JUNE 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2381

Prohibiting all Private Alienation of certain Native Land.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

By his Deputy,
ROBERT STOUT.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this eighth day of June, 1914.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

ON the recommendation of the Native Land Purchase Board, referred to in section three hundred and sixty-three of the Native Land Act, 1909, and in exercise of the power in this behalf conferred upon him by that section, 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 prohibit, for the period of one year from the date of this Order in Council, all alienations of the Native lands specified in the Schedule hereto other than alienations in favour of the Crown.

SCHEDULE.

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

Consenting to Land being taken for the Purposes of Waterworks in Block XVI, Waitemata Survey District.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

By his Deputy,
ROBERT STOUT.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this eighth day of June, 1914.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by the Public Works Act, 1908, it is, in section fifteen thereof, inter alia, enacted that, except for the purpose of a railway or defence purposes, or for the purposes of any other work to be made under the authority of a special Act, nothing in this Act contained shall authorize the taking of any land occupied by any building, yard, garden, or vineyard, or in bona fide occupation as an ornamental park or pleasure-ground, without the previous consent of the Governor in Council:

And whereas an application has been made by the Auckland City Council for the issue of an Order in Council under the said Act consenting to the taking of the land described in the Schedule hereto for the purposes of waterworks:

And whereas the said land is occupied by a yard:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the above-in-part-recited Act, and of all other powers in anywise 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 consent to the land described in the Schedule hereto being taken for the purposes above mentioned.

SCHEDULE.

In the Auckland Land District; as the same is 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.

Extending Time for holding Election, Helensville Town Board.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

By his Deputy,
ROBERT STOUT.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this eighth day of June, 1914.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS an extraordinary vacancy has occurred in the office of one member of the Helensville Town Board:

And whereas it is expedient to extend the time within which an election to fill such vacancy may be held, and also to extend the time within which the Returning Officer for the said election may give the public notice required by section thirty-nine of the Local Elections and Polls Act, 1908:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and in exercise of the powers conferred by section twenty-four of the Local Elections and Polls Amendment Act, 1913, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby extend the time within which the said election may be held to and including the third day of July, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen, and the time within which the Returning Officer for such election may give the public notice required by section thirty-nine of the Local Elections and Polls Act, 1908, to and including the twelfth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen.

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

Fixing Royalty for Shingle, Sand, &c.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

By his Deputy,
ROBERT STOUT.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this eighth day of June, 1914.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance of the power and authority conferred upon him by the Harbours Act, 1908, 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 make the following by-law, viz. :

BY-LAW.

Every person removing stone, shingle, boulders, sand, or shells from any portion of the shore lying between high- and low-water marks at ordinary spring tides, or from the bed of any harbour, or of a navigable river, or of the sea immediately adjacent thereto, under the authority in writing of the Minister, shall pay a royalty of 6d. per cubic yard in the case of stone, shingle, or boulders, and 3d. per cubic yard in the case of sand or shells:

Provided that the Minister of Marine may, in his discretion, remit wholly or in part such royalty in the case of stone, shingle, boulders, sand, or shells taken by a local authority for public purposes.

In this Order the term “local authority” shall have the same meaning as that given to it by section 2 of the Public Works Act, 1908.

The Order in Council dated 8th April, 1914, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 16th day of that month, making a by-law in regard to royalty on stone, shingle, boulders, and sand, is hereby revoked.

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