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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
[No. 2

Letters of Naturalization issued.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 25th December, 1911.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue Letters of Naturalization, under the Aliens Act, 1908, in favour of the undermentioned persons:—

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

New Zealand Coat of Arms.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 29th December, 1911.

THE following Royal Warrant, granting armorial ensigns and supporters to the Dominion of New Zealand, is published for general information.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

(SEAL.)

GEORGE R.I.

GEORGE THE FIFTH, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas King, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India, to Our Right Trusty and Right Entirely Beloved Cousin and Councillor Henry Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal, and Our Hereditary Marshal of England, Knight of Our Most Noble Order of the Garter, Knight Grand Cross of our Royal Victorian Order: Greeting.

WHEREAS His late Majesty King Edward the Seventh, by and with the advice of His Privy Council, was pleased to issue His Royal Proclamation, bearing date the 9th day of September, 1907, ordaining, declaring, and commanding that the colony of New Zealand and the territory belonging thereto should be called and known by the title of the Dominion of New Zealand: And for as much as it is our Royal Will and Pleasure that for the greater honour and distinction of the said Dominion of New Zealand certain Armorial Ensigns and Supporters should be assigned thereto: Know Ye, therefore, that We of Our Princely Grace and Special Favour have granted and assigned and by these presents do grant and assign for the Dominion of New Zealand the Armorial Ensigns and Supporters following, that is to say:—

“Quarterly: Azure and Gules on a Pale Argent three Lymphads Sable, in the first Quarter four mullets in Cross of the last each surrounded by a Mullet of the second (representing the Constellation of the Southern Cross), in the second Quarter a Fleece, in the third a Garb, and in the Fourth two Mining Hammers in Saltire all Or; And for the Crest on a Wreath of the Colours a demi-Lion Rampant guardant Or supporting a flagstaff erect proper thereon flying to the sinister the Union Flag; And for the Supporters on the dexter side a female Figure proper vested Argent supporting in the dexter hand a flagstaff proper hoisted thereon the Ensign of the Dominion of New Zealand, And on the sinister side a Maori Rangatira (chieftain) vested proper holding in his dexter hand a Taiahia (halbert), all proper,” together with the motto “Onward,” as the same are in the painting hereunto annexed more plainly depicted, to be borne for the said Dominion of New Zealand on Seals, Shields, Banners, or otherwise according to the Laws of Arms.

Our Will and Pleasure therefore is that you Henry Duke of Norfolk, to whom the cognizance of matters of this nature doth properly belong, do require and command that this Our Concession and Declaration be recorded in Our College of Arms in order that Our Officers of Arms and all other Public Functionaries whom it may concern may take full notice and have knowledge thereof in their several and respective departments. And for so doing this shall be your Warrant.

Given at Our Court at St. James’s in this 26th day of August, 1911, in the Second Year of Our Reign.

By His Majesty’s Commands.

L. HARCOURT.

By-law of Patea County Council confirmed under the By-laws Act, 1910.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 29th December, 1911.

THE following certificate has been executed on the sealed copy of the by-law made by the Patea County Council on the 16th October, 1911, regulating motor traffic.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

CERTIFICATE OF CONFIRMATION.

In pursuance of the By-laws Act, 1910, I hereby confirm the above-written by-law regulating motor traffic, and declare that the same shall come into force on the 1st day of March, 1912.

Dated this 29th day of December, 1911.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

By-laws of Patea County Council confirmed under the By-laws Act, 1910.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 29th December, 1911.

THE following certificate has been executed on the sealed copy of the by-laws made by the Patea County Council on the 16th October, 1911, regulating weights to be carried on vehicles.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

CERTIFICATE OF CONFIRMATION.

In pursuance of the By-laws Act, 1910, I hereby confirm the above-written by-laws regulating weights to be carried on vehicles, and declare that the same shall come into force on the 1st day of March, 1912.

Dated this 29th day of December, 1911.

D. BUDDO,
Minister of Internal Affairs.

Redefining Boundaries of the Borough of New Plymouth and the Eastern Ward thereof, and of the Mangorei Road District, and of Taranaki County.

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 3rd January, 1912.

PURSUANT to the provisions of section 20 of the Municipal Corporations Amendment Act, 1910, the boundaries of the Borough of New Plymouth are hereby defined as set out in the First Schedule hereto, the boundaries of the said borough having been altered by an Order in Council dated the 13th day of March, 1911, made under the Municipal Corporations Act, 1908, and published in Gazette No. 21, of the 16th day of March, 1911, and by an Order in Council dated the 20th day of November, 1911, made under the Municipal Corporations Act, 1908, as amended by the Municipal Corporations Amendment Act, 1910, and the Reserves and Other Lands Disposal and Public Bodies Empowering Act, 1911, and published in Gazette No. 97, of the 23rd day of November, 1911.

And also, in pursuance of the provisions of the said section 20 of the Municipal Corporations Amendment Act, 1910, the boundaries of the Eastern Ward of the said Borough of New Plymouth, and of the Mangorei Road District, and of the County of Taranaki, affected by the alteration made by the said Order in Council dated the 13th day of March, 1911, are hereby defined as set out respectively in the Second, Third, and Fourth Schedules hereto.