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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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vested in His Majesty the King, or in the Governor on his behalf, authorizing the construction, management, or working of any public works, nor shall any compensation be payable to the Council for injury done to the works herein authorized by the construction, management, or working of any such public work as aforesaid, or for the loss occasioned thereby, or for the exercise of any such right or power as aforesaid.
Electric Lines in Cook County.
42. Notwithstanding anything hereinbefore contained, the Council shall not be entitled to erect, maintain, or use any electric line within the Cook County except subject to such conditions, not inconsistent with the provisions of this license and the regulations relating thereto, as may from time to time be agreed on between the Council and the Cook County Council.
Commencement of License.
43. This license shall come into force on and after the date of publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette.
J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
Conferring Jurisdiction on Native Land Court.
LIVERPOOL, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this twenty-seventh day of July, 1914.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS by section one hundred and three of the Native Land Act, 1909, it is enacted that the Native Land Court shall not proceed to exercise in respect of any land the jurisdiction conferred by Part V of that Act, unless authorized by Order in Council so to exercise the same in respect of that land: And whereas it is expedient that the Court should be authorized to exercise jurisdiction in respect of the land described in the Schedule hereto:
Now, therefore, 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 authorize the said Court to exercise, in respect of the said land, the jurisdiction conferred as aforesaid—that is to say, to determine whether or not the said land, or any part thereof, was, on ascertainment of the Native customary title thereto, intended by the Native Land Court or by the nominal owner or owners to be held in trust for persons not named in the title, and to determine who (if any) are the persons entitled beneficially to the land, and the relative interests of all persons so entitled; and to order the inclusion of those persons in the title, either together with or in lieu of the nominal owners; and, if necessary or expedient, to partition the said land among the persons so found entitled; and for the purposes aforesaid to order the cancellation or amendment of any existing instrument of title, and the issue of such new instruments of title as may be necessary; and generally to exercise in respect of the said land all the jurisdiction conferred upon the Native Land Court by Part V of the Native Land Act, 1909.
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.
SCHEDULE
PAKURI Block: Approximate area, 1,206 acres; Auckland Provincial District.
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 twenty-seventh day of July, 1914.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS by section seventeen of the Native Land Amendment Act, 1912, it is enacted that the Governor may by Order in Council, on the recommendation of the Native Land Court, declare any Native to be a European:
And whereas Rakiwhata Peeti, of Dannevirke, 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 declaring the said Rakiwhata Peeti to be a European: And whereas it is expedient that such declaration should be made:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion 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 Rakiwhata Peeti to be a European.
J. F. ANDREWS.
Clerk of the Executive Council.
Extending Close Season for Oysters at Nelson.
LIVERPOOL, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this twenty-seventh day of July, 1914.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the fifth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and eleven, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the seventh day of the same month, regulations were made prescribing a close season for oysters for a period of two years from the date of the publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette—namely, the seventh day of September, one thousand nine hundred and eleven—in respect of the area at Nelson described in the Schedule to the said Order in Council:
And whereas by Order in Council dated the tenth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the eleventh day of the same month, such close season was extended until the seventh day of September, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen:
And whereas it is desirable to further extend such close season:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by section five of the Fisheries Act, 1908, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby further extend the hereinbefore-recited close season for oysters for a period of one year from the seventh day of September, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen.
J. F. ANDREWS.
Clerk of the Executive Council.
Officers exempted from the Provisions of the Public Service Act, 1912.
LIVERPOOL, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this twenty-seventh day of July, 1914.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.
WHEREAS by section four of the Public Service Act, 1912, it is enacted that nothing in that Act shall apply to any officer or class of officers to whom or to which, on the recommendation of and for special reasons assigned by the Commissioner, the Governor in Council declares that the said Act shall not apply:
And whereas the Commissioner has recommended that the said Act should not apply to the officer described in the Schedule hereto for the special reasons assigned by him:
Now, therefore, 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 declare that nothing in the Public Service Act, 1912, shall apply to the officer described in the Schedule hereto.
SCHEDULE.
NAME OR CLASS OF OFFICERS.
LABOUR Department: Officer holding the joint position of Judge's Associate and Registrar, Court of Arbitration, for so long as the positions are held conjointly.
J. F. ANDREWS.
Clerk of the Executive Council.