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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 48

with and sold in the manner prescribed by and subject to
the conditions of the thirtieth and following sections of the
said Act.

SCHEDULE.

All in the Land District of Wellington; as the same are
more particularly delineated on the plan marked and
coloured as above mentioned, and deposited in the office
of the Minister of Public Works, at Wellington, in the
Wellington Provincial District.

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

Rule under the Judicature Act, 1908.

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this eighteenth
day of May, 1910.

Present :

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

IN exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities
conferred by the fifty-first section of the Judicature
Act, 1908, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of
New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of
the Executive Council thereof, and with the concurrence of
His Honour the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New
Zealand, and of His Honour Mr. Justice Chapman, a Judge
of the said Court, doth hereby make the following rule, and
declare that such rule shall take effect on and after the
publication hereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

Closing of Court and Offices.

The Supreme Court and the offices thereof throughout the
Dominion shall be closed on Friday, the twentieth day of
May, 1910, on the occasion of the funeral of His late
Majesty King Edward VII.

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

Special Shooting Season for Native Game, Chatham Islands.

PLUNKET, Governor.

IN exercise of the powers vested in me by the Animals
Protection Act, 1908, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket,
Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby
exempt from the operation of section twenty-six of the said
Act the Chatham Islands County, comprising the Chatham
Islands; and do notify that the following native game—
namely, grey duck—may be killed within the said Chatham
Islands County from the tenth day of June, one thousand
nine hundred and ten, to the thirtieth day of July, one
thousand nine hundred and ten, both days inclusive.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this tenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and ten.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Hamilton Domain Commission.

PLUNKET, Governor.

To all to whom these presents shall come, and to Eric
Charles Gold Smith, Commissioner of Crown Lands,
Auckland : Greeting.

WHEREAS the Hamilton Borough Council, acting as
the Hamilton Domain Board, has had the administration and control of certain domain lands in the Town of
Hamilton, in the Auckland Land District, vested in it by
Order in Council dated the twentieth day of May, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine, and other domain lands vested from time to time subsequently :

And whereas a petition has been received from residents
of Hamilton complaining that the present administration
of the said domain lands is not in their best interests, and
that their administration should be placed in the hands
of a Board separate from the said Borough Council :

And whereas it is advisable that inquiry should be made
into the desirableness or otherwise of continuing the administration of the said domain lands by the Hamilton
Borough Council, acting as the Hamilton Domain Board :

Now, therefore, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the
Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of
the powers conferred by the Commissions of Inquiry Act,
1908, and of all other powers and authorities enabling me
in that behalf, and acting by and with the advice and
consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, do
hereby constitute and appoint you, Eric Charles Gold
Smith, Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Land District of Auckland, to be a Commission for the purpose
of making inquiry into the several matters mentioned in
these presents—that is to say, whether the said Hamilton
Borough Council has efficiently administered the said
domain lands during the period that it has had the control thereof; whether it is desirable that the Hamilton
Borough Council, acting as the Hamilton Domain Board,
should continue to administer the said domain lands; or
whether such domain lands should be administered by
a Domain Board separate from the Hamilton Borough
Council.

And for the better enabling you, the said Commission, to
carry these presents into effect you are hereby authorised
and empowered to make and conduct any inquiry under
these presents at such times and places in the said Dominion as you deem expedient, with power to adjourn from
time to time and from place to place as you think fit, and
to call before you and examine on oath or otherwise, as
may be allowed by law, such person or persons as you think
capable of affording you information in the premises; and
you are also hereby empowered to call for and examine all
such books, documents, plans, maps, or records as you deem
likely to afford you the fullest information on the subject-matter of the inquiry hereby directed to be made, and to
inquire of and concerning the premises by all lawful means
whatsoever.

And, using all diligence, you are required to transmit to
me, under your hand and seal, your report and recommendations in respect to the matter inquired into by you
not later than the twenty-ninth day of June, one thousand
nine hundred and ten.

And it is hereby declared that these presents shall continue in full force and virtue although the inquiry be not
regularly continued from time to time or from place to place by adjournment.

And, lastly, it is hereby further declared that these presents are issued under and subject to the provisions of the
Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1908.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right
Honourable William Lee, Baron Plunket, Knight
Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order
of Saint Michael and Saint George, Knight
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over
His Majesty’s Dominion of New Zealand and its
Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the
said Dominion, at the Government House, at
Wellington, this eleventh day of May, in the
year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred
and ten.

J. G. WARD,
Minister of Lands.

Approved in Council.

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