JULY 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2879

Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

Also all that area in the Taranaki Land District, containing by admeasurement 20 acres, more or less, being Section No. 105, Block 1, Opunake Survey District. Bounded towards the north by Sections 69 and 70 of Block I aforesaid, 1899·4 links; towards the east by a road, 716·9 links; generally towards the south by the Rahotu Road, 2005·3 links; and towards the west by Section 69 of Block I aforesaid, 1141·1 links: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less. As the same is delineated on the plan marked L. 1272A, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands, at Wellington, and thereon bordered red.

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

Extending Prohibition of Alienation of certain Native Land other than Alienations in Favour of the Crown.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this sixteenth day of July, 1917.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL 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-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council thereof, doth hereby extend for a further period of six months the Order in Council made the ninth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, and gazetted the tenth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, prohibiting all alienations of the lands specified in the Schedule hereto other than alienations in favour of the Crown.

SCHEDULE.

WAIOEKA SURVEY DISTRICT.

Block. Approximate Area.
A. R. P.
TAHORA 2A 3 .. .. .. .. .. 11,343 0 0
,, 2B 2B No. 1 .. .. .. 1,614 2 0
,, 2B 2B No. 2 .. .. .. 1,614 2 0

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council

Importation of Pear, Apple, Quince, or Stone-fruit Trees from the Commonwealth of Australia prohibited.—Notice No. 1893.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this sixteenth day of July, 1917.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section four of the Orchard and Garden Diseases Act, 1908 (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), it is provided that the Governor-General may from time to time, by Order in Council gazetted, prohibit, either absolutely or except in accordance with regulations under the said Act, the introduction into New Zealand, either generally or from any specified colony, country, port, or place, of any plant, fruit, fungus, parasite, insect, or any other thing which in his opinion is likely to introduce any disease into New Zealand:

And whereas hairy root, crown gall, or root-knot (Bacterium tumefaciens) is a disease within the meaning of the said Act:

And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor-General, the introduction of pear, apple, quince, or stone-fruit trees, cuttings, or buds into New Zealand from the Commonwealth of Australia is likely to introduce the said disease into New Zealand:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by the said Act, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby prohibit the introduction into New Zealand of pear, apple, quince, or stone-fruit trees, or of cuttings, buds, or any other portion of any such trees (except the fruit), from the Commonwealth of Australia.

And, in further pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on him as aforesaid, and acting with the like advice and consent, doth hereby declare that the regulations under the said Act made on the twenty-third day of August, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, and published in the Gazette of the second day of September, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, shall be modified to the extent herein set forth; and doth also declare that this Order in Council shall come into force on the date of its publication in the Gazette.

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

Licensing the Leyland-O’Brien Timber Company (Limited) to use and occupy a Part of the Foreshore of Wharekawa River as a Site for Timber-booms.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this ninth day of July, 1917.

Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the ninth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 63, of the eighteenth day of the same month, the Leyland-O’Brien Timber Company (Limited), (hereinafter called “the company”), was licensed to occupy a part of the foreshore and land below low-water mark of Wharekawa River, Thames County, for the purpose of using and maintaining thereon timber-booms, erected in accordance with plans marked M.D. 2062 (two sheets), and deposited in the office of the Marine Department at Wellington, for a period of five years from the thirty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twelve:

And whereas the company has made application for a fresh license under the Harbours Act, 1908 (hereinafter called “the said Act”), for a further term of five years, computed from the first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, and it is expedient to grant the same for the term and subject to the conditions hereinafter expressed:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in him by the said Act, 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 approve of the purpose or object for which the said license is required by the company as aforesaid; and, in further pursuance and exercise of the said power and authority, and by and with the like advice and consent as aforesaid, doth hereby license and permit the company to use and occupy that part of the foreshore and of the land below low-water mark immediately contiguous thereto, which is particularly shown and delineated on the plans so deposited as aforesaid, for the purpose of using the aforesaid timber-booms in connection therewith, such license to be held and enjoyed by the company upon and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

1. THE concessions and privileges conferred by this Order in Council shall extend and apply only to the parts of the foreshore and the land below low-water mark necessary for such booms, as shown on the plans marked M.D. 2062, and deposited in the office of the Marine Department as aforesaid.

2. In consideration of the concessions and privileges granted by this Order in Council the company shall, on being supplied with a copy thereof, pay to the Minister the sum of £2 10s., and thereafter an annual sum of £2 in advance, payable on the 1st day of March, dating from the 1st day of March, 1917, the first of such annual payments to be made on the company being supplied with a copy of this Order in Council.

3. His Majesty or the Governor-General, and all officers in the Government service acting in the execution of their duty, shall at all times have free ingress, passage, and egress into, through, and out of the said booms without payment.

4. The company shall maintain the said booms in good order and repair, and shall at all times exhibit therefrom and maintain at its own cost suitable and necessary lights for the guidance of vessels; provided that no light shall be exhibited until after it has been approved of by the Minister.

5. Any person authorized by the Minister may at all reasonable times enter upon the said booms and view the state of repair thereof; and upon such Minister leaving at or posting to the last known address of the company a notice in writing of any defect or want of repair in such booms, requiring it, within a reasonable time, to be therein prescribed,