the persons employed in the Electoral Department included in the Schedule hereto for twelve months in lieu of six months.

SCHEDULE.

William Baine.
Thomas John Gardiner.
Frederick John Hallard.
Herbert Woodward Harris.
John Murrell Murrell.
Percy Stevens.
Stephen Charles Gandar Swiney.

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

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

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this nineteenth day of August, 1908.

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 bond 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:

And whereas the Waikato District Maori Land Board, by a recommendation made on the twenty-first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and eight, and received on the seventh day of July, one thousand nine hundred and eight, has recommended the Governor to 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 sale, the block or parcel of land particularised and set out in the Schedule hereto:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion 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 Dominion, doth hereby except the said land from the operation of section one hundred and seventeen of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” for the purpose of alienation by way of sale.

SCHEDULE.

All that piece or parcel of land, situate in the Onewhero Survey District, containing 280 acres 2 roods 27 perches, more or less, known as Opuatia No. 4, Lot 45, and comprised in a partition order of the Native Land Court dated the 15th day of June, 1905, in favour of Hira te Aho.

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

Warrant authorising the Hamilton Borough Council to construct a Bridge over the Waikato River at Hamilton, and apportioning the Cost.

PLUNKET, Governor.

WHEREAS by section two hundred and nineteen of “The Municipal Corporations Act, 1900” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is, inter alia, enacted that in any case where the Council of any borough desires to construct, lengthen, or wholly or partially rebuild, or make approaches or protective works to, a bridge in any position that will, in its opinion, be of advantage or benefit to the whole or any considerable portion of the inhabitants of an adjacent borough or county or other district, as well as to the inhabitants of its own district, and where it is, in the opinion of such Council, reasonable that the local authority of such adjacent district should contribute to the cost of constructing or establishing any such work, the provisions of the said section shall have effect:

And whereas the Hamilton Borough Council has given notice and taken the steps required by the said section, and has made application to the Governor to authorise the construction of the bridge and approaches mentioned in the Schedule hereto, and hereinafter referred to as “the said work,” and to apportion the cost of constructing and establishing the said work between the said Council and certain other local authorities:

And whereas it is also provided in the said Act that the Governor (with the view of determining whether or not the work should be done, or what proportion, if any, of the cost of the same should fairly be borne by any local authority, or what local authority should do the work) may direct any Magistrate or other person to be a Commissioner to inquire into and report to him on the matter:

And whereas a Commissioner was appointed, and an inquiry was duly held, in the manner provided by the said Act, in respect to the said work, and in respect of the apportionment of the cost of constructing the said work:

And whereas such Commissioner did report to the Governor, after due inquiry, his opinion as to the matters respecting which he was appointed to report:

And whereas I am of opinion that the work should be done, and that it is expedient to make provision under the said Act for the purposes and in the manner hereinafter set forth.

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and in exercise of the powers vested in me by the said Act, and of all other powers and authorities in anywise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby authorise the Council of the Borough of Hamilton to execute the said work; and I do hereby declare that the cost thereof, less such contribution as may be made thereto (if any) by the Government of New Zealand, shall be borne by the Council of the Borough of Hamilton, the Council of the County of Waikato, the Council of the County of Waipa, and the Frankton Town Board in the following proportions, viz.: The Council of the Borough of Hamilton to bear sixty-five per centum of such cost, the Council of the County of Waikato to bear twenty-five per centum of such cost, the Council of the County of Waipa to bear five per centum of such cost, and the Frankton Town Board to bear five per centum of such cost respectively.

And I do hereby also further direct that any contribution hereby required to be made as aforesaid by the County Council of Waikato, the County Council of Waipa, and the Frankton Town Board shall be paid from time to time respectively in the proportions hereinbefore prescribed out of the funds of the said County Councils and Town Board in the manner provided by Regulation No. 6 issued under the provisions of the said Act, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the twenty-fifth day of September, one