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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 58

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

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in 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

NORMAN CHARLES DAVIDSON,
ALBERT WOODLEY,
JENS PETER PETERSEN,
ERNEST EDWARD GOSS,
MATTHEW RUNDELL,
PERCY THOMAS ROBAND, and
JOSEPH BOWYER

to be the Nireaha Domain Board, having the control of the land 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 ninth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, at seven o’clock p.m., as the time when, and the Public Hall, Nireaha, as the place where, the first meeting of the Board shall be held.

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SCHEDULE.

NIREAHA DOMAIN.

ALL that area in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 7 acres and 6 perches, more or less, being Section No. 76, Block VII, Tararua Survey District. Bounded towards the north-east by Quarry Road, 616 links; towards the south-east by Nireaha Road, 674·2 links and 307·4 links; towards the south-west by Section No. 63, 858·2 links; and towards the north-west by Section No. 62, 950 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less: as the same is delineated on the plan marked L. and S. 1407/14A, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

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

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Importation of “Waterproof Economite Patent Soles” prohibited.

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LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-first day of July, 1913.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by the Customs Law Act, 1908, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in this behalf, 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 direct that the importation into New Zealand of the goods hereinafter mentioned is hereby prohibited on and after the first day of June, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, that is to say:—

“Waterproof Economite Patent Soles” for boots and shoes.

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

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Order distributing the Gold Duty payable to the Waihi Borough Council between the Waihi Borough Council and the Ohinemuri County Council.

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LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-first day of July, 1913.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section thirteen of the Gold Duty Act, 1908, it is enacted that the Governor may from time to time, by Order in Council gazetted, distribute any part of the gold duty, not exceeding one-half, among such local authorities and in such proportions as he deems just having regard to the locality in which the gold was produced and the extent to which streets, roads, and other public conveniences were used in connection with such production:

And whereas, in pursuance of the directions of the Minister of Mines given under the authority of subsection two of the said section, the Warden of the Hauraki Mining District has held an inquiry to assess the proportions in which the gold duty payable to the Waihi Borough Council should be apportioned between the Waihi Borough Council and the Ohinemuri County Council, and has made an award in that matter, dated the seventeenth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in 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 direct that out of the amount of gold duty payable to the said Waihi Borough Council during the year ending the thirty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen, the sum of four hundred and fifty pounds (£450) shall be deducted and paid to the said Ohinemuri County Council, and thereafter in each succeeding year out of the amount of gold duty payable to the said Borough Council the sum of three hundred and fifty pounds (£350) shall be deducted and paid to the said County Council until such time as this Order in Council shall be revoked.

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

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Springs County Council declared a Leasing Authority under the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

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LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-first day of July, 1913.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the Springs County Council is a body of persons having power to lease land held in trust set apart or reserved for public purposes, and has requested the Governor in Council to declare it to be a leasing authority within the meaning of the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in compliance with such request, and in exercise of the powers in this behalf conferred by the above-mentioned Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby order and declare that the Springs County Council is a leasing authority within the meaning of the Public Bodies’ Leases Act, 1908.

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

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License authorizing the Dominion Portland Cement Company (Limited) to use Water from the Wairua River for the Purpose of generating Electricity and to erect Electric Lines in the Provincial District of Auckland.

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LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this first day of July, 1913.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section five of the Public Works Amendment Act, 1908, it is enacted that the Governor may from time to time by Order in Council grant to any person or body corporate a license to use water from any fall, river, stream, or other source for the purpose of generating electricity for electric light, mechanical power, or other uses, and to exercise in respect of that license any of the powers and authorities specified in that behalf in the said section: And whereas it is further provided by the said section that any such license may confer upon the licensee a right at any time or times during the continuance of the license (but subject to such conditions and restrictions as are expressed in the license) to enter upon any road, railway, or other land, whether vested in or occupied by the Crown or any other person or body corporate, and there to construct, erect, lay down, maintain, renew, or repair all such cables, wires, and other things as are required for the transmission of electricity between the fall, river, stream, or other source aforesaid, and any place to which the licensee is authorized to transmit electricity in pursuance of the license:

And whereas it is by subsection five of the said section also provided that the license shall be deemed to constitute a contract between the licensee and His Majesty the King, and shall be enforceable by and against either party accordingly: