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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 91

Declaring Land taken for a Public Work, and not required for such Public Work, to be Crown Land.

[L.S.] LIVERPOOL, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS it is provided by section thirty of the Public Works Act, 1908, that if it is found that any land held, taken, purchased, or acquired at any time under this or any other Act or Provincial Ordinance, or otherwise howsoever, for any public work, is not required for such public work, the Governor may, by an Order in Council publicly notified and gazetted, cause the same to be sold under the conditions therein mentioned:

And whereas it is further provided by section five of the Public Works Amendment Act, 1909, that in the case of any land so taken, purchased, or acquired for a Government work and not required for that purpose, the Governor may, on the recommendation of the Minister, and without complying with any other requirements of the aforesaid section thirty, by Proclamation declare such land to be Crown land subject to the Land Act, 1908, and thereupon the land may be administered and disposed of under that Act accordingly:

And whereas the land described in the Schedule hereto was taken for the purposes of a railway: And whereas the said land is not now required for such purpose, and it is desirable to declare the said land to be Crown land: And whereas a plan has been prepared, and the Minister has recommended the Governor to declare such land to be Crown land:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the above-in-part-recited Acts, and of all other powers in anywise enabling me in this behalf, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare the land described in the Schedule hereto to be Crown land subject to the Land Act, 1908, and that such land may be administered and disposed of under that Act accordingly.

SCHEDULE.

Approximate area of the piece of land declared to be Crown land: 12·2 perches.

Portion of Section 639, Borough of Palmerston North.

In the Wellington Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 33548, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Provincial District, and thereon edged pink.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Member of the Royal Victorian Order, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over His Majesty's Dominion of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Dominion, at the Government House at Wellington, this twenty-fourth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fourteen.

W. FRASER,
Minister of Public Works.

GOD SAVE THE KING!

Cancelling a Regulation under the Lands Improvement and Native Lands Acquisition Act, 1894, and making a New Regulation in lieu thereof.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this twenty-fourth day of August, 1914.

Present:
His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the sixteenth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and nine, and published in the Gazette of the nineteenth day of August then instant, regulations were made under section twenty-five of the Lands Improvement and Native Lands Acquisition Act, 1894, for the purposes of the said Act: And whereas by Order in Council dated the sixth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and eleven, and published in the Gazette of the twentieth day of April then instant, regulation twelve of the aforesaid regulations was revoked and a new regulation twelve made in lieu thereof: And whereas by Order in Council dated the twelfth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen, and published in the Gazette of the twenty-first day of May then instant, an additional regulation was made increasing the sum that may be advanced to settlers in the North Waimarino Improved-farm Settlement: And whereas it is expedient to revoke the last-mentioned regulation and make another regulation in lieu thereof:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby revoke the said Order in Council dated the twelfth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen, and doth hereby make the regulation hereinafter set forth, and doth hereby declare that such regulation shall form part of and be read with the above-recited regulations.

REGULATION.

12A. Notwithstanding anything contained in Regulations Nos. 12 and 16 of the above-recited regulations, the total expenditure on any one holding within the Waimarino North Improved-farm Settlement may, on the recommendation of the Land Board, and with the approval of the Minister of Lands, be increased to £400, inclusive of an advance not exceeding £100 made for a house.

F. D. THOMSON,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulation regarding Gunpowder and other Explosives on Armed Merchant Ships.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this twenty-fourth day of August, 1914.

Present:
His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by section two hundred and five of the Harbours Act, 1908, it is enacted that the Governor may from time to time, by Order in Council gazetted, make regulations, to be called “General Harbour Regulations,” which shall be in force in all ports in New Zealand for, among other things, regulating the landing and shipping, transhipping, deposit, and removal of gunpowder and other explosive substances and compounds, or of any goods or substances declared to be “dangerous,” or “specially dangerous,” under the Explosive and Dangerous Goods Act, 1908, and regulating the use of fire and lights, and the keeping or using of gunpowder, combustibles, explosive substances, and other dangerous goods, and loaded guns, on board ship or elsewhere; and providing for the entry by any Harbourmaster or other harbour officer upon or into any ship or place to search for fire or light suspected to be therein contrary to any by-law, and extinguishing it if found:

And whereas by Orders in Council dated the fifth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three, the first day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, and the fourth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, and published in the New Zealand Gazettes of the seventh day of June, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three, the eleventh day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, and the seventh day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine respectively, General Harbour Regulations were made regarding gunpowder and explosives:

And whereas it is desirable to provide that such regulations shall not apply to British merchant ships armed under the authority of the Admiralty:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the hereinbefore-recited power and authority, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby make the following general harbour regulation, and doth order and declare that it shall be in force in all ports of the Dominion.

GENERAL HARBOUR REGULATION.

Clauses 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, and 27 of the said General Harbour Regulations of the 5th day of June, 1883, clause 25A of the said regulations of the 1st day of February, 1892, and clauses 21 and 21A of the said regulations of the 4th day of December, 1899, shall not apply to British merchant ships armed under the authority of the Admiralty.

F. D. THOMSON,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council