Dec. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3705

vernor may by Order in Council, on the recommendation of the Native Land Court, declare any Native to be a European:

And whereas Ellen Martha Cranston, of Navua, Fiji, being a Native within the meaning of the Native Land Act, 1909, applied in the prescribed form for a recommendation of the Court that she 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 Ellen Martha Cranston 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 Ellen Martha Cranston, of Navua, Fiji, to be a European.

F. W. FURBY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Domain Board appointed to have Control of the Tatu Domain.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this twenty-seventh day of November, 1916.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section forty of the Public Reserves and Domains Act, 1908 (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is enacted that the Governor may from time to time, with respect to any public domain, appoint such persons (not exceeding nine) as he thinks fit to be a Domain Board having, subject to Part II of the said Act, control of such domain:

And whereas by an Order in Council made on the eighteenth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and nine, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the twenty-first day of October, one thousand nine hundred and nine, a Domain Board was appointed to control the Tatu Domain:

And whereas the period for which the said Board was appointed expired on the seventeenth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen:

And whereas it appears expedient to again 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

GEORGE BLEASEL,
WILLIAM STANLEY CURRIE,
HERBERT GEANGE,
CHARLES CURTIS, and
EDWARD JOHN HUTCHINSON

to be the Tatu Domain Board, having the control of the land described in the Schedule hereto for the purposes of and subject to the provisions of the said Act; and doth hereby appoint Saturday, the sixteenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, at eight o’clock p.m., as the time when, and the Tatu Hall as the place where, the first meeting of the Board shall be held.

SCHEDULE.

TATU DOMAIN, OHURA COUNTY.

ALL that area in the Taranaki Land District, containing by admeasurement 10 acres, more or less, being Section No. 2, Tatu Village Suburban, Ohura Survey District. Bounded towards the north by Waro Road, 60 links; generally towards the east and north-east by the Paorae and Heao Streams; towards the south by road, 767·3 links; towards the west by road, 815·1 links; and towards the north-west by a railway reserve, 860·3 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less. As the same is delineated on the plan marked 1/339, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

F. W. FURBY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

License authorizing D. J. Barry (Limited) to erect certain Electric Lines at Tokomaru Bay.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this twenty-seventh day of November, 1916.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section two of the Public Works Amendment Act, 1911, it is provided that no person shall lay, construct, place, put up, or use any electric line except under the authority of a license issued by the Governor in Council under that Act:

And whereas D. J. Barry (Limited), (hereinafter referred to as “the licensee”) desires to erect electric lines along the routes described in the Schedule hereto, and hereinafter called “the said electric lines,” and it is expedient accordingly to issue a license in respect thereof under the said section:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the said section, and of all other powers in anywise enabling him in that 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, subject to the conditions set forth in the Schedule hereto, and to the regulations made under section two of the aforesaid Act, and published in the New Zealand Gazette dated the twenty-ninth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, and hereinafter referred to as “the regulations,” hereby authorize the licensee to erect and maintain the said electric lines for lighting, power, and heating purposes.

SCHEDULE.

1. THE ELECTRIC LINES AUTHORIZED.

Those lines extending from the power-house to the hotel, tailor’s shop, billiard-room, blacksmith’s shop, hall, cottages (three), and harbour leading-lights (two). All in Mangahauri No. 2A Block, being the whole of the land in certificate of title, Vol. 47, folio 300, deposited in the Poverty Bay Registry Office. As the same are more particularly delineated in red colour on the plan marked P.W.D. 41139, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works, Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington.

2. SYSTEM OF SUPPLY.

The system of supply shall be as described in paragraph (a) (1) of clause 2 of the regulations.

The generating voltage shall be approximately 100 volts between the terminals.

3. DATUM TEMPERATURE.

For the purpose of calculating the stresses as provided in clause 12 of the regulations, the datum temperature shall be taken as 12 degrees Fahrenheit.

4. NOTICES re EXTENSIONS, ETC.

Records of results of tests (Regulation 37), and notices re commencement of work (Regulation 44) and re extensions and alterations (Regulation 49), should be sent to the Under-Secretary, Public Works Department, Wellington, and to the Telegraph Engineer of the district, or his deputy, at present stationed at Gisborne.

5. CHARGES FOR ELECTRIC ENERGY.

The charge for electrical energy shall not exceed 1s. 6d. per unit for lighting purposes, and 6d. per unit for motor-power, heating, or cooking purposes; provided that “lighting purposes” shall include the operation of motor generators for lighting purposes.

6. DURATION OF LICENSE.

This license shall, unless sooner determined in accordance with the provisions hereinafter expressed, continue in force for a period of forty-two years from the date hereof. Upon the expiry of the said term, or upon the sooner determination of this license by revocation or otherwise, all rights hereby granted to the licensee shall thereupon cease and determine; but such expiration or determination shall not relieve the licensee of any liability theretofore incurred under this license.

F. W. FURBY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.