Aug. 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2371

his own means or labour, and that the transaction con-
sented to is not contrary to the public interest :

And whereas to enable confirmation of a sale by the
owners of Whangamarino Lot 277, the Waikato-Maniapoto
District Maori Land Board recommends that such consent
shall be given : And whereas it is expedient so to do :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the
Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice
and consent of the Executive Council thereof, doth hereby
consent to the confirmation of the aforesaid sale, notwith-
standing the fact that the Natives may thereby become
landless within the meaning of the said Act. And it is
hereby declared that this Order in Council is made under
the provisions in that behalf of the Native Land Act, 1909,
and shall operate accordingly as a consent of the Governor
in Council to the proceedings hereby authorized.

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

Declaring a Native to be a European.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this fourth day
of August, 1913.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section seventeen of the Native Land
Amendment Act, 1912, it is enacted that the Go-
vernor may by Order in Council, on the recommendation of
the Native Land Court, declare any Native to be a European :

And whereas Gregor Duncan McGregor, of Mataroa, being
a Native within the meaning of the Native Land Act, 1909,
applied in the prescribed form for a recommendation of the
Court that he might be declared a European : And whereas
the said Court, having duly inquired into the said application,
has recommended that an Order in Council be issued de-
claring the said Gregor Duncan McGregor to be a European :
And whereas it is expedient that such declaration should be
made :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Do-
minion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the
powers and authority conferred on him by section seventeen
of the Native Land Amendment Act, 1912, and acting by
and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council
of the said Dominion, doth hereby declare the said Gregor
Duncan McGregor to be a European.

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

Modifying Dues for Hokianga County Council's Wharf at
Kohukohu.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this fourth day of
August, 1913.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the twenty-second
day of December, one thousand nine hundred and
eleven, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 2, of
the eleventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred and
twelve, dues and rates were prescribed for the Hokianga
County Council's wharf at Kohukohu :

And whereas it is desirable to modify such dues in respect
of that wharf as set forth below :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Do-
minion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the
power and authority conferred upon him by the Harbours
Act, 1908, and of all other powers and authorities enabling
him in that behalf, and acting by and with the advice and
consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth
hereby add the following proviso to the Schedule to the said
Order in Council of the twenty-second day of December, one
thousand nine hundred and eleven :—

“ Provided that the Hokianga County Council may exempt
from wharfage dues and rates any vessel which uses the
wharf for the purpose of discharging ballast which is to be
used for reclamation purposes at Kohukohu, but not for
landing cargo.”

This proviso shall have force and effect as from the first
day of July, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen.

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

Revoking Order in Council licensing the Kauri Timber Com-
pany (Limited) to use and occupy a Part of Foreshore of
Hokianga Harbour.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this fourth day of
August, 1913.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by an Order in Council dated the fifteenth
day of February, one thousand nine hundred and
eleven, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 14, of
the twenty-third day of the same month, His Excellency the
Governor in Council did, in pursuance of the provisions of
the Harbours Act, 1908, license the Kauri Timber Company
(Limited) to use and occupy a part of the foreshore and land
below low-water mark in Hokianga Harbour, in order to
maintain thereon wharves, sawmills, and reclamations con-
structed in accordance with plans marked M.D. 1719, 1818,
2599, and 2703, and deposited in the office of the Marine
Department, at Wellington, and upon and subject to the
terms and conditions therein set forth :

And whereas the said company desires that the said license
shall be revoked, and it is advisable that this should be done :

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Do-
minion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and
consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, and
in exercise of all the powers enabling him in that behalf,
doth hereby revoke and determine the said recited Order in
Council of the fifteenth day of February, one thousand nine
hundred and eleven, and the rights and privileges thereby
conferred, and doth order that such revocation shall take
effect as from the thirty-first day of December, one thousand
nine hundred and twelve.

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

Opossums absolutely protected in certain Districts.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

IN pursuance of the powers vested in me by the Animals
Protection Act, 1908, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile,
Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New
Zealand, do hereby notify and declare that, from and after
the date hereof, opossums of every variety shall be deemed
to be absolutely protected within those parts of the districts
under the said Animals Protection Act, 1908, comprised in
the counties of :—

North Island.

East Taupo. Waimarino.
Kaitieke. Waitomo.
Ohura. West Taupo.
Opotiki. Whakatane.
Rotorua. Whangamomona.

South Island.

Amuri. Murchison.
Awatere. Oxford.
Bruce. Peninsula.
Buller. Selwyn.
Chatham Islands. Sounds.
Clutha. Southland.
Collingwood. Stewart Island.
Fiord. Taieri.
Grey. Tawera.
Halswell. Tuapeka.
Heathcote. Vincent.
Inangahua. Waikemio.
Lakes. Waikouaiti.
Mackenzie. Waimairi.
Malvern. Waitaki.
Maniatoto. Wallace.
Mount Herbert. Westland.

Given under the hand of his Excellency the Governor,
this fourth day of August, one thousand nine
hundred and thirteen.

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.