May 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1411

revocation shall be sufficient notice to the Board, and to all
persons concerned or interested, that this Order in Council,
and the rights and privileges thereby conferred, have been
revoked and determined.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

BERTHAGE RATES.
£ s. d.
Steamers plying regularly for hire... 5 0 0 per annum.
Motor-boats plying regularly for hire 2 10 0 ,,
All other vessels, for each time the
said wharves, or either of them, are
used ... ... ... 0 2 6

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

Vesting a Reserve in the Ashburton County Council.

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-
seventh day of April, 1910.

Present:
The Right Honourable Sir J. G. Ward, K.C.M.G.,
PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto
has been permanently reserved for plantation pur-
poses:
And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, it is ex-
pedient to vest the said reserve in the Ashburton County
Council:
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 and Domains
Act, 1908, doth hereby declare that, from and after the day
of the date hereof, the reserve described in the Schedule
hereto shall become vested in the Chairman, Councillors,
and Inhabitants of the Ashburton County, in trust, for
plantation purposes.

SCHEDULE.

All that strip of land, 200 links wide, containing by ad-
measurement 76 acres, more or less, being portion of the
old 3-chain railway reserve now designated Section No. 3809
(in red), situated in Blocks III, VI, VII, Ashburton Survey
District, Canterbury Land District, the south-eastern
boundary-line of which commences at the south side of
the Mitcham-Chertsey Road, and proceeds south-westerly
along the south-eastern boundary of the said 3-chain rail-
way reserve to the Main South Road: excepting from the
above-described area all intersecting public roads: as the
same is delineated on the plan marked L. 5349/10, deposited
in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington,
and thereon coloured pink.

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

Vesting a Reserve in the Ohura County Council.

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-
seventh day of April, 1910.

Present:
The Right Honourable Sir J. G. Ward, K.C.M.G.,
PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto
has been permanently reserved for a site for Council
offices of the Ohura County Council:
And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, it is expe-
dient to vest the said reserve in the Ohura County Council:
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 and Domains
Act, 1908, doth hereby declare that, from and after the day
of the date hereof, the reserve described in the Schedule
hereto shall become vested in the Chairman, Councillors,
and Inhabitants of the Ohura County, in trust, for a site
for Council offices of the Ohura County Council.

SCHEDULE.

All that area in the Taranaki Land District, containing by
admeasurement 1 rood, more or less, being Section No. 10,
Block IX, Town of Mangaroa. Bounded towards the north-
east and south-east by Crown land, towards the south-west
by the Ohura Road, and towards the north-west by Sec-
tion No. 9, Block IX, Town of Mangaroa; as the same is
delineated on the plan marked L. 5383/1d, deposited in the
Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and
thereon coloured green.

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

Regulations for recording Improvements.

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-
seventh day of April, 1910.

Present:
The Right Honourable Sir J. G. Ward, K.C.M.G.,
PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section seventy-eight of the Land Act,
1908 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”),
it is enacted that the Governor may from time to time, by
Order in Council gazetted, make regulations for carrying into
effect the provisions of the said section: And whereas it is
desirable to make the regulations hereinafter set forth:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Do-
minion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the
power and authority conferred by the said Act, and acting
by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council
of the said Dominion, doth hereby make the following regu-
lations for the purposes of the said Act, and doth hereby
declare that such regulations shall come into force on the
day of the publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette:—

REGULATIONS.

1. In these regulations, if not inconsistent with the con-
   text,—
   “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Crown
   Lands for the land district in which is situated
   the land to be dealt with:
   “Lessee” means the lessee of the land to be dealt
   with.

2. Every application to have recorded the particulars of
   the nature and value of the improvements, and the state and
   condition of the land before the making of such improve-
   ments, shall be made in the form set forth in the First
   Schedule hereto, and shall be signed by the lessee.

3. Each application shall be accompanied by a deposit of
   the sum of five pounds five shillings as payment or part-
   payment, as the case may be, of the actual costs and ex-
   penses incurred in ascertaining the particulars to be recorded.

4. Should the expenses incurred not amount to the sum
   deposited by the lessee, he shall be entitled to a refund of
   such difference; and if the expenses incurred exceed the
   amount deposited, the lessee, on being notified thereof, shall
   pay the excess to the Commissioner.

5. On receipt of the application, and lease, and deposit, the
   Commissioner shall have the land inspected and a report
   supplied containing the required details.

6. Every report so supplied shall be made in the form set
   forth in the Second Schedule hereto, but the actual cost of
   inspection must be paid before the delivery of valuation to
   the lessee.

7. When the Commissioner has ascertained the particulars
   to be recorded, his decision on all matters affecting the facts
   to be recorded shall be final and conclusive.

8. Every record shall be printed or written on parchment,
   and shall be permanently preserved as an instrument of
   title, and a certified copy thereof shall be entered in the rent-
   ledger.

9. Every such record shall be in the form set forth in the
   Third Schedule hereto.

10. The Commissioner shall supply, on demand, to any
    person interested in and legally entitled to the same a copy
    of such record.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

APPLICATION TO HAVE NATURE AND VALUE OF IMPROVE-
MENTS AND STATE AND CONDITION OF LAND RECORDED.

To the Commissioner of Crown Lands,

I, [Full name], of [Address], hereby apply to have par-
ticulars of the nature and value of the improvements
effected on Section , Block , and of the state