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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 3

of “The Government Advances to Settlers Act, 1908,” 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 appoint

HENRY KEMBER, Esq.,

“a competent person (not being a member of the Civil Service),” to be a member of the Board of the Government Advances to Settlers Office, as from the ninth day of November, one thousand nine hundred and eight.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Extending Time for holding Fresh Election, Kawhia County Council.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-first day of December, 1908.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE J. CARROLL PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the general election of members of the Kawhia County Council has been declared void, and in consequence thereof a fresh election should be held not later than the twenty-seventh day of December, one thousand nine hundred and eight: And whereas it is expedient to extend the time for holding the said fresh election as hereinafter mentioned:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance of the powers vested in him by “The Counties Act, 1908,” and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby extend the time for holding a fresh election of all the members of the Kawhia County Council, and doth hereby order and declare that the said election shall be held not later than the thirtieth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and eight.

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

Regulation under “The Government Advances to Settlers Act, 1908.”

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-first day of December, 1908.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE J. CARROLL PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by section eighteen, (1), (n), of “The Government Advances to Settlers Act, 1908” (hereinafter termed “the principal Act”), His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby notify and declare that Crown land held as hereinafter specified shall be sufficient security for a loan under the principal Act:

Namely, Crown lands held on lease under section forty-five, Part III, of “The Mining Act, 1898,” and section forty-five, Part III, of “The Mining Act, 1908,” and the provisions of section forty of the principal Act shall apply accordingly.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Additional Regulation regarding Training-ships.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-fourth day of December, 1908.

Present:

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

WHEREAS it is enacted by section four of “The Training-ships Act, 1908,” that the Governor in Council may from time to time make regulations giving effect to the said Act:

And whereas by Order in Council dated the seventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred and seven, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the tenth day of the same month, the Governor in Council made regulations, under “The Training-ships Act, 1906,” for the appointment of staff and enrolment of boys in New Zealand training-ships:

And whereas it is desirable to make an additional regulation:

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 Training-ships Act, 1908,” and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby make the following additional regulation, viz.:

REGULATION.

The application by a parent or guardian of a candidate for enrolment in the training-ship shall be accompanied by an agreement signed by the parent or guardian in the form in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

This agreement, made the day of , 19 , between , parent [or guardian] of [Candidate], of the one part, and His Majesty the King of the other part, witnesseth that, in consideration of the said [Candidate] being enrolled in a training-ship, the said parent [or guardian] hereby agrees with His Majesty the King that if on the discharge of the said [Candidate] from a training-ship the Marine Department can procure employment for him at sea and he does not take that employment and remain in it for at least six months, or if the said [Candidate] leaves the training-ship before the period for which he is enrolled has expired, then, and in either of such cases, he, the said parent [or guardian], will pay to the said Marine Department the cost incurred by that Department in maintaining and training the said [Candidate] on the training-ship; the amount to be fixed by the Minister of Marine, but not to exceed fifty pounds, and the said amount shall be deemed to be a debt due to the Crown.

In witness whereof the parties hereto have hereunto set their names the day and year first before written.

Signed by the said parent [or guardian] in the presence of—

ALEX. WILLIS,
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 Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-fourth day of December, 1908.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR J. G. WARD, K.C.M.G., PRESIDING 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 bona 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:

And whereas the Ikaroa District Maori Land Board, by a recommendation made on the twenty-eighth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and eight, and received on the second day of October, 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 mortgage to a lending department of the Government, the block or parcel of land particularised and set out in the Schedule hereto: