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Native Land Amendment Act, 1914, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim the land set out in the Schedule hereto to be Crown land.

SCHEDULE.

PARIHAKA No. 14A Block: Approximate area, 32 acres 0 roods 16 perches; Cape Survey District.

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-General 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 sixteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eighteen.

W. H. HERRIES,
Native Minister.

God save the King!

Proclaiming Native Land to be Crown Land under Section 374 of the Native Land Act, 1909.

[L.S.] LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by section three hundred and seventy-four of the Native Land Act, 1909 (hereinafter referred to as "the said Act"), and by section fourteen of the Native Land Amendment Act, 1914, it is provided, inter alia, that, on being satisfied that the purchase of any Native land has been duly completed by or on behalf of the Crown under the authority of the said Act, the Governor-General may issue a Proclamation that such land has become Crown land:

And whereas the purchase of the Native land set out in the Schedule hereto has been duly completed by or on behalf of the Crown under the authority of the said Act:

Now, therefore, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon me by section three hundred and seventy-four of the said Act, and by section fourteen of the Native Land Amendment Act, 1914, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim the land set out in the Schedule hereto to be Crown land.

SCHEDULE.

RANGITOTO-TUHUA 61L Block, Section 2: Approximate area, 719 acres 3 roods; Totora and Mapara Survey Districts.

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-General 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 nineteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and eighteen.

W. H. HERRIES,
Native Minister.

God save the King!

Amending General Regulations under the Motor Regulation Act, 1908.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this eleventh day of February, 1918.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY, P.C., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the twenty-ninth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and ten, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the fifteenth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and ten, regulations (hereinafter referred to as "the said regulations") were made under and for the purposes of the Motor Regulation Act, 1908:

And whereas it is deemed expedient to amend the said regulations:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by the Motor Regulation Act, 1908, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby amend the said regulations by revoking clause four thereof, and also the Order in Council amending the same dated the thirtieth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, and gazetted on the second day of September then following, and substituting the following clause, namely:-

“4. (1.) Every such registering authority shall assign to each motor a separate number. Such registration shall have effect throughout the whole of New Zealand.

“(2.) The registered number of the motor (other than a motor-cycle) shall be fixed upon the motor in an upright position parallel with the axles, both at the front thereof in any place where it will be clearly distinguishable, and at the back thereof in any place where it will be clearly distinguishable by day and illuminated at night by the rear light.

“(3.) The registered number of the motor shall also be fixed at the back of any vehicle drawn by the motor in any place where it will be clearly distinguishable by day and illuminated at night by the rear light.

“(4.) The registered number of any motor-cycle shall be fixed in an upright position at the front thereof on both sides of a plate parallel with the front mud-guard, and at the back of the motor-cycle on a plate placed transversely.

“(5.) The size and arrangement of the letters and numerals composing the registration number of any motor shall be in accordance with the Form No. 3 hereto.”

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

Consenting to Land being taken for the Purposes of a Public Trust Office in the Borough of Palmerston North.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this eleventh day of February, 1918.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE W. F. MASSEY, P.C., PRESIDING 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, orchard, or vineyard, or in bona fide occupation as an ornamental park or pleasure-ground, without the previous consent of the Governor-General in Council:

And whereas part of the land described in the Schedule hereto is occupied by a building, and the Minister of Public Works has recommended the Governor-General to issue an Order in Council under the said Act consenting to the taking of the said land for the purposes of a Public Trust office:

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-General 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.

APPROXIMATE area of the piece of land being taken: 26·66 perches.

Being Lot 1 on D.P. 263, being part of Original Section 658, Town of Palmerston North, situated in the Borough of Palmerston North.

In the Wellington Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 43604, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon edged pink.

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