Mar. 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 747

Withdrawing Land from the Operation of “The Kauri-gum Industry Act, 1908.”

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this ninth day of March, 1909.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by section thirty-three of “The Kauri-gum Industry Act, 1908” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is enacted that the Governor may by Order in Council declare that land set apart under the said 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 said Act, and thereupon the land shall cease to be a kauri-gum reserve, and shall 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 Riverhead Kauri-gum Reserve described in the Schedule hereto be excepted from the operation of the said 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 and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon me by section thirty-three of 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 Riverhead Kauri-gum Reserve described in the Schedule hereto shall be no longer subject to the provisions of the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Auckland Land District, containing by admeasurement 550 acres, more or less, situated in the Parish of Paremoremo, being the Riverhead Kauri-gum Reserve, set apart by Order in Council dated the 20th day of December, 1898, and published in New Zealand Gazette No. 93, of the 21st day of December, 1898; as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. 5239/1, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon coloured red.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Fixing Fees under “The Coroners Act, 1908.”

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this ninth day of March, 1909.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by the twenty-first section of “The Coroners Act, 1908” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is provided that in respect of every inquest there shall be paid to the Coroner holding the same, and to the person employed to summon the jury (not being a paid servant of the Government), such sums as the Governor in Council from time to time appoints, but not exceeding in respect of any matter mentioned in the Second Schedule to the said Act the amount specified to be payable in such Schedule:

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, doth hereby order and appoint that there shall be paid in respect of all inquests held on and after the date whereon this Order in Council comes into force the fees specified in the Schedule hereto: provided that the actual travelling-expenses of a Coroner incurred in holding an inquest may be paid in lieu of mileage fees in any case, at the discretion of the Minister of Justice: provided also that in any case where exceptional circumstances render it desirable that any of the fees specified in the Schedule hereto shall be exceeded in any particular, the Minister of Justice may allow such additional fee as may appear to him to be reasonable. And with the like advice and consent His Excellency the Governor doth hereby order that this Order in Council shall come into force and take effect on and after the publication hereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

SCHEDULE.

To the Coroner or Justice of the Peace, other than a salaried Stipendiary Magistrate, holding any inquest—
For every inquest .. .. .. .. 1 1 0
To the Coroner being a salaried Stipendiary Magistrate holding any inquest—
For every inquest .. .. .. .. 0 10 6
And, in addition to the above fees, mileage for any inquest held at a distance exceeding one mile from the residence of the person holding the same, per mile, one way .. .. .. 0 1 0

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Domain Board appointed to have Control of the Whatapaka Domain.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this ninth day of March, 1909.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by section forty-seven of “The Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is enacted that the Governor may from time to time, by Order in Council gazetted, appoint any local authority to be the Domain Board having, subject to the said Act, control of any public domain:

And whereas by an Order in Council made on the twenty-seventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred and nine, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the fourth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and nine, the land described in the Schedule hereto was brought under the operation of and declared to be subject to the provisions of Part II of the said Act:

And whereas it appears expedient to appoint a Domain Board to control the said domain:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby appoint

THE MAUKU ROAD BOARD

to be the Whatapaka Domain Board, having the control of the domain described in the said Schedule hereto for the purposes of and subject to the provisions of the said Act; and doth hereby appoint Saturday, the tenth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and nine, at half past two o’clock p.m., as the time when, and the Public Hall, Patumahoe, as the place where, the first meeting of the Board shall be held.

SCHEDULE.

WHATAPAKA DOMAIN.

ALL that area in Manukau County, Auckland Land District, being the southern portion of Section No. 56 of the Parish of Waiau, and containing by admeasurement 123 acres 2 roods, more or less. Bounded towards the north-east by a public road and Section No. 2 of the Parish of Waiau, 4212 links; towards the south-east by the north-west portion of Section No. 55 of the same parish, 4655 links; towards the west and north-west generally by the Whatapaka Inlet and a stream: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. 1182, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon edged red.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Domain Board appointed to have Control of the Ohawe Domain.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this ninth day of March, 1909.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by section forty of “The Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is enacted that the Governor may from time to time, with respect to any public domain, appoint such persons (not exceeding nine) as he thinks fit to be a Domain Board having, subject to the said Act, control of such domain: